Finally, a big weekend for Big Red baseball. Nebraska (12-14, 4-2 Big Ten) went to Columbus, Ohio, on a three-game losing streak, having lost five of the last six contests. But the bats came to life and the defense stayed steady in a sweep of Ohio State (8-16, 0-4 Big Ten) by scores of 5-3, 10-5 and 17-5. The Huskers had to grind out the victory Friday. After scoring a run in each of the first two innings, the Huskers led 2-0 going into the seventh. That’s when Shay Schanaman was pulled from the game after 6.1 innings, giving up just one run before his exit. Schanaman struck out eight and walked three. NU added another run in the eighth and two more in the ninth inning. Ohio State made things interesting with two runs in the bottom of the ninth but couldn’t close the gap entirely. Griffin Everitt notched…
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