Official Site of the Huskers · Mar 7, 2020
'Good Moments' Aplenty In Huskers' Home-Opening Win
Nebraska pitchers struck out 16 batters. They issued no walks.
Freshman designated hitter Leighton Banjoff hit another home run and reached base two other times. He increased his team-leading batting average and on-base percentage.
A closer on this day, junior Paul Tillotson needed a mere 10 pitches for a 1-2-3 ninth inning and Nebraska's first save of the season.
A bright sun helped temperatures into the 50s on Friday, the sixth day of March, as 4,570 fans watched the Huskers defeat Columbia 5-3 in a tidy 2 hours, 26 minutes.
What else could you want in the first home baseball game of a new season, of a new coaching era?