Huskers waste late opportunity as Cal Poly walks off with win

This time, it was the Nebraska baseball team who couldn't take advantage of a prime opportunity.

The Mustangs nipped the Huskers 3-2 on Friday in San Luis Obispo, California, via a walk-off RBI single to even the series.

"They got the big hit and we didn't," Husker coach Darin Erstad said on his postgame radio show. "There you go."

With the score knotted at 2-2 going into the bottom of the ninth, Cal Poly opened with a single and bunt single to put runners at first and second. A strikeout and flyout to center field brought Nick Meyer to the plate with two outs.

Meyer singled a 1-0 pitch out of the reach of diving shortstop Brison Cronenbold and into left field. Luis Alvarado, playing shallow…