Lincoln – Behind a pair of home runs from Christian Cox and a career-high four hits from Austin Christensen, the No. 23 Nebraska baseball team (26-11, 5-4 Big Ten) notched a series win over the Minnesota Golden Gophers (12-19, 3-9 Big Ten) on Sunday afternoon with a 12-3 in the rubber-match of the series. The Huskers took the final two games of the series by a combined score of 19-7 after being shutout, 3-0, in the series opener.

Cox became the first Husker to hit two home runs in a game since Cody Asche blasted a pair of homer against Baylor on April 30, 2011. Both homers were two-run shots to right field and came directly after Christensen started the inning with a single. Cox is now tied with Tanner Lubach for the team lead with three home runs.

Christensen finished the day 4-for-5 with two runs scored and one RBI. The junior first baseman’s previous high for hits in a game was two.

The Huskers pounded out a season-high 17 hits on the day, including a season-high five doubles. Blake Headley hit his 13^th and 14^th doubles of the season, while Ben Miller, Jake Schleppenbach and Tanner Lubach each added a double. Along with Cox’s two homers, NU also notched a season-high seven extra-base hits. Six different Huskers recorded a multi-hit game, while three Huskers delivered multi-RBI performances.

The Huskers jumped on Minnesota starter Tim Shannon in the first, as Ryan Boldt started the game with an infield single and then stole second base. NU then had runners on the corners when Schleppenbach beat out a bunt, and Headley came through with a RBI double. Miller and Lubach each followed with RBI groundouts to put the Huskers ahead 3-0.

Christensen started the second with a single and Cox followed with his first home run of the day, putting the Huskers ahead 5-0.

NU starter Derek Burkamper didn’t allow a hit through the first three innings, but then struggled in the fourth when he gave up three runs on three hits. With the tying runs on base and two outs, Jeff Chesnut got the final out of the third. The junior right-handed reliever earned the win on the day to improve to 5-0 on the season.

The Husker offense responded in the bottom of the frame and got all three runs back. Christensen started the inning with a single and Cox came calling again with a homer into the visitor’s bullpen behind the right-field wall. Boldt then earned a free pass when he was HBP and scored on Schleppenbach’s double.

Nebraska’s bullpen held the Gophers scoreless the rest of the game, while NU’s offense tacked on a run in the fifth and three runs in the eighth to coast to a 12-3 win. The Huskers pounded out five hits in the eighth.

The Huskers are back in action on Tuesday night at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha for a 7:05 p.m. contest against the Creighton Bluejays. The game will be carried on CBS Sports Network. The Huskers will be home on Wednesday night against the Omaha Mavericks, before welcoming the Ohio State Buckeyes to Lincoln next weekend for a three-game series.

Lincoln – With the game tied 3-3 in the bottom of the seventh, the Nebraska baseball team (25-11, 4-4 Big Ten) plated four runs with two outs to take a 7-3 lead over the Minnesota Golden Gophers (12-18, 3-8 Big Ten). Josh Roeder took the mound in the ninth with the Huskers ahead 7-4 and picked up his 11^th save of the season with perfect frame of relief.

After Minnesota reliever Brian Glowicki retired NU’s first two batters in the seventh, Austin Darby started a two-out rally with a single and Austin Christensen then untied the game with a RBI double into the right-field corner. Glowicki then issued back-to-back walks to load the bases and Ryan Boldt broke the game open with a bases-clearing triple.

The Gophers got a run back in the eighth to cut NU’s lead to three runs, but Roeder made quick work of the top of UM’s lineup with a pair of strikeouts and a groundout for his 29^th career save. Roeder is now two saves away from tying Brett Jensen’s career save mark.

Freshman Jake Meyers, who earned the win to improve to 2-1 on the year, kept the Huskers in the game after starter Kyle Kubat gave up three runs (two earned) on 11 hits in 4.2 innings. Meyers came in with two outs in the top of the fifth and runners on first and second. The freshman lefty struck out Toby Hanson to end the frame and then went on to retire all seven Gophers he faced, while notching three strikeouts.

Dan Motel started the game with a double for the second straight night and later scored to give the Gophers a 1-0 lead. After being shutout on Friday, the Huskers answered in the bottom of the first with a pair of runs on three hits, including a double by Blake Headley.

Minnesota retook the lead in the top of the fourth, and the inning started with an error by Jake Placzek. The error resulted in an unearned run and the Gophers tacked on another to take a 3-2 lead.

Tanner Lubach evened the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the fifth when he a one-out solo homer run into the left-field berm, his third home run of the season.

The Huskers and Gophers meet for the rubber match of the series tomorrow afternoon, with first pitch set for 1:05 p.m. and the game will be streamed live on BTN Plus.

Lincoln – The No. 23 Nebraska baseball team (24-11, 3-4 Big Ten) was unable to find a rhythm at the plate on Friday night and was shutout, 3-0, in its series opener against the Minnesota Golden Gophers (12-17, 3-7 Big Ten). The Gophers outhit the Huskers, 6-5, on the night and the Huskers were shutout at home for the first time since March 11, 2012, when NU lost to Cal, 4-0.

Senior Chance Sinclair allowed two runs on five hits and one walk, while striking out five, but fell to 4-5 on the year. After posting a 6-0 record in Big Ten play last season, Sinclair is 1-2 in league play this year.

Minnesota’s Ben Meyer went 6.2 innings in his second win of the season. The right hander gave up four hits and four walks, while striking out two.

The Gophers started the game with a double by Dan Motl and two groundouts later he crossed the plate to give Minnesota a 1-0 lead. It looked like the Huskers would answer in the bottom of the frame when Meyer walked the first two Huskers of the game. After a sacrifice bunt put two runners in scoring position, Tanner Lubach hit a chopper to Meyer, who got Jake Schleppenbach at third base and Ryan Boldt was caught in a run down between third and home, and was tagged out for an inning-ending double play.

Minnesota pushed its lead to 2-0 in the third when Jordan Smith started the inning with a single and quickly scored on Motl’s second double of the game.

The Huskers got back-to-back singles to start the home half of the third, but Meyer settled in and retired the next three Huskers he faced to keep his 2-0 led intact.

Nebraska threatened again in the seventh when Austin Darby started the inning with a single and Jake Placzek worked a two-out walk to put the tying runs on base. The Gophers went to reliever Jordan Jess, who struck out Boldt on three pitches to end the threat.

Minnesota extended its lead to 3-0 in the ninth when Toby Hanson launched a two-out solo home run deep to right field. The Huskers got a one-out single from Darby in the ninth, but nothing else, and Jess picked up his first save of the season.

Game two between the Huskers and Gophers is scheduled for 6:05 p.m. tomorrow night, and the game will be streamed live on HuskersNSide.