Huskers Clinch Series Behind Jasa’s Career Outing

Carson Jasa struck out a career-high 10 batters in a career-high 6.2 innings to lead Nebraska to a 6-3 win against Maine in game one of a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park.

Nebraska (13-5) scored six runs on 10 hits and an error, while Maine (2-15) totaled three runs, five hits and no errors.

Mac Moyer went 3-for-5 with two doubles and two RBI to lead the Husker offense. Jeter Worthley was 3-for-4 with an Rbi and two runs scored, and Devin Nunez went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a pair of runs scored. Jett Buck drove in a run on a 1-for-3 day, while Drew Grego added a sacrifice fly.

Jasa improved to 3-1 on the season after allowing three runs on four hits with a career-high 10 punchouts in 6.2 innings. Colin Nowaczyk recorded two outs before Cooper Katskee closed out the final 1.2 frames without allowing a hit to earn his second save of the season.

Nebraska struck first in the opening frame when Moyer doubled down the left-field line and scored on Buck’s RBI single through the left side to give the Huskers a 1-0 lead.

The Big Red added two more in the second inning. Nunez singled and Rhett Stokes laid down a sacrifice bunt to move him to second, setting the table for Worthley’s RBI single to right-center field. Worthley swiped second before Moyer doubled to left field to plate Worthley and push the lead to 3-0.

Nunez singled home Buck in the third to extend the advantage to 4-0 after Buck had walked and stolen second.

Maine responded in the fourth when a two-run homer to left field brought the Black Bears within 4-2.

The Huskers answered with two more in the sixth. Nunez walked and Stokes singled before Worthley dropped down a bunt single to load the bases. Moyer singled to left to score Nunez, and Grego’s sacrifice fly to center plated Stokes to make it 6-2 through six innings.

Maine got one back in the seventh on a sacrifice fly to trim NU’s lead to 6-3, while Katskee recorded the final five outs on just nine pitches to clinch Nebraska’s 6-3 victory in game one.