Husker Baseball Advances Past Michigan in the Wee Hours of the Morning
Nebraska responded time and again to move on to the semifinals with the 6-4 victory.
It took a miracle to get this game started. After lengthy delays due to impending weather (or so we were told), the Big Ten set a hard time of 10:20 pm for the UCLA-Purdue game to finish in order for the field to be ready to go by the conference’s deadline to start a game of 11pm. With a tie game in the 9th and the time ticking down, the crowd boo-ed every play or lack thereof that took extra time.
Luckily UCLA hit a walk off single at 10:19:47 pm. The Nebraska-Michigan game was go for launch! First team All Big Ten Pitcher Carson Jasa climbed the bump for the Huskers.
He hit the leadoff hitter, but then made quick work of Michigan’s two best hitters Colby Turner, and Brayden Jeffries on his way to retire the side with a zero. Nebraska was ready to play despite the 11pm start and it was noticeable. Michigan, being pretty much out of starting pitching sent out Erik Puodziunas, a freshman reliever that had gone more than 3 innings only twice on the year.
The Huskers jumped on him quick. Center fielder Mac Moyer led off and recorded an out, but on a ball he hit 101 mph to center. DH Jeter Worthley hit a line drive right off the leg of Puodziunas.
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