Box Score

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The LMU baseball program (7-3) scored first on Saturday, but Nebraska (5-4) scored eight total runs on 15 hits and received an outstanding pitching performance from senior Kyle Kubat en route to defeating the Lions by a score of 8-1 from Page Stadium. With the victory, the Huskers evened the three-game series with the Lions, forcing a decisive game three tomorrow at 11 a.m.

Kubat went 7.0 strong innings, allowing just one run on three hits and one walk while striking out three to improve to 1-0 on the year. The left-hander retired 16 straight Lion hitters from the end of the first through two out in the sixth. Sophomore David Fletcher did the only damage, lining an RBI-double into right centerfield to bring home Billy Wilson in the first inning. The string of 16 batters retired was broken by a single from Wilson in the sixth. LMU's only other hit went to Tanner Donnels in the seventh.

Junior Trevor Megill lasted just 3.1 innings for the Lions, allowing three runs on eight hits before being tagged with the loss and falling to 1-1.

Blake Headley and Tanner Lubach paced the Nebraska offense, finishing 3-for-5 and 2-for-4, respectively. Headley collected a run scored, two doubles and two RBI as part of his three-hit day, while Lubach drove in two, including one on a solo homer in the seventh. Six Husker batters collected multiple hits, and every starter except Ben Miller (0-for-5) collected at least one hit.

The Lions will look to win the series tomorrow when they send freshman Tylor Megill to the mound at 11 a.m.