Huskers Top Creighton in Fall Exhibition, 11-9

The Nebraska baseball team played its first of two fall exhibitions Friday evening, defeating Creighton 11-9 in a pre-planned 12-inning game at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park.
 
Efry Cervantes and Griffin Everitt both finished 2-for-3 with a run scored, and Everitt added an RBI. Josh Caron was 2-for-4 with a run scored and another driven in. Jack Steil also drove in a pair of runs.
 
NU used nine pitchers on the night, opening with starter Shay Schanaman, who struck out five and allowed one hit over 2.0 innings. The win went to Quinn Mason, who threw a scoreless, hitless 11th inning.
 
The Huskers got out to a commanding 6-1 lead after two three-run frames. In the second inning, Caron singled in Everitt, and a two-run single down the left field line by Steil plated Caron and Luke Jessen for a quick 3-0 lead.
 
In the fifth, Luke Sartori and Cam Chick scored on a wild pitch and a passed ball, respectively. It sandwiched an Everitt sacrifice fly that scored Brice Matthews to go up 6-1.
 
A four-run seventh from CU cut the lead to 6-5 on a pair of two-run home runs from Kyle Hess and Alan Roden.
 
Nebraska responded with a run in the eighth when Matt Guthmiller scored on a passed ball to make it 7-5. CU got one back in the ninth on a solo shot by Hess, then took the lead briefly at 8-7 in the 10th with a two-run double from Roden.
 
But the Huskers answered in the bottom half of the frame with four runs on a trio of hits and three errors. A Cervantes single and a Gabe Swansen double — both to left — put two on, and a CU throwing error allowed both to score. Another Bluejay fielding error followed, allowing Nick Wimmers to cross, and Garrett Anglim tallied the final Husker run on an RBI single from Max Petersen.
 
Zack Reynolds added one more run for Creighton with a pinch-hit homer in the 12th, capping the game at 11-9.
 
Roden finished 3-for-4 with a run scored and five RBI to lead the Bluejays.
 
Nebraska continues fall play on Saturday, Oct. 2 with Wichita State at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park. First pitch is set for Noon, and the 14-inning exhibition will be open to the public with free admission.