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Four-Run Ninth Gives Huskers 9-8 Win Over Iowa

A game-tying two-RBI triple by Pat Kelly and a walk-off single from Kale Kiser completed a dramatic ninth-inning comeback that lifted Nebraska to a 9-8 win over Iowa Sunday afternoon at Hawks Field.

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A game-tying two-RBI triple by Pat Kelly and a walk-off single from Kale Kiser completed a dramatic ninth-inning comeback that lifted Nebraska to a 9-8 win over Iowa Sunday afternoon at Hawks Field.

Trailing 8-5 going into the bottom of the ninth, Kash Kalkowski led off with a single and scored following a pair of singles from Richard Stock and Josh Scheffert. Freshman Austin Darby then moved Scheffert and Stock to second and third respectively with a sacrifice bunt, setting the table for Kelly, who blasted a 1-2 slider from closer Nick Brown over Kris Goodman’s head in center field, tying the game.

Kiser then came to the plate for his first at bat of the game after coming in as a defensive replacement in the top of the frame and roped an 0-2 pitch for a single to right that easily scored Kelly from third for the game winner.

The comeback was also made possible by the effort of reliever Travis Huber, who picked up his first win with 1.2 innings of shutout ball. The junior righty came into the game in the eighth with one out and runners on first and second. He retired the next two Hawkeyes to get out of the jam.

Scheffert notched his fourth home run of the season with a lead-off shot in the second that put the Huskers (22-12, 5-4 Big Ten) up 2-1. NU took a 4-1 lead into the sixth before the Hawkeyes put up eight runs in the next three innings to take a 9-4 lead.