On a night where the rest of the Big Ten baseball teams were putting up football numbers, Nebraska and Michigan State were locked in a pitching battle in front of 5000 fans hoping to see their team take the next step towards clinching a spot in the Big Ten Baseball Tournament in Omaha next week.
Heading into Thursday, Nebraska needed a combination of 5 wins between themselves and Maryland (playing Purdue), to give them the edge over Purdue in the standings, and one Minnesota victory over Northwestern in their series to give Nebraska the tiebreaker there, should the Huskers take care of business vs Michigan State.