Less than 24 hours earlier, Omaha was sprinting out of the first base dugout onto Tal Anderson Field, having walked off the reeling Huskers. On Monday afternoon, it was Nebraska’s turn, bolting, if you will, (the rare double pun!) out onto Hawkes Field to intercept a red hot Griffin Everitt at 2nd base after he drove in Max Anderson for the winning run in the bottom of the 9th to end Nebraska’s home opener in thrilling fashion.
After Sunday saw the offense managing only 3 hits vs 11 strikeouts, head coach Will Bolt preached changing and simplifying the approach at the plate.