Nebraska Baseball Clinches Series at Northwestern With 9-5 Win

Josh Caron's grand slam punctuates Huskers' seven-run second inning

Kaleb Henry | Mar 30, 2024

Cole Evans' three hits Saturday included a solo home run in the first inning. / Nebraska Athletics

Nebraska baseball has officially clinched the first league series of the 2024 campaign.

NU beat Northwestern 9-5 Saturday afternoon in Evanston, Illinois. The Huskers
(19-5, 2-0 Big Ten) have now won nine consecutive games. Northwestern falls to 10-14 overall and 0-2 in the conference.

It was early offense that put Nebraska up for good. Trailing 2-1 after the first inning, the Big Red exploded for seven runs in the second inning and never looked back. The inning was capped by Josh Caron's lone hit of the day, a grand slam.

Cole Evans led the Huskers with a 3-for-3 performance, hitting a home run and driving in three runs.

Will Walsh earned the win, pitching 3.1 innings in relief. Walsh gave up three runs, two of them earned, on five hits. Casey Dais pitched a spotless ninth inning to slam the door.

The series concludes Sunday at noon CDT at Rocky and Berenice Miller Park.

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Published Mar 30, 2024

KALEB HENRY

Kaleb Henry is an award-winning sports reporter, covering collegiate athletics since 2014 via radio, podcasting, and digital journalism. His experience with Big Ten Conference teams goes back more than a decade, including time covering programs such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, and USC Trojans. He has contributed to Sports Illustrated since 2021. Kaleb has won multiple awards for his sports coverage from the Nebraska Broadcasters Association and Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. Prior to working in sports journalism, Kaleb was a Division I athlete on the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Track and Field team where he discussed NCAA legislation as SIUE's representative to the Ohio Valley Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.