Lincoln – The Nebraska baseball team (34-19, 9-12 Big Ten) had the tying run at the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning, but couldn’t complete a comeback in a 9-6 loss to the Purdue Boilermakers (17-34, 4-17 Big Ten) in the final home game of the season at Hawks Field. After winning the series opener on Saturday, the Huskers dropped the finale two games of series to Purdue.
The Huskers took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the fifth following a two-run homer from Scott Schreiber, but the Boilermakers answered with eight runs in the top of the sixth to take a 9-2 lead.