Nebraska saw its 11-game win streak come to an end, as the Huskers fell 2-1 to Michigan in the series opener at Ray Fisher Stadium on Friday in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Nebraska (16-6, 3-1 Big Ten) scored one run on eight hits, while Michigan (11-9, 1-3 Big Ten) totaled two runs, six hits and an error.

Mac Moyer led the Big Red with a 2-for-5 afternoon that included a double, and Devin Nunez was 2-for-3 with a stolen base. Case Sanderson drove in Nebraska’s lone run on a sacrifice fly, and Jeter Worthley, Rhett Stokes and Miken Miller tallied one hit each.

Ty Horn took the loss in his first decision of the season, allowing two runs on six hits with eight strikeouts across 4.2 innings. Caleb Clark, Tucker Timmerman and Grant Cleavinger combined to throw 4.1 scoreless innings in relief, as the NU pitching staff teamed up to not allow a hit over the final 5.1 innings.

Nebraska grabbed an early 1-0 lead in the first when Moyer doubled down the first-base line and Worthley singled through the right side to put runners on the corners. Sanderson’s sacrifice fly to left field scored Moyer to give the Huskers the one-run advantage.

Michigan answered in the second with a pair of singles and a stolen base to tie the game at one.

The Wolverines took the lead for good in the third with an RBI single after two singles earlier in the inning to make it a 2-1 game through three innings.

The Husker offense stranded a pair of baserunners in the fourth and fifth innings but couldn’t plate the tying run.

Nebraska threatened in the top of the ninth with two outs after Nunez was hit by a pitch and Stokes singled through the right side to put runners on first and second, but the Wolverines induced a groundout to first to preserve the 2-1 win over the Huskers on Friday evening.

Nebraska and Michigan continue the series tomorrow afternoon. First pitch between the Huskers and Wolverines is set for 1 p.m. CT on B1G+.

Huskers Shut Down Spartans in Series Opener

Jordy Frahm threw a complete-game shutout and the Husker offense recorded 11 hits, and the No. 9 Nebraska softball team defeated Michigan State, 2-0, on Friday afternoon in East Lansing, Mich.

With the win, the Huskers improved to 22-5 on the season and 4-0 in the Big Ten. Head Coach Rhonda Revelle picked up her 1,200th career win. 

Frahm (8-3) tossed her fifth complete game of the year and recorded 12 strikeouts while allowing no runs and only two hits en route to the win in the circle. 

A Jesse Farrell home run and Hannah Camenzind RBI single accounted for the scoring for the Big Red. Farrell also added a double.

In the top of the third, Bland walked and went to third base on a H. Camenzind single up the middle. Bland scored on a Kuszak sacrifice fly to give NU a 1-0 lead.

Farrell extended the edge to 2-0 on a two-out solo shot in the top of the fifth.

The Huskers will take on the Spartans again tomorrow, March 22 at 12 p.m. (CT). The game will be streamed on B1G+ and can be heard across the Huskers Radio Network.

Notes

• Today’s win was head coach Rhonda Revelle’s 1,200th of her career.

• Jordy Frahm logged 12 strikeouts on the day, a season high.

• NU extended its win streak to 11 games.