Huskers Walk Past Minnesota, 6-4

Lincoln – A dropped pop up opened the door, and Nebraska walked right through it, scoring five times in the bottom of the sixth inning to rally for a 6-4 win over Minnesota in the first game of a twinbill at Hawks Field Saturday afternoon.

Nebraska, which has won four straight games to improve to 9-4 on the season, had just five hits on the day, but took advantage of four Golden Gopher walks, two errors and a hit batter in the frame to overcome a three-run deficit in the seven-inning contest.

Nebraska trailed 4-1 with two on and two outs when pinch hitter Leighton Banjoff lofted a 2-0 pitch into foul territory down the left field line, but the ball was misplayed by Minnesota left fielder…