Nebraska Baseball Falls at Ohio State, Faces Iowa in Lincoln

No. 25 nebraska baseball was swept at Ohio State last weekend, a result that slowed a push that had been building around a potential NCAA Regional host bid. Now Will Bolt has to reset his team for another key series, with Iowa coming to Lincoln next.

Ohio State Takes Three

The weekend started with a narrow 2-1 loss on Friday. Carson Jasa gave Nebraska six innings and two runs, and Ty Horn worked two scoreless innings in relief, but Ohio State starter Gavin Kuzniewski held the Huskers to four hits.

That game set the tone for the rest of the series. Nebraska dropped the next game 7-3 as Gavin Blachowicz allowed three runs in the opening inning, while Ohio State starter Chris Domke covered seven innings and gave up one run.

Jasa, Blachowicz, Katskee

Nebraska’s second conference series loss of the season turned into a full sweep by Sunday. Cooper Katskee lasted just over three innings and allowed five runs in a 10-1 loss, and Nebraska managed only one run across the finale.

The weekend carried extra weight because Nebraska’s chances of hosting an NCAA Regional for the first time since 2008 had heated up before the trip to Ohio State. A 60-game season can absorb a bad stretch, but this was the worst weekend of Nebraska’s year and it came in a stretch when every conference result was tightening the conversation.

Iowa Comes to Lincoln

Bolt now needs his club ready for Iowa in Lincoln. After a sweep like this, Nebraska does not get much time to dwell on it, and the next series becomes the immediate test of whether the Huskers can turn one rough road weekend into a quick response at home.