It was easy to see from the words “Play ball!” that was going to be an offensive slugfest. Pitchers Jackson Brockett for NU and Pierce Coppola from Florida got both got started on the wrong foot, and in a offensive ballpark like they have in Stillwater with the wind coming in from an impending storm, it could be “off to the races” in a hurry.
Case Sanderson worked a 1-out walk in the top of the first, and it looked like Josh Caron was going to put up a quick 2-0 lead for the Huskers, but it fell about 5 feet short of the wall into the wind.