Nebraska baseball sweeps No. 12 USC in 16-6 victory

Nebraska baseball (31-9, 15-3) closed out its series with No. 12 USC (30-11, 13-8) on Sunday afternoon. The Huskers capped off the three-game stretch with another run-rule victory, winning 16-6 over the Trojans for their first ranked sweep since 2015.

The weekend sweep also set a program record for the largest attendance for a Big Ten home series, with 21,383 total fans across the three games.

Nebraska got the win after trailing 5-2 heading into the bottom of the second, outscoring USC 14-1 from there. The Huskers closed the door in the sixth, tallying six runs to go up 15-6. The team posted 14 hits and two errors, while USC earned 10 hits and two errors.

Drew Grego and Mac Moyer each batted 2-for-5, blasted a home run and totaled four RBIs. Moyer hit a three-run home run in the fourth, and Grego delivered a grand slam in the sixth. Dylan Carey also hit a home run, a solo shot, finished 4-for-5 with two RBIs and fell a triple shy of a cycle.

Case Sanderson finished 2-for-4, earning two RBIs and two walks. Trey Fikes hit 2-for-4 and scored twice. Jeter Worthley also scored twice and hit a triple. Rhett Stokes ended the day 1-for-4 but scored a team-high three runs.

Ty Horn (2-1) won on the mound after entering in the third, pitching 5.0 innings. He struck out four batters and allowed six hits and one run.  started the game and tossed 2.0 innings. He threw three strikeouts and surrendered five runs on four hits and four walks.  took the mound in the eighth and tossed three-up, three-down.