A rally in the ninth inning fell short as the Husker baseball team dropped a 10-8 decision to Kansas State in Manhattan last night. The Huskers got off to a fine start and seized a 5-2 lead on a three-run homer from Austin Darby in the 5th inning. But as has been the case too often for the Big Red this season, the bullpen failed to hold the lead, and melted down in the middle innings. The Wildcats scored eight runs over the next four frames and took a 10-6 lead into the ninth. The Huskers pushed two run across in their last at-bat on RBI singles from Mike Pritchard and Chad Christensen, but stranded two of their 15 runners left on base to end the game. The Huskers drop to 8-15 on the season. They host Northwestern for a three-game series in their first Big Ten home set of the season beginning Friday.