1-0
Nebraska
0-1
Kats get win over Huskers on Opening Night
2/18/2022 11:05:00 PM | Baseball
The Kats' (1-0) pitching staff punched out 15 Cornhuskers (0-1) in the game, including eight from starting pitcher Matt Dillard who went 5.0 innings before leaving with the lead. He took a no-decision, but Cole Wesneski picked up the win in relief after a 3-run seventh inning proved to be the difference.
Dillard is dealing!
— Sam Houston Baseball (@BearkatsBSB) February 19, 2022
Matt Dillard earns his 8th strikeout of the game and leaves two Nebraska runners on base to maintain the Bearkats lead heading into the bottom of the 5th!#EatemupKats
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Wesneski struck out four and did not walk a batter in 3.0 innings of work before handing things off to Lance Lusk who struck out the side in the ninth for his first save of the year.
Justin Wishkoski led the offense with three RBI, including a 2-run double in the seventh that provided key insurance runs. Clayton Chadwick and Tyler Davis also picked up 2-run singles in an explosive, 5-run second inning that put the Kats in front early.
Those Kat bats are firing tonight!
— Sam Houston Baseball (@BearkatsBSB) February 19, 2022
Nebraska ties it up in the top of the 7th, but and RBI single from Easton Loyd and this 2 RBI double from Justin Wishkosiki gives the Kats an 8-5 lead heading into the 8th!#EatemupKats
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The duo of Walker Janek and Easton Loyd provided plenty of spark at the bottom of the lineup, each contributing a pair of hits and scoring twice, while it was Loyd's go-ahead RBI single in the seventh that pushed home the game-winning run.
Nebraska, the defending Big 10 champions, pushed across three runs in the top of the second, but the Kats answered right back with a 5-spot on RBI from Chadwick, Wishkoski and Davis. The Huskers eventually knotted things up with runs in both the sixth and seventh, but Nebraska's lone error of the night cost them big in the bottom of the seventh, sparking the Kats' 3-run rally.
The Bearkats are on the board!
— Sam Houston Baseball (@BearkatsBSB) February 19, 2022
Clayton Chadwick sends one into right field to drive in two runners after the kats surrendered three runs at the top of the 2nd!#EatemupKats
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The miscue put Christian Smith on base to kick start the inning and after a hit batter and a bunt single from Janek, Loyd dumped an RBI single into right field to score pinch runner Lane Brewster. Three batters later Wishkoski sent one into the same area to push home two more and the combo of Wesneski and Lusk did the rest in the final two frames.
The Kats and Huskers will do it all over again on Saturday with a twinbill scheduled for 2:00 p.m. at The Don.
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— Sam Houston Baseball (@BearkatsBSB) February 19, 2022
A couple of hits and 3 RBI ?
— Sam Houston Baseball (@BearkatsBSB) February 19, 2022
Nice Bearkat debut for Justin Wishkoski #EatEmUpKats #NCAABSB pic.twitter.com/ZEmi0BhRRH
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Wesneski, Cole (1-0)
L: Olson, Emmett (0-1)
S: Lusk, Lance (1)
Batting:
2B: Anderson, Max 1 ; Gomes, Colby 1
3B: Anderson, Max 1
RBI: Matthews, Brice 1 ; Jackson, Core 1 ; Sartori, Luke 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Anderson, Max 1 ; Matthews, Brice 1 ; Everitt, Griffin 1 ; Gomes, Colby 2
SB: Sartori, Luke 1
HBP: Caron, Josh 1
Batting:
2B: Wishkoski, Justin 1 ; Loyd, Easton 1
RBI: Chadwick, Clayton 2 ; Wishkoski, Justin 3 ; Davis, Tyler 2 ; Loyd, Easton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Chadwick, Clayton 1 ; Wishkoski, Justin 1 ; Brewster, Lane 1 ; Touchet, Trent 1 ; Janek, Walker 2 ; Loyd, Easton 2
HBP: Davis, Tyler 1 ; Touchet, Trent 1 ; Janek, Walker 1
