Nebraska baseball falls in pitching duel to Ohio State 2-1
Nebraska ventured east for a Big Ten bout against Ohio State on Friday night. The Huskers fell in game one, suffering a 2-1 defeat to the Buckeyes.
Nebraska baseball (34-12, 17-5) ventured east for a Big Ten bout against Ohio State (22-21, 11-11) starting Friday night. The Huskers fell in game one, suffering a 2-1 defeat to the Buckeyes . Both teams finished the night with four hits with both sides limiting the bats.
The Buckeyes capitalized on their few hits, scoring a run following two hits and on a sacrifice fly in the second, then adding another run after a double, a groundout and another sacrifice fly. Nebraska got on the board in the ninth and put the tying run at third with two outs. However, Ohio State picked up the final out to secure the win.
Carson Jasa (8-2) suffered the loss at the mound, following a valiant performance in his fifth start of the season. Though the Buckeyes scored their two runs in his stretch, Jasa totaled three strikeouts against four hits and three walks across 6. 0 innings.
Ty Horn took over in the final 2. 0 innings and fired three strikeouts Drew Grego drove in the Huskers' lone run of the night, hitting a sacrificial grounder. He finished the night 1-for-3 at the plate.