Frank Deals Career Outing in Nebraska’s 2-0 Win

Koty Frank had a career-high 10 strikeouts and tossed 6.2 shutout innings in Nebraska’s 2-0 win against Northwestern State on Friday at Clay Gould Ballpark in Arlington, Texas. The 6.2-inning performance is Frank’s longest outing of his career, surpassing his previous career-high of four innings at TCU last weekend.

Nebraska (2-6) scored two runs on eight hits and didn’t commit an error, while Northwestern State (3-6) was limited to five hits.

Frank improved to 1-0 on the season after only allowing five hits and two walks in the win. Olson picked up his first save on the year after pitching the final 2.1 innings of relief without allowing a baserunner and striking out three.

Brice Matthews had a team-high two hits, followed by six Huskers with one hit apiece. Griffin Everitt was 1-for-3 at the plate with a two-run homer. Efry Cervantes hit a double, while Max Anderson, Cam Chick, Leighton Banjoff and Colby Gomes had one single each.

The Demons threatened early with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the second, but Frank induced a 6-4-3 double play to get out of the jam.

Cervantes had Nebraska’s first hit of the game with a two-out double to left in the third. Matthews followed with an infield single to the shortstop, but NSU was able to escape the threat after throwing out Cervantes overrunning third on the play.

Matthews began the sixth with a single to left and stole second before Everitt drilled a two-run shot down the left field line to give the Big Red a 2-0 lead.

Frank recorded back-to-back strikeouts in the bottom of the seventh before allowing a walk on four pitches to the final batter he faced. Olson drew a first-pitch out to end the seventh and didn’t allow a baserunner in the eighth or ninth inning to clinch the shutout victory for the Huskers.

Nebraska is set to play its second game of the day at 3 p.m., as the Huskers take on UT Arlington.