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Ninth-Inning Grand Slam Pushes Creighton Over Huskers

Nebraska baseball has now won just one of its last six games

Kaleb Henry

Riley Silva tries, but is unable to make the catch on Creighton's ninth-inning grand slam.
Riley Silva tries, but is unable to make the catch on Creighton's ninth-inning grand slam. / Amarillo Mullen

Nebraska baseball had it until the last moment Tuesday night.

Creighton rallied in the ninth inning to beat Nebraska 6-4 at Haymarket Park in Lincoln. NU falls to 23-11 while Creighton improves to 27-7.

The Huskers led 3-1 after seven innings, but the Bluejays plated one run in the eighth and added a grand slam in the ninth. NU got one run in the bottom of the ninth inning and had runners at second and third before a strikeout ended the game.

Seven Huskers spent time on the mound, including a nearly flawless start from Caleb Clark. The freshman lefty notched four strikeouts while issuing one walk and allowing no hits over 2.0 innings.

Kyle Perry took the loss after facing just four batters with three of them reaching safely in that fatal ninth inning.

NU smacked six hits, led by a 2-for-4 effort from Josh Caron.

Nebraska, which has now lost five of its last six games, will stay home this weekend to host Maryland for a three-game series.

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Kaleb Henry
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. 

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