Huskers Fall in Ninth of Sunday's Marathon

W: Green,Tommy (2-2) L: Hawkins, Corbin (0-2)

Nebraska suffered a 5-4 loss in the bottom of the ninth at Illinois in the series finale on Sunday, which featured two weather delays that combined for four hours and 53 minutes.

The first delay lasted 95 minutes in the bottom of the third, before a lengthy delay of three hours and 18 minutes between the eighth and ninth innings.

Nebraska (20-29, 8-13 Big Ten) had four runs on six hits and two errors, while Illinois (28-20, 14-7 Big Ten) scored five runs on 10 hits and an error.

Jackson Brockett pitched the first two innings until the game's first delay. Brockett surrendered one hit and walked two Illini batters. Koty Frank tossed the next four…