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Nebraska Baseball Upsets No. 22 Kansas in Lawrence

The Huskers got three runs in the final two innings to upend the Jayhawks Tuesday night.
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Nebraska left fielder Max Buettenback at Kansas.
Nebraska left fielder Max Buettenback at Kansas. | Nebraska Athletics

Nebraska threw everything but the kitchen sink at No. 22 Kansas, and the Huskers are returning to Lincoln with a victory.

NU upset No. 22 KU 7-5 Tuesday night in Lawrence. The Huskers improve to 15-18 on the year while the Jayhawks fall to 27-7.

This was the 150th win in the all-time series for Nebraska, with the Huskers leading 150-103-2.

With the game tied 4-4 through seven innings, Nebraska needed to make something happen with two outs and runners on the corners. Max Buettenback then singled to score a run, before a Cael Frost single brough in another.

The Big Red added an insurance run in the ninth on a Cayden Brumbaugh hit.

The Big Red had 23 players appear in the contest, including 10 pitchers. Outside of Jalen Worthley's three earned runs in just 0.1 innings of work, nobody got all that roughed up. Husker pitchers allowed just five hits.

Starter Ryan Harrahill allowed one run on two hits over 2.0 innings. Pryce Bender earned the win for his clean seventh inning. Luke Broderick got his sixth save of the year, despite allowing a run.

The Huskers tallied eight hits on the night, led by the 3-for-3 effort from Buettenback.

Nebraska stays on the road this weekend for a series at Iowa. First pitch Friday is set for 6 p.m. CDT on B1G+. Saturday's game will also be streamed on B1G+, while Sunday's finale will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network.

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Kaleb Henry
KALEB HENRY

Kaleb Henry is an award-winning sports reporter, covering collegiate athletics since 2014 via radio, podcasting, and digital journalism. His experience with Big Ten Conference teams goes back more than a decade, including time covering programs such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, and USC Trojans. He has contributed to Sports Illustrated since 2021. Kaleb has won multiple awards for his sports coverage from the Nebraska Broadcasters Association and Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. Prior to working in sports journalism, Kaleb was a Division I athlete on the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Track and Field team where he discussed NCAA legislation as SIUE's representative to the Ohio Valley Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. 

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