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Nebraska Upsets Top-Seeded Oregon to Win Pool A, Advance to Big Ten Baseball Tournament Semifinals

The Huskers go 2-0 in pool play to move on to Saturday afternoon's semifinal against Penn State.
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Nebraska pitcher Jackson Brockett walks off the field after delivering 6.0 innings of work Saturday against Oregon in the Big Ten Tournament.
Nebraska pitcher Jackson Brockett walks off the field after delivering 6.0 innings of work Saturday against Oregon in the Big Ten Tournament. | Nebraska Athletics

The Nebraska baseball season is still alive.

Nebraska, the 8-seed in the Big Ten Tournament, upended 1-seed Oregon Saturday morning at Charles Schwab Field, 7-3. The Huskers improve to 30-27 while while the Ducks fall to 41-14.

Oregon is now off until learning its postseason destination with the NCAA Selection Show on Monday. Nebraska advances to the semifinals later today.

The pitching duo of Jackson Brockett and Will Walsh kept the Duck bats scattered. The pair allowed three runs on 12 hits, walking three and striking out six.

At the plate, the Huskers did damage against Duck ace Garyson Grinsell. Nebraska was able to plate six runs on Grayson, forcing him out of the game after just 4.0 innings of work.

Part of Nebraska's success came on Oregon miscues. The Ducks committed four errors, helping the Huskers extend innings and build the lead early.

The Huskers finished with 11 hits, led by the 3-for-4 effort from Riley Silva. Gabe Swansen and Case Sanderson finished with two RBIs each.

Nebraska will take on ninth-seeded Penn State at 5 p.m. CDT. The game will be broadcast on Big Ten Network.

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Nebraska left fielder Gabe Swansen runs to first after one of his two hits against Oregon at the Big Ten Tournament.
Nebraska left fielder Gabe Swansen runs to first after one of his two hits against Oregon at the Big Ten Tournament. | Nebraska Athletics

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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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