The Penn State Nittany Lions baseball team falls to Nebraska in the Big Ten Tournament championship game in Omaha.
Penn State baseball's dazzling 2024 postseason, full of huge at-bats and plenty of runs, ended Sunday against the Big Ten's best pitching staff in the Big Ten Tournament final. Nebraska held the Nittany Lions to one run on four hits, then scored the game-winner in the ninth for a 2-1 victory in the Big Ten Tournament championship game.
Penn State and Nebraska were tied 1-1 in the ninth, when Nittany Lions reliever Jaden Henline got the first two outs of the inning. Then Ben Columbus singled and pinch runner Cayden Brumbaugh stole second to put the go-ahead run in scoring position. Henline worked a two-strike count to Gabe Swansen, who took a good pitch that shaved the outside corner.
Even after its magnificent tournament run, Penn State faced an uphill climb in the final. The Nittany Lions have not beaten Nebraska, the tournament's No. 2 seed, since 2017 and had lost 11 straight to the Cornhuskers entering the title game. The teams did not play this season. Still, the Nittany Lions stood up to Nebraska at every turn. Starting pitcher Travis Luensmann held Nebraska without a baserunner through three innings and scoreless until the seventh, when Josh Caron homered to right. Luensmann struck out six, walked none and made a deft play in the fourth inning, catching a squeeze-bunt attempt and turning that into a double play.
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