Overview
- Nebraska locked up the home set at Hawks Field by taking the first two games, edging one 6-5 and then pulling away 12-7 with a seven-run seventh.
- Max Buettenback opened the scoring with a two-run homer, and Dylan Carey added an RBI single before later scoring on a balk after two wild pitches.
- Indiana cut into early leads with a three-run home run and a bases-loaded walk, while Nebraska kept cashing in on errors, wild pitches, free passes and a hit batter.
- Reliever J'Shawn Unger closed the 6-5 finish for his third save, signaling a defined late-inning role for the Huskers.
- The series win put Nebraska at 21-6 overall and 7-1 in Big Ten play before the finale scheduled to close the set.