Omaha, Neb. -- Clemson junior third baseman Jeff Baker ruined the Nebraska baseball team's opening game at the College World Series Friday night when he ripped an RBI double to left-center to secure an 11-10 victory for the Tigers in front of 24,711 fans at Rosenblatt Stadium. Baker's game-winning single was the 10th hit of the night for the hot-hitting Tigers, who scorched the Huskers for two three-run home runs and drew 12 walks.

Nebraska used seven pitchers in the loss, tying a season high. Freshman right-handed pitcher Phil Shirek (4-2) took the loss for NU, allowing one run on no hits while giving up one walk in one-third of an inning. Husker starter Shane Komine lasted 5.1 innings and allowed six earned runs on six hits. Komine struck out seven batters to move into fifth in NCAA history with 510, but gave up a career-high eight walks. Aaron Marsden relieved Komine in the sixth and lasted 1.1 innings, allowing three runs on one hit. NU used five different pitchers in the final three innings.

Matt Henrie (13-4) was the winning pitcher for the Tigers, holding the Huskers hitless in the ninth. Clemson used five pitchers in the game after the Huskers chased starter Steve Reba, who allowed three runs on two hits while walking five Huskers in 1.1 innings of work. The 13 combined pitchers by both teams set a College World Series record.

With the loss, the Huskers fell to 47-20 and will face South Carolina in an elimination game Sunday at noon in a game televised by ESPN. Nebraska, making its second straight College World Series appearance, is 0-3 in CWS play. Clemson (53-15), the top seed in the tournament, will take on Georgia Tech (52-14) at 4:30 p.m.

Trailing 10-8 after Clemson exploded for four runs in the bottom of the seventh, Nebraska evened the score in the top of the eighth. Jeff Blevins smacked a leadoff double to right-center to bring up Justin Seely, who drew a walk from Clemson righthander B.J. LaMura. After Drew Anderson struck out, Will Bolt, who was hitless in his previous four at bats, laced a two-run triple to center field, plating Blevins and Seely, the tying run. Eymann lined out to first, and Simokaitis walked, putting runners on the corners for Liese. But the senior outfielder flied out to center to end the top half of the inning.

The score was still tied after the Huskers went three up, three down in the top of the ninth. Shirek then walked David Slevin, the Tigers' No. 9 hitter, to leadoff the bottom of the ninth. Nebraska relieved Shirek with lefthander Jeremy Becker, who gave up a sacrifice bunt to Clemson leadoff hitter Zane Green. Becker intentionally walked Khalil Greene, who had gone 3-for-5 with a double and a home run on the night. NU Coach Dave Van Horn then brought in Jeff Blaesing to face Clemson's Jeff Baker, who laced an RBI single to left-center to secure the victory.

Leading 1-0 after the first, the Huskers then opened a 3-0 lead in the top of the second. Clemson starter Steve Reba gave up his third walk of the game to Eymann, and then hit Joe Simokaitis with a pitch. Bruce ripped Resa's first offering to the left field fence for a one-out RBI double, plating Eymann for the 2-0 lead. Clemson lefthander Thomas Boozer entered the game in relief of Reba and got Morris to ground out to first, but Simokaitis scored on the play to increase Nebraska's advantage to 3-0.

NU added another run in the top of the third when Eymann produced his first hit of the postseason, a one-out bloop single to right that plated Anderson to make it 4-0, Nebraska.

The Tigers finally answered in the bottom of the third. Komine walked David Slevin, Clemson's No. 9 hitter, and then gave up a double to Zane Green. With runners on second and third and no outs, Khalil Greene smacked a 3-2 pitch to left-center for a two-run double. Komine struck out Jeff Baker and forced Michael Johnson to ground out, but then loaded the bases with back-to-back walks. However, Komine responded, striking out Kyle Frank to get out of the third-inning jam.

Morris produced two more runs for Nebraska in the top of the fourth when he smashed a 2-0 pitch over right-center for a two-run blast. The homer was Morris' 22nd of the season and scored Bruce, who led off the inning with single to left. Blevins doubled, then scored when Seely followed with a double to center to make it 7-2, Nebraska.

Clemson cut the Huskers' lead to four in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI double by Johnson, and then pulled within a run in the bottom of the sixth. Komine put two runners on with back-to-back walks. Green then took the first pitch he saw and ripped a three-run blast over the center field fence, cutting NU's lead to 7-6. Komine struck out Khalil Greene, but then walked Baker. The Huskers pulled Komine for Marsden, who got the next two batters out to end the sixth.

Clinging to a 7-6 lead in the top of the seventh, Nebraska again turned to Morris, who laced a bases-loaded single up the middle to send Eymann home and increased the Huskers' lead to 8-2.

Clemson exploded for four runs in the bottom of the seventh and took its first lead of the game. Jarrod Schmidt reached on a leadoff single, and then scored on a one-out RBI single up the middle by Slevin. Green was then safe at first on a fielder's choice to put runners on the corners with two outs. Greene then smacked his 27th home run of the year, a three-run blast high over the left field fence for the 10-8, Clemson advantage.

College World Series Nebraska Postgame Notes vs. Clemson

• Nebraska, making its second consecutive College World Series appearance, is 0-3 in the CWS. The Huskers went 0-2 in their first appearance in 2001, losing to Cal State Fullerton and Tulane, before losing to Clemson, 11-10 in 2002. All three of NU