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Nebraska Baseball Edged by Michigan in Home Finale

The final home game of the regular season for the Huskers went to the visitors from Michigan.

Kaleb Henry

Nebraska pitcher Jackson Brockett delivers Sunday against Michigan at Haymarket Park.
Nebraska pitcher Jackson Brockett delivers Sunday against Michigan at Haymarket Park. / Nebraska Athletics

No series sweep or home-finale victory for the Big Red.

Nebraska baseball lost to Michigan Sunday afternoon at Haymarket Park, 3-1. The Huskers fall to 26-26 on the year and 13-14 in the Big Ten Conference while the Wolverines improve to 32-19 and 14-13.

NU won the weekend series 2-1.

Michigan never trailed Sunday, getting a solo home run in the second inning. Nebraska answered a few innings later with a Joshua Overbeek RBI single to tie the game.

But the Wolverines utilized a bases-loaded bunt to regain the lead in the eighth and stretched it to 3-1 with another solo homer in the ninth.

Jackson Brockett pitched 5.1 innings, allowing one run on two hits with three strikeouts and a walk. Drew Christo dropped to 1-2 on the season after surrendering a run on three hits with a pair of punchouts and a walk in 2.2 innings of work.

Luke Broderick allowed a solo homer and recorded an out, before Grant Cleavinger tallied the final two outs for the NU bullpen.

At the plate, the Huskers notched seven hits to six for the Wolverines. Overbeek led all hitters with three hits.

Nebraska will close the regular season with a series at Purdue. All three games will be streamed on B1G+, with Thursday's series opener set for a 5 p.m. CDT first pitch.

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Kaleb Henry
KALEB HENRY

Kaleb Henry is an award-winning sports reporter, covering collegiate athletics since 2014 via radio, podcasting, and digital journalism. His experience with Big Ten Conference teams goes back more than a decade, including time covering programs such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, and USC Trojans. He has contributed to Sports Illustrated since 2021. Kaleb has won multiple awards for his sports coverage from the Nebraska Broadcasters Association and Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. Prior to working in sports journalism, Kaleb was a Division I athlete on the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Track and Field team where he discussed NCAA legislation as SIUE's representative to the Ohio Valley Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. 

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