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Omaha Athletics

Henry Zipay
Mark Kuhlmann
7
Winner Creighton CU 25-5
6
Omaha OMAHA 8-21
Winner
Creighton CU
25-5
7
Final
6
Omaha OMAHA
8-21
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Creighton CU 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 7 13 0
Omaha OMAHA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 6 10 1

W: Daniel Hammond (3-0) L: Scanlon, Nick (0-1) S: Mason Koch (4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Mavericks Challenge Late But Fall Just Short Against Creighton

OMAHA, Neb. - In their second of three meetings with Creighton this year, the Mavericks were mere inches away from a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth as they rallied late but came up just short against their crosstown rival as they were bested 7-6. 

Omaha drops to 8-21 on the season, while the Bluejays improve to 25-5.

Innings 1-3
Making his first career start, Carter Navin got the Mavericks started with two scoreless innings. He stranded runners on second and third in the top of the first after punching out his first batter of the night, before keeping Creighton off the board in the second after they loaded the bases.

Both teams got on the board in the third, with Cuyler Zukowski singling home a run in the top of the inning before Cardel Dick tied it up for Omaha after sneaking one between the third baseman and shortstop. 

Innings 4-6
The Bluejays added two more runs in the top of the fourth and had a chance to grow their lead in the fifth, but Matt Goetzmann made another highlight reel play in center as he dove for the snow cone catch to end the inning.

Innings 7-9
In the eighth, the Bluejays tacked on two more runs to make it 7-1. In the bottom of the inning, Omaha cut their lead to four runs as Henry Zipay doubled to get runners on second and third, setting up Drew Lechnir for a two-run double over the left fielder's head. Tyler Bishop followed up with an RBI single, but was thrown out trying to stretch it into a double to end the inning.

Finally, in the bottom of the ninth, still trailing by three, the Mavericks drew three walks to quickly load the bases with one out. Then, Trent Burkhalter came up and sent one all the way to the wall in dead center, only to have to settle for a sac fly as it fell just a few inches short of a home run. Zipay was next up and sent the first pitch he saw through the right side to cut Creighton's lead to one. That was all Omaha would get, though, as the Bluejays just barely hung on to take the second game of the season series.

Inside the Box Score
Both teams combined to use 14 pitchers tonight: six for Creighton and eight for Omaha.

There were a total of 30 runners left on base between both teams: 17 for Creighton and 13 for Omaha.

Up Next
Omaha will look to move into first place in the Summit League this weekend as South Dakota State comes to town for a crucial three-game series starting Friday at 6 p.m.
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