Lincoln, Neb. – The Nebraska baseball team (22-23, 6-10 Big Ten) won the rubber match against Maryland, 5-2, at Hawks Field on Sunday afternoon.
Senior Matt Warren earned the win after going a season-high 6.2 shutout innings. He recorded four strikeouts, while allowing five hits and one walk. Paul Tillotson made a relief appearance of 0.2 inning before Jake Hohensee notched his team-high 11th save in 1.2 innings of work.
Nebraska turned four double plays during the game and for the second consecutive game, didn’t commit any errors. The two teams were scoreless through three innings before Nebraska scored one run in the bottom of the fourth. Senior Scott Schreiber continued his torrid pace with a solo home run to right field. It marked his second home run of the weekend, his 18th of the season and the 44th of his career to put him in a tie for fourth on NU’s career chart with Alex Gordon.