Milto, Big Swings, Lead Hoosiers to 6-3 Win Over Cornhuskers

Saturday, May 12

Lincoln, Neb.

3:05 p.m.

Indiana University

32-15, 10-9

Nebraska

23-25, 7-11

Indiana

Nebraska

Milto, Big Swings, Lead Hoosiers to 6-3 Win Over Cornhuskers

5/12/2018 6:21:00 PM | Baseball

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LINCOLN, Neb. – Indiana baseball (32-15, 10-9) snapped its five-game losing streak by picking up a 6-3 victory over Nebraska on Saturday afternoon to even up the series.

Indiana got a strong starting pitching effort from Pauly Milto, who made his first start since the Northwestern series. The junior allowed five hits and two runs (one earned) over 6.2 innings with five strikeouts and a walk. Junior Matt Lloyd picked up his fourth save of the year.

The Hoosiers had the players record three hits in the win. Freshman Drew Ashley drove in two runs in a 3-for-4 effort with a home run, while sophomore Matt Gorski and Lloyd each had three hits as well. Junior Luke Miller was 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.

Nebraska drew first blood in the bottom of the first. A leadoff single by Mojo Hagge led to a two-base error and a hit by pitch to load the bases. After Luke Roskam hit a sacrifice fly, Milto forced a ground ball double play to hold the Cornhuskers to just one run.

In the top of the second, Ashley knocked out his third home run of the year and second of the week, a solo shot, to tie the contest up at one.

After a scoreless third for both sides, the Hoosiers put together a four-run fourth inning to break the game open. Sowers and Ashley opened things up with back-to-back singles, which led to the big, three-run home run from Miller to make it a 4-1 game. Bradley followed up with a solo shot to extend the lead to four runs.

Gorski lead off the fifth with a double off the wall in left centerfield on the first pitch. After two consecutive outs, Ashley came through in the clutch with an RBI single up the middle to make it 6-1.

Nebraska got an RBI double form Alex Henwood in the seventh an a solo home run from Jesse Wilkening in the eighth, resulting in a 6-3 final.

The Hoosiers and Cornhuskers will play the rubber game at 12:05 p.m. ET on Sunday.