Baseball: 2022
Baseball archive: 2022
Coach Will Bolt's Huskers stumbled though a difficult 2022 season, finishing in a three-way tie for eighth place in the Big Ten and failing to qualify for the conference tournament.
June
Nebraska secures a commitment from infielder Charlie Fischer, a senior transfer from Southern Miss.
The Huskers land Cayden Brumbaugh,* a transfer outfielder from Oklahoma State.
Nearly two dozen Huskers are set for summer league play from coast to coast.
May
Half a dozen players are leaving the team via the transfer portal, while big hitter Zach Johnson is the latest juco prospect* to come aboard.
The Huskers survive a nearly disastrous ninth inning to beat Michigan State, 10-9, but the season ends* with no hope for a spot in the Big Ten Tournament after Saturday's rainout of the Maryland-Purdue game. | Box score | Shatel commentary*
Nebraska's postseason hopes stay alive as Brice Matthews' three-run homer in the eighth inning* lifts the Huskers to a 6-3 win* over the Spartans. | Box score
The Huskers are shut out through eight innings en route to dropping the series opener to Michigan State, 4-1.* | Box score
Nebraska gets a midweek win over Oral Roberts, 9-5. | Box score | Photos
After a lengthy weather delay, Illinois wins the game and the series in the bottom of the ninth, 5-4, in a game the Huskers had led 4-0. | Box score
Max Anderson's four-RBI day* boosts Nebraska to an 11-2 win that sets up a rubber game Sunday against the Illini. | Box score
The Huskers drop their series opener to Illinois, 8-3. | Box score
Nebraska's postseason hopes get dimmer with a 3-1 loss* that gave last-place Minnesota its first Big Ten series win of the season. | Box score
Errors help turn a three-run lead in the eighth turns into an extra-innings loss to Minnesota.* Box score
Max Anderson's three-run homer* helps propel the Huskers to a 12-5 romp over Minnesota.* | Box score
Eighth-grader Bryce Fountain* commits to Nebraska baseball.
After getting pounded 12-1 in Sunday's first game, Iowa takes the series with a 5-3 win in 10 innings. | Box scores: 1, 2
April
Saturday's game against Iowa has been postponed to Sunday, when the teams will play a double header.
Nebraska is held to two hits in a 1-0 loss* to Iowa.* | Box score
Friday's game against Iowa has been moved up to 3:35 p.m. because of a forecast for severe weather.
The Huskers' bats stay hot in a 14-3 rout of Omaha.* | Box score
Nebraska steals seven bases -- six of them in the first inning* -- in an 8-6 win over Kansas State. | Box score
The Huskers avoid a sweep at Indiana as a shuffled lineup produces a huge day at the plate in a 19-7 romp.* | Box score
Nebraska surrenders five unearned runs in the second inning* and strikes out 16 times in an 8-1 loss* at Indiana. | Box score
The Huskers rally from a 7-0 deficit, but Indiana holds on* for an 8-7 win* in Friday's series opener. | Box score
Nebraska's bullpen closes the deal in a 4-3 win over North Dakota State. Box score
It's yet another one-run loss for Nebraska as BYU takes the series with a 4-3 decision. | Box score
BYU sweeps* Friday's doubleheader in a pair of one-run decisions, 3-2 and 7-6. | Box scores: 1, 2
Koty Frank and two other Husker pitchers combine for a one-hitter and Nick Wimmers drives in the game's only run* as Nebraska edges BYU,* 1-0.Box score | Photos
Tuesday's game against Creighton has been moved up 30 minutes due to weather concerns. | Suspended in fourth inning
Will Bolt's Huskers lack the mental toughness of last year's team, and the pitching staff's health problems aren't helping matters, Tad Stryker writes.
For the second time in three weeks, it's a lopsided loss of historic proportions* as Rutgers turns a tight game* into a 19-1* trouncing of the Huskers. | Box score
A two-run homer in the eighth inning gives Rutgers a 5-4 victory* and clinches the weekend series for the Scarlet Knights. | Box score | Photos
Nebraska's bats wake up too late in a 7-5 loss* to Rutgers. | Box score | Photos
Pitcher Jaxon Jelkin is no longer on the team.
A four-run eighth inning is not enough as Nebraska leaves the bases loaded in the ninth* and falls 6-5* to Omaha.* | Box score
The Huskers complete a sweep at Ohio State with a 17-5 romp featuring 16 Nebraska hits and a Luke Sartori grand slam. | Box score
Nebraska pulls away from the Buckeyes on Max Anderson's sixth-inning grand slam and clinches the weekend series* with a 10-5 win.* | Box score
Six errors by the Buckeyes and eight K's from Husker starter Shay Schanaman help Nebraska post a 5-3 win* at Ohio State. | Box score
March
Clutch hitting goes AWOL for the Huskers in a 3-2 loss* to Creighton* in Omaha. | Box score
Garrett Anglim earns Big Ten freshman of the week honors.
The rubber game of the series isn't close as the Huskers drop a 6-1 decision to visiting Michigan. | Box score | Tad Styker report
Michigan answers Nebraska's eighth-inning rally with two runs in the ninth to even the series with an 8-6 defeat of the Huskers. | Box score
Nebraska shakes off an astonishing four consecutive home runs by Michigan and notches a 13-9 win, paced by Garrett Anglim's six-RBI night. | Box score
Griffin Everitt earns Big Ten co-player of the week honors.
Poor weather has led to the cancellation of Wednesday's game against South Dakota State.
Kyle Perry's injury is "not looking real promising," Will Bolt says, but there's a chance Jake Bunz will return to the mound this season.
The Huskers get humiliated at Haymarket as Texas A&M-Corpus Christi takes the series in a 21-4 romp, Nebraska's worst home loss in 30 years.* | Stats
Nebraska manages just one hit as the Islanders register a 4-1 win* to even the series. | Box score | Photos
A four-run ninth inning saves the day for the Huskers in a 13-12 win* over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, but an apparent injury to left-hander Kyle Perry | Box score | Photos
Nebraska rallies from three runs behind in the final two innings to complete a sweep* of New Mexico State. | Stats | Photos
The Huskers survive a dicey ninth inning and beat New Mexico State 12-6 after entering the final frame with a 12-0 lead.* | Box score | Photos
It's a series split as the bats of Matt Anderson and Griffin Everitt deliver for Nebraska in the bottom of the ninth for a 6-5 win* over UNO* in the Huskers' home opener.* | Box score | Photos
The Huskers manage just three hits and lose 4-3* to UNO on an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth. | Box score
Errors prove costly to Nebraska in a 6-4 loss* at Kansas State. | Stats
Shay Schanaman earns Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honors.
Weather issues force a one-day delay in the game at Kansas State, and this weekend's Long Beach State series has been replaced by a home-and-home with Nebraska-Omaha.
The Huskers rebound from Friday's gut-punch and sweep Saturday's games against Northwestern State and UT Arlington behind strong performances on the mound. | Box scores: 1, 2
Nebraska's pitchers deliver 17 consecutive scoreless innings Friday, but the 18th is painful as a 3-0 lead* turns into a 4-3 loss* to UT Arlington. | Box scores: 1, 2
The starting rotation gets a shake-up in advance of the Huskers' third weekend in Texas.
February
The Big Ten lineup of televised games is announced, and the Huskers will play five times on BTN and once each on ESPN2 and ESPNU.
It's a winless weekend for the Huskers as TCU fends off Nebraska's bases-loaded threat in the ninth inning Sunday on a controversial call. | Box score
Nebraska pitchers issue 13 free passes in an 8-3 loss* to TCU. | Box score
The Huskers' bats go silent in big moments as seven runners are stranded in the final three innings of a 4-1 loss* to TCU. | Box score
Pitcher Jake Bunz's arm injury* will force him to miss the rest of the season.
It's a 1-3 start to the season as the Huskers drop Sunday's series finale to Sam Houston, 6-3.* | Box score
Nebraska salvages a doubleheader split* Saturday against Sam Houston, but pitcher Jake Bunz leaves with an injury. | Box scores: 1, 2
The Huskers' season gets off to a ragged start* in an 8-5 loss to Sam Houston State. | Box score
Nebraska is voted the favorite to win the conference in the preseason Big Ten coaches poll.
The bullpen, the captains* and more are discussed as Will Bolt and players meet the press nine days before the start of the season. | Bolt video
John Sanders,* Nebraska's baseball coach from 1978 to 1997, has died at age 76 after a battle with cancer.
The team captains for 2022: Cam Chick, Griffin Everitt, Kyle Perry and Shay Schanaman.
January
Practices begin amid heightened expectations for the 2022 Huskers.
Nebraska is No. 20 in Baseball America's preseason poll.
The Huskers replace what was to have been an early-March home-opening series with four games in Texas.
Nebraska is No. 22 in the preseason rankings of Perfect Game USA.
Sept.-Dec.
The Huskers unveil their 55-game schedule for 2022.
Eight scholarship and two walk-on commits have signed their letters of intent for 2022.
Chase Mason, one of Nebraska's top 2021 signees, has left the program.
The Reds win the fall intrasquad series: Game 1, Game 2, Game 3.
Nebraska gets a 2022 commitment from the juco ranks in Trey Frahm.
Saturday's exhibition with Wichita State has been replaced with an intrasquad scrimmage due to COVID-19 issues with the Shockers.
Without coach Will Bolt, the Huskers defeat Creighton, 11-9, in the first exhibition game of fall.
Nebraska will play exhibition games against Creighton and Wichita State before wrapping up the fall schedule with the Red-White Series. | Aiming for CWS
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2/19 @Sam Houston L 5-1
2/19 @Sam Houston W 12-9
2/20 @Sam Houston L 6-3
2/25 TCU# L 4-1
2/26 TCU# L 8-3
2/27 TCU# L 5-3
3/04 Northwestern State# W 2-0
3/04 @UT Arlington L 3-2
3/05 Northwestern State# W 6-0
3/05 @UT Arlington W 8-2
3/09 @Kansas State L 6-4
3/13 @Omaha L 4-3
3/14 Omaha W 6-5
3/15 New Mexico State W 12-6
3/16 New Mexico State W 6-5
3/18 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W 13-12
3/19 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi L 4-1
3/20 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi L 21-4
3/25 Michigan* W 13-6
3/26 Michigan* L 8-6
3/27 Michigan* L 6-1
3/29 @Creighton L 3-2
4/01 @Ohio State* W 5-3
4/02 @Ohio State* W 10-5
4/03 @Ohio State* W 17-5
4/06 @Omaha L 6-5
4/08 Rutgers* L 7-5
4/09 Rutgers* L 5-4
4/10 Rutgers* L 19-1
4/12 Creighton (Suspended)
4/14 BYU W 1-0
4/15 BYU L 3-2
4/15 BYU L 7-6
4/16 BYU L 4-3
4/20 North Dakota State W 4-3
4/22 @Indiana* L 8-7
4/23 @Indiana* L 8-1
4/24 @Indiana* W 19-7
4/26 Kansas State W 8-6
4/27 Omaha W 14-3
4/29 Iowa* L 1-0
5/01 Iowa* W 12-1
5/01 Iowa* L 5-3
5/06 @Minnesota* W 12-5
5/07 @Minnesota* L 9-8
5/08 @Minnesota* L 3-1
5/13 @Illinois* L 8-3
5/14 @Illinois* W 11-2
5/15 @Illinois* L 5-4
5/17 Oral Roberts W 9-5
5/19 Michigan State* L 4-1
5/20 Michigan State* W 6-3
5/21 Michigan State* W 10-9
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* Conference game