Nebraska Baseball wins Series at Michigan State

Another weekend series win for Nebraska baseball.

NU defeated Michigan State twice in three games to win the series in East Lansing. That gives the Big Red five straight series victories in Big Ten Conference play.

Nebraska improves to 34-19, including 16-8 in Big Ten play, to finish second in the standings. Michigan State ends its season at 23-28.

The home team took an early lead and recorded one run in the first inning. But that would be it for the Spartans, as Brett Sears (6.2 IP) and Caleb Clark (2.1 IP) held Michigan State to just one run on eight hits for the day. Nebraska, meanwhile, added a run in each of the third and fourth innings before holding on for the 2-1 victory. | Box score

Game two was all Nebraska from the start. The Huskers scored 11 runs on 13 hits, including five runs over the first two innings, to win 11-3. Riley Silva posted a 3-for-5 day at the plate. Josh Caron and Dylan Carey both hit home runs. | Box score

Michigan State was a high-scoring affair to close the series and regular season, jumping out to a 6-0 lead with a pair of runs in each of the first three innings. Despite a four-run sixth for the Huskers, the Spartan offense was too much and won the series finale 11-6. Case Sanderson went 3-for-5 and led the Big Red at the plate. | Box score

Nebraska will be the No. 2 seed in the Big Ten Tournament in Omaha next week. The rest of the tournament will be decided on Saturday.