In Saturday’s second game, Husker bats finally came alive for 5 runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. And while it was enough to stave off a second straight mercy rule loss, it didn’t change the end result, a 10-6 loss, their third straight in The Big Red Invitational.
There was no way to sugarcoat what was becoming the story of the weekend. Three games. 20 innings. 40 hits. 14 walks. 34 runs, 33 of them earned for a team ERA of 10.78. If there’s truly no place like this home then Dorothy wouldn’t have been swept into the tornado, she would’ve jump head-first into the damn thing in hopes of gentler treatment.