Saturday Series Clincher

Saturday, April 23

Bloomington, Ind.

2 P.M.

Indiana University

16-22, 4-7

Nebraska

14-23, 4-7

Nebraska

Indiana

4/23/2022 5:45:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score Box Score (PDF)

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – A five-run second inning and a quality start on the mound paved the way to a series-clinching win for the Indiana baseball program on Saturday (April 23) over Nebraska, 8-1, at Bart Kaufman Stadium.

Indiana (16-22, 4-7 B1G) scored five unearned runs in the second inning after Nebraska (14-23, 4-7 B1G) plated the first run of the game in the top of the frame. A single in run in the third inning and two eighth inning runs capped the scoring at 8-1 in favor of the Hoosiers.

Freshman Carter Mathison hit his 10th home run of the season and joined the shortlist of rookies to reach the 10-home run mark. The left-handed hitter joins Alex Dickerson (14; 2009), Micah Johnson (11; 2010) and Mike Sabo (11; 1985) as the only IU rookies to reach the double-digit home run mark. In all, he is the 37th Hoosier (56 total occurrences) to reach the 10-home run mark in a season, joining teammate Matthew Ellis. Mathison went 2-for-4 at the plate for his ninth multi-hit game of the season.

Redshirt-sophomore Bobby Whalen did a little bit of everything as he tied his career high with four hits to go along with three RBIs. It was his team-leading 17 multi-hit game of the season and his fifth multi-RBI game of the year. He also stole home in the eighth inning, the first time a Hoosier swiped home plate since Logan Sowers stole home against Dartmouth in 2015.

Moving his reached base streak to 28 games, freshman Josh Pyne went 3-for-5 with three RBIs. He posted his 10th double of the season as part of his 14th multi-hit game. Junior Hunter Jessee was on base three times in the contest with two walks and a single and he scored once.

In his eighth start of the season, senior Bradley Brehmer allowed just one run on three hits over six innings. He struck out a career-high-tying 11 batters, the most by a Hoosier pitcher since Gabe Bierman fanned 11 against Nebraska on May 9, 2021. Junior Ty Bothwell tossed 1 2/3 innings and struck out three, while redshirt-sophomore Reese Sharp (1) picked up his first career save with 1 1/3 innings of clean relief work to close out the game. He struck out two batters and stranded all three inherited runners.

Griffin Everitt posted a two-hit game for Nebraska and three others chipped in one hit. Core Jackson drove in the lone RBI of the day for the Cornhuskers. Emmett Olson (1-3) took the loss with six runs allowed – only one earned – over six innings of work. He struck out five and walked two.

Scoring Recap
Top Second
A two-out walk to Leighton Banjoff came around to score on a double by Core Jackson.
Nebraska 1, at Indiana 0

Bottom Second
Indiana scored five unearned runs with two outs to grab back momentum. Matthew Ellis reached base via error with one out and moved to second on a ground out to third base. Samuel Murrison walked, and Max Johnson's first career hit loaded the bases. Bobby Whalen drove in two runs with a single to right center field to take the lead. A walk to Hunter Jessee re-loaded the bases and Josh Pyne cleared the bases with a three-RBI double.
at Indiana 5, Nebraska 1

Bottom Third
Carter Mathison led off the inning with a solo home run.
at Indiana 6, Nebraska 1

Bottom Eighth
Murrison walked and Whalen tripled to bring him around. Whalen then stole home for the second run of the inning.
at Indiana 8, Nebraska 1

Up Next
Indiana will go for the series sweep on Sunday, April 24 at Bart Kaufman Field. The Hoosier and Cornhuskers will throw the first pitch at Noon and the game will air on the Big Ten Network with Kevin Kugler and Danan Hughes on the call.