Lincoln- Nebraska issues on the diamond continued on Sunday as the Huskers were blasted at home 21-4 in the series finale to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Sunday afternoon at Hawks Field. The Huskers (8-11) scored four runs on four hits and four errors, while the Islanders (12-10) totaled 21 runs on 23 hits and committed two errors. Dawson McCarville dropped to 2-2 on the season after allowing seven runs on seven hits in two innings. A walk and hit by pitch put the first two runners on for the Islanders, before an RBI double plated Texas A&M-CC’s first run of the game in the first. Texas A&M-CC added two more in the opening inning with an RBI groundout and RBI single to take a quick 3-0 lead. Texas A&M-CC built to its lead with a leadoff double and RBI single through the right side in the second to make it a 4-0 game.
The Islanders scored in each of the first six innings to grow the lead, before Hood pitched a scoreless seventh. Matthews reached with a leadoff walk in the seventh and advanced to third on Chick’s single before coming around to score on Josh Caron’s RBI groundout. Chick scored Nebraska’s second run on a throwing error on the attempt to throw out Efry Cervantes at first base on a third-strike wild pitch. The Islanders got the two runs back in the top of the eighth with a two-run homer to left. The Huskers scored their final two runs of the game in the bottom of the ninth with a pair of bases-loaded walks to Jack Steil and Core Jackson. Nebraska continues its 10-game stretch at home, as the Huskers take on South Dakota State on Wednesday, March 23 at Hawks Field. First pitch between the Huskers and Jackrabbits is set for 6:35 p.m.
