BSB Preview: vs. No. 12 USC – University of Nebraska

NEBRASKA VS. NO. 12 USC
April 17-19, 2026
Hawks Field at Haymarket Park | Lincoln, Neb.

Friday, April 17 – 6:02 pm
Pitching: RHP Cooper Katskee (5-0, 3.27 ERA) vs. LHP Mason Edwards (6-0, 1.35 ERA)
TV/Streaming: B1G+
Radio: Huskers.com, Huskers Radio Network, Official Huskers App

Saturday, April 18 – 2:02 pm
Pitching: RHP Carson Jasa (7-0, 2.13 ERA) vs. RHP Grant Govel (7-0, 2.13 ERA)
TV/Streaming: B1G+
Radio: Huskers.com, Huskers Radio Network, Official Huskers App

Sunday, April 19 – 12:02 pm
Pitching: RHP Gavin Blachowicz (3-1, 2.27 ERA) vs. RHP Andrew Johnson (3-1, 3.66 ERA)
TV/Streaming: NPM/B1G+
Radio: Huskers.com, Huskers Radio Network, Official Huskers App

Follow the Game
• All three video games of this weekend’ sequence may be seen on B1G+, whereas Sunday’s recreation will even be broadcast on Nebraska Public Media, with Larry Punteney and Brian Duensing on the decision.
• Fans can even take heed to Nick Handley and Ben McLaughlin name this weekend’s motion on the Huskers Radio Network.
• Every recreation of the 2026 season may be heard without cost on Huskers.com and the Official Nebraska Huskers App for each iOS and Android units.

Nebraska vs. USC
• Nebraska and USC have met seven instances on the diamond, with the Trojans holding a slim 4-3 lead over the Huskers within the all-time sequence.
• The two groups met final season in California, the place USC took two of three video games in opposition to the Big Red.
• Prior to final season’s sequence, the Huskers and Trojans performed single video games within the 1979, 1984, 2005 and 2013 seasons.
• This weekend’s sequence is USC’s first go to to Lincoln within the all-time sequence between the 2 applications.

In the Polls
• Nebraska checked in at No. 22 within the Perfect Game rankings, No. 24 within the NCBWA ballot and No. 25 within the USA Today/Coaches Top 25 after going 1-3 final week in opposition to Kansas and No. 21 Oregon.
• The Big Red fell out of the D1 Baseball rankings and Baseball America’s Top 25, whereas No. 1 UCLA, No. 12 USC and No. 19 Oregon represented the Big Ten in D1Baseball’s Top 25.

A Look on the Weekend Rotation
• Redshirt junior Cooper Katskee strikes into the Friday evening position and is 5-0 on the season with a 3.27 ERA in 44 innings this season with 51 strikeouts and an opposing batting common of .182.
• Redshirt sophomore Carson Jasa will get the nod on Saturday and is 6-1 with a 4.34 ERA and 70 punchouts in 42 innings throughout 9 begins.
• Gavin Blachowicz returns to the Sunday spot within the weekend rotation and is 3-1 with a 2.27 ERA and 47 strikeouts in 39.2 innings on the season.

Home Sweet Home at Haymarket Park
• Nebraska is in its twenty fifth season enjoying at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park this yr and hasn’t had a shedding season at residence in any of the final 24 seasons.
• Following Tuesday’s 5-4 win in opposition to Creighton, the Huskers are 456-184-1 in 641 all-time video games at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park.
• The Big Red is 16-1 in residence video games this season, recording their greatest residence begin since opening the house slate with a 17-0 document in 2005.

Big Red Off to Best Start Since 2008
• With a 28-9 document by way of 37 video games, the Huskers have compiled their winningest begin since opening the 2008 marketing campaign with a 29-7-1 document.
• The 28 wins within the first 37 video games are tied for fifth-most this century, trailing 31 wins in 2006, 30 victories in 2005 and 29 wins in 2008 and 2001.
•This season marks the second time the Huskers have reached 26 wins within the first 37 video games beneath head coach Will Bolt after starting the 2021 marketing campaign with a 26-11 document.

Notables on the 2026 Campaign
• With wins in opposition to No. 7 Auburn, No. 16 Florida State and No. 21 Oregon this season, the Big Red have 9 wins in opposition to ranked opponents within the final two seasons.
• Nebraska has recorded a number of 10-game win streaks in the identical season for the primary time since 2006 after posting win streaks 10 and 11 video games this season.
• With Mac Moyer and Dylan Carey main the Big Red with 57 and 56 hits, respectively, the Huskers are one of 4 groups nationally with two gamers with 55-plus hits on the season.
• Mac Moyer has reached base safely in 36 consecutive video games this season, which is the longest streak by a Husker since Brice Matthews‘string of 52 straight video games in 2023.
• The Husker offense is scoring 7.4 runs per recreation by way of 37 video games this season. The Big Red have completed a full season above 7.0 runs per recreation as soon as since 2013 after scoring 7.5 runs per recreation in 2023.
• The Huskers have recorded three walk-off victories this season. Going again to the ultimate three weeks of the common season in 2025, the Big Red have totaled seven wins in walk-off trend.
• Nebraska has run-ruled their opponent 5 instances and has scored 10-plus runs 11 instances by way of 37 video games this season.
• The Husker offense is batting .305 with two outs this season and has recorded 91 of its 252 RBI with two outs.
• The NU pitching employees is holding opponents to a .222 batting common by way of 37 video games, which might be the bottom opponent batting common for a full season this century, bettering the earlier low of .227 in 2005.
• The NU pitching employees has recorded 14 strikeouts 4 instances in 37 video games this season, after totaling simply six such performances mixed in 2024 and 2025.
• Dylan Carey ranks among the many high eight of DI’s energetic profession leaders in 4 classes, together with second in at-bats (814), third in doubles (57), fifth in video games performed (212) and eighth in hits (237).
• Dylan Carey was named a third-team midseason All-American by Perfect Game and chosen to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch listing, whereas Ty Horn and Gavin Blachowicz landed on the Pitcher of the Year Award Watch List.

Unger Holding Down NU’s Closer Role
• Sophomore J’Shawn Unger is 4-1 with a team-high eight saves in 14 reduction appearances this season.
• The right-hander holds a 3.16 ERA with 25 strikeouts in 25.2 innings whereas limiting opponents to a .148 batting common.
• Unger’s eight saves are probably the most by an NU underclassman since Colby Gomes‘ 13 saves in 2019 as a freshman.

Mac Attack: Moyer Pacing Big purple in Leadoff Spot
• Mac Moyer leads the Big Ten in hits (57) and is second in batting common (.393) whereas rating twelfth and thirty fourth nationally in these respective classes by way of 37 video games.
• The leadoff hitter has reached base at a .491 clip, accumulating 57 hits and 27 walks in 145 at-bats whereas scoring a team-high 43 runs, good for second within the Big Ten and fortieth nationally.
• Moyer is one of 13 gamers nationally, together with one of seven P4 gamers, to attain no less than 43 instances with an on-base share higher than .490.

Huskers Creating Traffic on Basepaths
• The Husker offense has had 56.2 p.c of its at-bats this season with runners on base.
• Prior to this season, the Huskers’ highest mark since 2000 was a price of 55.4 p.c throughout the 2001 marketing campaign.
• The Big Red has accomplished 5 seasons since 2000 above a 52 p.c price, whereas the 51.5 p.c end in 2024 is the most effective season within the Bolt period.

Stokes Becomes NU’s Nine-Hole Catalyst
• Rhett Stokes has been a spark on the backside of the lineup for the Husker offense, batting .392 with 20 hits, 4 doubles, two residence runs, 11 RBI and a .456 on-base share out of the nine-spot.
• The bottom-of-the-order bat has been a catalyst for Nebraska’s offense, because the Huskers have scored runs within the inning Stokes data a success 18 instances in 28 such alternatives this season.
• On the yr, Stokes is slashing .364/.430/.530 ​​with 5 doubles, two residence runs and 14 RBI whereas scoring 13 instances throughout 31 video games.