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Nebraska baseball blows early lead, collapses in loss to No. 2 LSU

Joseph Maierby:Joseph Maier•03/01/25•

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Nebraska baseball vs. Nicholls Game 3
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Nebraska baseball (4-5) fell to No. 2 LSU on Saturday despite a hot start at the plate. The Huskers took a 5-0 lead in the third inning but were outscored 11-1 the rest of the way.

11,003 fans in attendance at the Frisco Classic watched the Tigers storm back in emphatic fashion. LSU’s six-run seventh inning was ultimately the difference.

Husker right-hander Ty Horn (4.50 ERA) started on the mound for his second matchup with a ranked opponent. Horn pitched 4.2 innings, allowing eight hits and four runs while striking out three. Nebraska used seven arms on the night and gave up 17 hits to the Tigers.

Here is a recap of the loss:

Huskers tee off on Eyanson early

Nebraska’s bats came out firing. After a 12-hit, 3-home run night against Sam Houston, the Huskers stayed hot with three runs in the top of the first inning.

Joshua Overbeek wasted no time in his first plate appearance. He smacked Anthony Eyanson’s first pitch of the day down the left-field line for a leadoff double. Devin Nunez kept his outstanding freshman campaign rolling with a single to put runners on the corners with no outs.

Cayden Brumbaugh brought Nebraska’s first run home with an RBI single and scored shortly after when Cael Frost hit a 2-RBI single to center. Frost was called out at second base, but the damage had already been done. Three first-inning runs set the tone early.

Eyanson was seemingly rattled, throwing three wild pitches over the next two innings. The Huskers cashed them in for four free bases and two more runs to take a 5-0 lead. However, it was all downhill from there.

Tigers storm back

Through three innings, LSU had stranded three base runners, including two in scoring position. After some clutch pitching early, the Tigers finally got after Horn in the fourth.

Josh Pearson and Steven Milam began the inning with back-to-back doubles, scoring LSU’s first run of the night. Milam came home on an RBI groundout two batters later. Pearson and Milam gave Nebraska’s pitching staff fits all night long, combining for 7 hits.

The Tigers weren’t finished. Horn gave up his third double of the inning to Tanner Reaves, and an RBI single immediately after shrank LSU’s deficit to two runs, 5-3.

With momentum on their side, the Tigers kept chipping away. They added another run in the fifth and eventually blew the game open. In the top of the seventh, it took only two pitches for RHP Carson Jasa to put runners on second and third base.

By the time Nebraska escaped the frame, it had used three pitchers, LSU had scored six runs on six hits and the Tigers had gone through their entire lineup. A 10-5 deficit was too much to overcome down the stretch.

Bats go cold after strong start

After six hits in the first three innings, Nebraska had Eyanson on the ropes. He narrowly survived the third frame but found his rhythm as soon as LSU’s offense put runs on the board.

The Huskers went three up, three down in the bottom of the fourth before Eyanson struck out the side in the fifth. Two quick frames completely swung the momentum in LSU’s favor.

Eyanson ultimately lasted six innings and struck out seven in the win. Frost and Nunez both had three hits, while Brumbaugh and Overbeek tallied two, but the rest of the lineup had a rough day. Dylan Carey went 0-for-4 at the plate and Gabe Swansen went 0-for-3.

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