‘Sunday cleaning duties’: Nebraska baseball caps off series sweep with a run-rule victory over Michigan State

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Nebraska baseball’s weekend series against Michigan State started in a rain delay, but the Huskers didn’t let the weather get them down.

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NU improved to 10-5 overall and 3-0 in conference play after sweeping the Spartans, who fell to 3-11 on the season and 0-3 in Big Ten action.

On Friday, the Huskers got on the board when Jett Buck came home on an RBI single from Devin Nunez.

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Michigan State tied things up at one apiece in the fifth inning, but Buck took the lead for Nebraska with a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth.

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Case Sanderson would later give Nebraska a 4-1 advantage going into the ninth on a Rhett Stokes single.

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But the Spartans retaliated in the ninth, tying things up with a three-run homer and sending things into extra innings.

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Sanderson’s walk-off home run in the bottom of the tenth inning gave Nebraska the 5-4 victory.

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Then on Saturday, Carson Jasa improved to 2-1 on the season as he struck out nine batters over the course of five innings, while allowing only a single run on four hits and six walks.

Michigan State got on the board first in the fourth inning, but Nebraska would respond immediately in the bottom of the fourth when Buck scored on an RBI single from Will Jesske.

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Mac Moyer came home as Joshua Overbeek reached on a fielding error at first base to give the Huskers the lead.

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Nebraska defeated Michigan State on Saturday 3-1.

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On Sunday, Gavin Blachowicz improved to 2-1 on the season, striking out a career-high 11 batters in seven innings. He allowed two runs on three hits.

A solo homer put the Spartans on the board first.

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In the bottom of the first, the Huskers plated five, and it all started with Moyer, Overbeek, and Dylan Carey on the bases with no outs. Sanderson hit three-RBI double to center to give Nebraska the 3-1 lead.

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That was then followed by a two-run homer from Preston Freeman to make it 5-1.

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Carey homered in the second inning to bring in himself and Overbeek to make it 7-1.

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Moyer’s RBI double would extend the Husker lead to 8-1 in the third.

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In the fourth, Drew Grego scored Sanderson to make it a 9-1 game for Nebraska.

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Carey was back at it with another two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth to bump the Huskers up into double digits.

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The Spartans put up their second run of the day in the beginning of the sixth, but Nebraska responded when Buck came home on a Michigan State error.

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Blachowicz was able to hold off the Spartans to claim the 12-2 run-rule victory.

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The Huskers will be back on the mound on Wednesday when they host North Dakota State at 6 p.m.

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