Big Inning Propels Nebraska Baseball to Win Over Omaha

Key Highlights

• Katskee had been slated to be the Sunday starter to begin the season, but an illness combined with a couple strong starts by his replacement, Gavin Blachowicz had him waiting until Tuesday to show what he was capable of. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementKatskee had a rocky first inning, giving up 3 straight 2 out hits, including a 2 run home run.
• He settled down quickly, retiring 14 out of 15 batters in a row, with the only batter reaching base because of an error.
• He ended up going 6 innings, allowing 2 earned runs on 5 hits, striking out 10 Mavs and walking none.
• Katskee made as strong of a case to be back in the weekend rotation as he could, giving Husker pitching coach Rob Childress a tough choice to make. The Nebraska offense gave Katskee a lot of cushion to work with after the top half of the first inning.
• Back to back walks to Mac Moyer and Josh Overbeek put two on for the Huskers’ hottest hitter, and Dylan Carey delivered.