Bloomington, Ind. – Senior Chance Hroch recorded his first career complete game on Saturday night at Bart Kaufman Field, leading the Nebraska baseball team to a 3-1 win over the #25 Indiana Hoosiers. The Huskers are now 3-0 in the Bloomington Pod after beating Indiana Friday night and rallying from a seven-run deficit earlier on Saturday against Ohio State for a 11-9.
The Huskers have now won seven straight games and remain in first place in the Big Ten with a 28-11 record. With its two wins over Indiana this weekend, Nebraska has taken the season series form the Hoosiers, 3-1.
Hroch matched a career high with 10 strikeouts and allowed just one run on three hits over 9.0 innings. The Temecula, Calif., native faced the minimum in an inning five times, including the sixth, seventh and eighth innings. Hroch was one out away from a complete-game shutout, but gave up a solo home run to Grant Richardson in the bottom of the ninth.
In the first game of the day – Jaxon Hallmark’s ninth-inning RBI triple broke a nine-all deadlock, as the Huskers rallied from a seven-run deficit for an improbable 11-9 victory over Ohio State Saturday afternoon in the Bloomington pod. Nebraska (27-11) trailed 9-2 after six frames, but pushed across five runs in the seventh and four more in the ninth to extend their lead in the Big Ten race heading into tonight’s matchup with Indiana.
The comeback began in the seventh as Nebraska got five runs on just three hits. NU took advantage with two walks, a hit batter and a pair of Buckeye wild pitches in the frame.
After leaving the bases loaded in the eighth against OSU reliever Jack Neely, the Huskers struck in the ninth. Cam Chick drew a walk to open the frame before Griffin Everitt tied the game with a two-run homer to left. Joe Acker then singled and moved to second on an error – one of four for the Buckeyes on the day to chase Neely. Hallmark than greeted TJ Brock with a triple to right center for the go-ahead run before coming home on Spencer Schwellenbach’s RBI single. Schwellenbach, who went 4-for-6 to lead NU’s 11-hit attack, pitched a perfect ninth for his seventh save of the season, as Nebraska posted its largest come-from-behind win since overcoming a seven-run deficit against Maryland on May 5, 2018. NU plays Ohio State tomorrow at noon CT.
