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Nebraska baseball defeats Iowa to clinch series win

Nebraska baseball honored its seniors with win over Iowa in front of the largest home crowd since 2008 on Saturday.

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Nebraska baseball honored its seniors on Saturday afternoon in Lincoln.The Huskers were coming off a 10-0 win over Iowa, and they were looking to do it again in front of a record-breaking crowd. Husker Nation showed up to support the team in Haymarket Park. 7,773 were in attendance, which was a new season high. It was the largest Husker home crowd since 2008.The Huskers got on the board first thanks to a Drew Grego RBI single.Will Jesske put four more on the board with a grand slam.Jeter Worthley’s RBI triple sent Mac Moyer home, and Nebraska was up 6-0 in the bottom of the fourth.Worthley would later score on a wild pitch.The Hawkeyes put two up before the end of the sixth inning.Then another two in the seventh inning.The Hawkeyes went on to make it a one-run game.Jett Buck extended the Husker lead with a sac fly to bring Grego home.Iowa took a 10-8 lead in the eighth inning.Make that 11-8.Dylan Carey tied things up with a three-run homer.Max Buettenback gave Nebraska back the lead with an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth.Another one.A two-run RBI single from Trey Fikes made it 15-11 for the Huskers.And just like that, Nebraska won 15-11.The two teams will meet up in the series finale on Sunday at 2 p.m.Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |

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The Huskers were coming off a 10-0 win over Iowa, and they were looking to do it again in front of a record-breaking crowd.

Husker Nation showed up to support the team in Haymarket Park. 7,773 were in attendance, which was a new season high. It was the largest Husker home crowd since 2008.

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The Huskers got on the board first thanks to a Drew Grego RBI single.

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Will Jesske put four more on the board with a grand slam.

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Jeter Worthley’s RBI triple sent Mac Moyer home, and Nebraska was up 6-0 in the bottom of the fourth.

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Worthley would later score on a wild pitch.

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The Hawkeyes put two up before the end of the sixth inning.

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Then another two in the seventh inning.

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The Hawkeyes went on to make it a one-run game.

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Jett Buck extended the Husker lead with a sac fly to bring Grego home.

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Iowa took a 10-8 lead in the eighth inning.

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Make that 11-8.

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Dylan Carey tied things up with a three-run homer.

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Max Buettenback gave Nebraska back the lead with an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth.

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Another one.

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A two-run RBI single from Trey Fikes made it 15-11 for the Huskers.

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And just like that, Nebraska won 15-11.

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The two teams will meet up in the series finale on Sunday at 2 p.m.

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