No. 10 Baseball drops series finale at No. 30 Nebraska, 6-2

Sunday, March 29

Lincoln, Neb.

12:05 p.m.

University of Texas

17-11

Nebraska

21-7

Texas

Nebraska

No. 10 Baseball drops series finale at No. 30 Nebraska, 6-2

03.29.2015 | Baseball

Box Score

Longhorns swept by Huskers

LINCOLN, Neb. -- The No. 10 Baseball team dropped the series finale at No. 30 Nebraska, 6-2, Sunday afternoon at Hawks Field.

In improving to 21-7 overall and 14-1 at home, the Cornhuskers cranked out 16 hits against a Texas pitching staff that had been stingy of late with a 1.54 ERA over the previous six games. The Longhorns (17-11) were held to five hits on Sunday, with Collin Shaw providing the run scoring on a two-run homer in the ninth.

Starting pitcher Chad Hollingsworth (3-2) was dinged up for six runs on 10 hits, while Travis Duke (1/3 IP), Josh Sawyer (2 IP), Jon Malmin (2 2/3 IP) and Andy McGuire held the Cornhuskers scoreless the rest of the way.

The Cornhuskers received a splendid start from sophomore right-hander Derek Burkamper (4-1), who shut down Texas the first eight innings before giving up a single to Johnson and the homer to Shaw in the ninth. Burkamper struck out six without issuing a walk in a career-high 8 1/3 innings.

Nebraska struck early by stringing together four consecutive hits in the first inning, including a RBI double from Blake Headley and RBI single from Austin Darby. Texas avoided further damage when Brooks Marlow fielded a grounder and turned a 4-3 double play with the bases loaded to end the inning.

But the Cornhuskers broke it open with a two-out rally in the third, stringing together six consecutive hits to bring home four runs. Two of the RBI singles were infield hits, including one to third base that Bret Boswell made a quick play on and threw to first, with the umpire ruling the throw drew first baseman Kacy Clemens off the bag.

Texas received leadoff singles from Johnson in the first and Kacy Clemens in the third, but each time was unable to scratch across a run.

After the third, the teams exchanged zeros for the next five innings, with Burkamper retiring 10 in a row at one point. Sawyer worked around four hits in his two innings, while Malmin retired nine of the 10 batters he faced.

In the ninth, Johnson led off the inning with a double down the left field line and a batter later Shaw sent his homer over the wall in right field. After Tres Barrera singled, Nebraska went to the bullpen for Josh Roeder who came on and recorded the final two outs.

The Longhorns return home to UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Tuesday when they face Texas A&M Corpus Christi.