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Nebraska Baseball Drops Regional-Opener to Oklahoma, 7-4

Originally posted on Nebraska Cornhuskers on SI
By Kaleb Henry  |  Last updated May 31, 2025 12:40 AM ET

Nebraska baseball is back into single-elimination mode.

Oklahoma took game two of the Chapel Hill Regional over Nebraska Friday evening, 7-4. The Sooners improve to 36-20 while the Huskers fall to 32-28.

Nebraska had a chance to get on the board first in the opening frame. With two outs and a runner on base, Gabe Swansen was hit by the pitch before Case Sanderson drew a walk to load the bases. Those three would be stranded as Dylan Carey grounded out to the pitcher to end the threat.

The Huskers would not truly threaten again until the eighth inning, but at that point the game had swung to a 7-0 deficit on the back of multiple Sooner home runs. Again, the Big Red loaded the bases, but this time Max Buettenback ripped a triple down the left field line. He scored two batters later on a Will Jesske sacrifice fly.

In the ninth inning, Nebraska went down in order to end the game.

The Huskers opened the regional by using six pitchers. Starter Jackson Brockett was chased off after just 3.1 innings, giving up three earned runs on six hits. Caleb Clark allowed three unearned runs in 2.2 innings, with none of the other four pitchers going more than 0.2 innings for their appearances.

The Sooners utilized four pitchers, but got 6.0 innings from starter Malachi Witherspoon. The junior did not allow a run and struck out nine Huskers. Jason Bodin gave up four runs, two earned, in his 1.0 inning on the mound. Reid Hensley and Dylan Crooks pitched perfect eighth and ninth innings, with Crooks earning his 15th save of the season.

With the win, Oklahoma advances to Saturday's winners' bracket game against regional host North Carolina at 5 p.m. CDT. Nebraska will play an elimination game against Holy Cross at 11 a.m. CDT.

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