The No. 19 Nebraska baseball team overcame a five-run deficit to defeat No. 24 Oregon 10-8 Saturday in Eugene, Ore., tying their Big Ten series at one game each.
The Ducks bolted out to a 5-0 lead through three innings. But in the top of the fourth, the Cornhuskers stormed back. Solo home runs by Case Sanderson and Dylan Carey and a two-run homer off the bat of Josh Overbeek shrunk Oregon’s lead to one. In his second at-bat of the inning, Sanderson laced a two-run single to left-center, putting Nebraska ahead 6-5. The Huskers scored a pair of runs in the fifth, pushing the lead to 8-5. The Ducks rallied with a run in the fifth and one in the seventh to cut the lead to 8-7. But in the top of the eighth, Sanderson clubbed a two-run home run, building the lead to 10-7. Oregon scored once in the ninth, but drew no closer.
It was a monster game for Sanderson, who was 3-for-5 with two home runs and five RBI. Jett Buck also tallied three hits. Every single Husker starter got at least one hit.
The Huskers and Ducks square off in the rubber game of the three-game series Sunday at 2 p.m. Pregame coverage begins at 1:30 p.m. on KLIN.