Harvey and Bailey each scored seven runs, while Moore became the third player in NU history to drive in ten runs in a game. library, nearby museums, Buck Beltzer seated 1,500 and had an AstroTurf infield and grass outfield. and the ever present optimism that comes with the first call of "Play Ball" in the spring. Van Horn departed Nebraska with a record of 214–92 and three straight Big 12 Tournament championships in his five-year tenure. Grand Island and Omaha. Nebraska scored at least four runs in every inning until the game was called following the top of the seventh due to a 12-run mercy rule. Nebraska started the 2013 season 0–7, the program's worst start since 1976. It is the story of town boosting, parks burning, owners whining, tornadoes Nebraska scored 23 runs before the Cougars had a single base runner. They advanced to a super regional and swept Rice to avenge a 16–2 loss in the season's first game. After defeating Chicago State 15–3 in the first game of a March 16, 1999 doubleheader, Nebraska won the second game 50–3, setting NCAA records for runs scored (50), margin of victory (47), and RBIs (48). Nebraska's 57 wins, including 33 at home, were the most in the country and a school record. Nebraska has ranked in the national top 25 in average attendance every year at Hawks Field. Shane Komine earned Big 12 Pitcher of the Year for the second straight season and Van Horn was named Baseball America National Coach of the Year. Dave Van Horn won his 200th game at Nebraska with a 4–3 win over Cal Poly on May 10, and Jed Morris became the first catcher in school history to earn All-America honors. Nebraska history. Nebraska advanced through a regional for the third straight year, before hosting Richmond in a super regional. NU experienced little success until Tony Sharpe was hired in 1947. tachyonbb@gmail.com The Cornhuskers swept seven teams during the season, including an 11-game win streak that ended with a loss to Texas in the Big 12 Tournament final. Sharpe's tenure as head coach lasted 31 years, though his progra… In 2003 and 2007, Hawks Field won the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) Collegiate Baseball Field of the Year Award, the only park to win the award multiple times. references and links to other Nebraska Baseball Web Sites. Sunday baseball, a contentious subject in the early part of the On April 16, three NU pitchers combined to no-hit twelfth-ranked Arkansas, led by former Huskers head coach Dave Van Horn. After varying amount of success through Erstad's first several seasons, Nebraska won its first Big Ten title in 2017. One Web. The Nebraska Herald of Plattsmouth said on May 1, 1867: "The friends of athletic sports in Omaha, and also in Council Bluffs have organized Base Ball clubs, and have large and respectable memberships. Nebraska defeated tenth-ranked Texas on March 28, 2015, in a game that consisted of a mid-game no hitter, 12 total hits, one run, and 27 strikeouts.