Nebraska Upsets No. 20 Missouri, 4-1

Nebraska  4 1 Missouri
Box Score

Inning-by-Inning
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E
Missouri	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	2	2
Nebraska	0	0	1	1	0	2	X		4	6	1

Pitching
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
W - Jablonski (1-4)	5.1	1	1	1	4	1
L - Baumgartner (1-2)	2.2	4	1	1	0	1
S - McClure (1)	1.2	1	0	0	1	2

Individual Leaders
	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
Alexis Perry	3	1	2	0	0	0
Laura Barrow	2	0	1	2	0	0

Game Notes

Nebraska snapped a 10-game losing streak with the win...NU had lost 12 consecutive games vs. ranked teams dating back to last season...Nebraska jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning, marking the Huskers' first run in five games and 33 innings...NU led 1-0 after four innings of play, marking its first lead after four innings this year...Rindy Bryant doubled in the third inning, marking her first career extra-base hit...Bryant also came around to score her first career run...Kaylan Jablonski earned her first career win vs. a top-25 opponent...Alexis Perry produced her second career multi-hit game...Laura Barrow produced her first multi-RBI game of the year.

Cathedral City, Calif. - The Nebraska softball team snapped a season-opening 10-game losing streak with a 4-1 upset of 20th-ranked Missouri Saturday night at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic.

After opening the season with nine losses to current top-25 teams and the 10th loss coming earlier Saturday to a California team receiving the most votes of any non-ranked team this week, Nebraska finally found the win column against a Missouri squad that beat the Huskers in the 2016 NCAA Regional Final.

Junior right-hander Kaylan Jablonski and senior right-hander Cassie McClure combined to fire a two-hitter to lead the Huskers to the upset. Jablonski (1-4) earned her first career victory over a ranked team, allowing one run on only one hit in 5.1 innings. McClure picked up her first save of the season and the 11th of her Husker career with 1.2 scoreless innings of one-hit relief.

Offensively, the Huskers out-hit the Tigers, 6-2. Freshman Alexis Perry finished 2-for-3, while junior Laura Barrow drove in a pair of runs. All four NU runs scored with two outs, as Nebraska totaled four of its six hits with two outs.

Danielle Baumgartner (1-2) took the loss for Missouri, which fell to 7-4 on the season.

After Missouri squandered a leadoff runner in each of the first three innings, Nebraska took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third. Freshman Rindy Bryant reached on a one-out double - the first of her career - and she scored on a two-out RBI single up the middle from junior Gina Metzler. 

The Huskers then loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the fourth on a two-out single from Perry and back-to-back walks by Jablonski and Barrow. That prompted Missouri to make its third pitching change of the game, bringing on ace Madi Norman, who was called for an illegal pitch on her second pitch, allowing Perry to score from third to give Nebraska a 2-0 lead.

In the top of the sixth, Jablonski issued a one-out walk to mark the end of her day. McClure came on in relief and promptly walked the first batter she faced to put the tying runners on base. Natalie Fleming then lined a 3-2 pitch off the fence in right for an RBI double. Trailing 2-1, Missouri had runners at second and third with only one out, but McClure bounced back with a three-pitch strikeout and a ground out to preserve the lead.

In the bottom of the sixth, junior Austen Urness drew a one-out walk before a Missouri error put Huskers on first and second with one out. That error loomed large when Barrow grounded a 1-2 pitch back up the middle for a two-out, two-run single that scored Urness and senior pinch runner Lotte Sjulin.

Leading 4-1, McClure worked around a two-out error in the top of the seventh to close out the win.

The Huskers wrap up their stay at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic on Sunday with an 11 a.m. (Central) matchup with Oregon State.

Box Score 2017 Nebraska Softball #20 Missouri vs Nebraska Feb 25, 2017 at Cathedral City, CA (Big League Dreams)

Missouri 1 (7-4)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Regan Nash lf............ 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 Kirsten Mack c........... 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 Braxton Burnside ss...... 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 Rylee Pierce 1b.......... 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 Cayla Kessinger dp....... 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Natalie Fleming rf....... 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Lexi Rampetsreiter pr... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kolby Romaine 2b......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 Jolie Duffner 3b......... 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 Raime Cohen cf........... 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 Chloe Rathburn ph....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Danielle Baumgartner p... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cheyenne Baxter p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Madi Norman p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 24 1 2 1 5 3 18 5 8

Nebraska 4 (1-10)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ MJ Knighten 3b........... 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 Gina Metzler cf.......... 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 Cassie McClure dp........ 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Alyvia Simmons rf........ 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 Austen Urness lf......... 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 Alexis Perry 1b.......... 3 1 2 0 0 0 8 1 0 Lotte Sjulin pr......... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kaylan Jablonski p....... 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Laura Barrow 2b.......... 2 0 1 2 1 0 5 4 0 Rindy Bryant ss.......... 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 Tristen Edwards ph...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Bri Cassidy c............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 Totals................... 24 4 6 3 3 6 21 12 5

Score by Innings R H E ----------------------------------------- Missouri............ 000 001 0 - 1 2 2 Nebraska............ 001 102 X - 4 6 1 -----------------------------------------

E - Romaine; Cohen; Perry(1). DP - Tigers 1. LOB - Tigers 8; Huskers 5. 2B - Kessinger; Fleming; Bryant(1). HBP - Nash.

Missouri IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP -------------------------------------------------- Danielle Baumgartner 2.2 4 1 1 0 1 11 11 31 Cheyenne Baxter..... 1.0 1 1 1 2 2 4 6 32 Madi Norman......... 2.1 1 2 0 1 3 9 10 49

Nebraska IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP -------------------------------------------------- Kaylan Jablonski.... 5.1 1 1 1 4 1 17 22 71 Cassie McClure...... 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 7 8 32

Win - Jablonski (1-4). Loss - Baumgartner (1-2). Save - McClure (1). WP - Baxter. HBP - by Jablonski (Nash). BK - Norman. Pitches/strikes: Baumgartner 31/21; Baxter 32/18; Norman 49/29; Jablonski 71/36; McClure 32/18. Umpires - HP: Paul Edds 1B: Rick Cowan 3B: Jose Barraza Start: 7:26 pm Time: 1:58 Attendance: 300 Game: livegame