A good start to the home stand for Nebraska baseball.
NU (11-5) slipped past Nicholls (17-4) 7-6 Friday night at Haymarket Park. The game was the first of eight straight to be played at home for the Big Red.
Josh Caron unleaded a 3-for-4 performance that included five RBI. Caron had a double and a home run on the day.
Drew Christo allowed two runs, one earned, over 5.0 innings of work. Evan Borst got the win with 0.2 innings of relief as Nebraska took the lead for good in the seventh inning.
The series continues Saturday at 2 p.m. CDT.