The 8th ranked Huskers scored four runs in the sixth inning to come back and beat their in-state rival Creighton 4-3 in front of 5,946 fans at Haymarket Park.
Dan Jennings picked up the win for Nebraska, improving to 5-0 by limiting Creighton to three hits and a run in the first six innings. The Bluejays’ run, which came on Winkelmann’s sacrifice fly in the fourth, ended the left-hander’s string of scoreless innings at 301/3, three shy of the school record.
It’s Nebraska’s 13th come-from-behind win of the season as the Huskers improved to 29-7-1 entering tonight’s 6:30 rematch with Creighton at Rosenblatt Stadium.