Nebraska baseball gives up eight home runs in crushing loss to Oregon State
Nebraska baseball (11-15, 2-7) fell to Oregon State (15-9, 4-5) in dominant run-rule fashion Saturday, 16-5. The Beavers racked up a program-record eight home runs, teeing off on Husker pitchers all afternoon.
Ty Horn (6.83 ERA) started on the mound but lasted just three frames. The right-hander gave up six hits, four of which were home runs. Nebraska’s relievers didn’t fare any better, allowing four more Oregon State long balls.
“We were abysmal on the mound,” head coach Will Bolt said postgame. “Nobody had their best stuff coming out of the bullpen.”
The Huskers matched Oregon State’s 12 hits but stranded 12 runners and left the bases loaded three times. Nebraska’s hitters racked up 15 strikeouts, including 11 against Beaver starting pitcher Dax Whitney.
Here is a recap of the loss:
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Cascade of Beaver long balls
Oregon State had a historic day at the plate on Saturday. After giving up three home runs on Friday, the Beavers answered in emphatic fashion. Of their 12 total hits, eight were home runs. Nebraska simply had no answers on the mound.
Horn gave up a solo home run to Aiva Arquette on the second at-bat of the day, foreshadowing the ensuing onslaught. In the top of the second, Oregon State’s leadoff batter smacked a ground ball down the third-base line. Rhett Stokes couldn’t knock it down and it trickled into left field for a double. Jacob Krieg followed with a two-run bomb to right center.
The Beavers began to pour it on in the third. Two more solo shots extended Oregon State’s lead to 5-0 as Horn’s three-frame day ended with four strikeouts and four home runs.
The Huskers’ bullpen didn’t fare any better.
Right-hander Carson Jasa relieved Horn in the fourth but struggled to find the zone. He faced just four batters before being pulled, walking three of them to load the bases. Right-hander Pryce Bender took the mound in a precarious spot.
Trent Caraway hit an RBI single up the middle to score one before Gavin Turley blew the game open with a grand slam to center field. Bender also gave up a three-run shot to Easton Talt in the fifth, extending Oregon State’s lead to 13-1.
“We just haven’t been able to avoid the crooked number,” Bolt said. “I mean that’s the difference and that’s the part that always hurts. You give up five runs in an inning, it’s hard to overcome that, especially against guys that have it coming out on the mound.”
Turely hit his third home run of the day off of Colin Nowaczyk in the sixth frame before AJ Singer added insult to injury with a 2-run shot in the seventh. The Beavers homered in every inning and all of their RBIs came off of long balls.
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Huskers waste chances once again
Nebraska matched Oregon State with 12 hits in the loss but failed to cash them in for runs.
Case Sanderson was hit by a pitch to lead off the first inning, and Devin Nunez followed with a single into center. With two on and no outs, Cayden Brumbaugh and Tyler Stone stuck out.
Dylan Carey walked to load the bases, but Whitney racked up his third punch out of the day against Cael Frost. Frost’s fourth strikeout of the weekend stranded three.
In the bottom of the third, Sanderson was hit by another pitch to seemingly spark a Nebraska rally. Brumbaugh singled to right before Stone doubled through the left side, scoring Sanderson and putting Nebraska on the board, 5-1. Carey battled for a full-count walk to load the bases with one out.
Frost squandered a crucial opportunity once again, striking out on three pitches for the second time. Riley Silva popped out to end the inning and strand Nebraska’s sixth runners of the day.
“I thought we competed against their starter,” Bolt said. “Load the bases two of the first three innings and had his pitch count up. Again, the difference was they made pitches, we didn’t.”
Nebraska’s bats went cold in the middle innings, outside of a solo blast from Frost. The Huskers added two runs in both the sixth and seventh innings but ended the game by stranding the bases loaded for the third time. 10 different Nebraska batters tallied a hit, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a 15-strikeout day and a mind-boggling hitting performance from Oregon State.
