Max Buettenback went 3-for-3 with two doubles and three RBI, as Nebraska defeated No. 22 Kansas 7-5 at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence, Kan.

Nebraska (15-18) scored seven runs on eight hits, while Kansas (27-7) recorded five runs, five hits and two errors.

Buettenback led the Big Red at the plate with the three-hit effort, followed by Cayden Brumbaugh going 2-for-5 with a pair of RBI and a run scored. Will Jesske recorded his second homer of the season with a solo shot, while Cael Frost and Case Sanderson tallied one hit apiece.

Ryan Harrahill made his second career start and allowed one run on two hits in two innings of work. TJ Coats and Blake Encarnacion worked scoreless innings in the third and fourth frames.

Jalen Worthley surrendered three runs on two hits while recording one out. Casey Daiss, Carson Jasa and Grant Cleavinger combined to shut out the Jayhawks over the next 1.2 innings. Pryce Bender picked up his first career win after tossing a scoreless seventh inning.

Drew Christo hurled a clean frame in the eighth, while Luke Broderick recorded his sixth save of the season after allowing one run on a hit in the ninth inning.

Nebraska took advantage of a leadoff baserunner and manufactured its first run of the night without a hit in the top for the first. Sanderson began the game plunked on an 0-1 pitch and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Riley Silva. A wild pitch moved the sophomore to third, before Brumbaugh’s RBI groundout to shortstop broke the scoreless tie.

Kansas evened the game at one in the bottom of the first behind a pair of hits. A one-out single to left field set the table for a two-out RBI double down the left-field line, where the Jayhawks tied the game at one in a play at the plate.

The Huskers responded with a pair of runs on two hits and an error to take the lead back at 3-1 in the second. Dylan Carey reached on a leadoff error and scored all the way from first on Buettenback’s RBI double down the right-field line. Jesske sent the first pitch over the right-field wall for a 392-foot solo homer to give the Big Red a 3-1 lead through two innings.

The NU offense tacked on a run in the fourth after a scoreless third inning to grow the lead to 4-1. Carey worked a full-count walk with one out, before Buettenback drilled his second RBI double of the night down the right-field line to score Carey from first and give the Big Red a three-run advantage.

The Jayhawks plated three runs on two hits in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game at four. An RBI double to the left-field wall after a one-out walk brought Kansas within 4-2, while a first-pitch two-run homer over the batter’s eye in center field made it a 4-4 game through five innings.

Nebraska and Kansas exchanged scoreless sixth and seventh innings, before the Big Red rallied for two eighth-inning runs to grab a late 6-4 lead. Silva led off with a walk, and Brumbaugh singled through the left side to put runners on first and second with no outs.

The Big Red were down to their final out in the eighth when Buettenback’s RBI single to shortstop brought home Silva. Frost followed Buettenback’s infield single with an RBI single up the middle to plate Brumbaugh and give the Huskers a 6-4 lead.

Nebraska added an insurance run in the top of the ninth inning to expand the lead to 7-4. A single up the middle from Sanderson, followed by a sacrifice bunt by Silva, had a runner on second with two outs. Brumbaugh came through for the NU offense with a first-pitch RBI single up the middle to bring home Sanderson.

The Jayhawks took advantage of a leadoff walk in the top of the ninth with an RBI single to right field to trim the NU lead to 7-5. With two outs and the tying run at the plate, Broderick recorded a strikeout on full count to preserve the Big Red’s 7-5 win on Tuesday night.

Nebraska steps back into Big Ten action with a road series at Iowa this weekend. First pitch of Friday’s series opener between the Huskers and Hawkeyes is set for 6 p.m. at Duane Bank Field on B1G+

Satterfield Discusses New Position, Tight End Room

Nebraska tight ends coach Marcus Satterfield met with members of the media following the team’s practice on Tuesday. He discussed why he chose to stay at Nebraska after being moved to tight ends coach.

“That’s a great question,” he said. “We preach every day that there’s going to be adversity. What happened to me is no different than a player getting benched or having to go from first team to second team. There’s no difference. I believe in this place, I believe in Nebraska, I believe in everything that I came here believing. I still believe it. We have great things ahead of us and I think we can do it. I want to be a part of it. I want to finish what we started. I thought it would be a great example for our guys to see that when you go through hard stuff, practice what you preach and just keep coming to work and keep giving it your best every single day.”

Satterfield talked about his new position and the changes it’s brought.

“I’m having the time of my life,” he said. “It’s great to get to learn from an offensive mind like Dana (Holgorsen). I get to coach the greatest position in football, the tight end. You get to run, block, pass, catch balls. You get to coach the whole game. We’ve got a really good room, a really close room. I’m happier now than I’ve ever been in coaching.”

He spoke on Heinrich Haarberg’s transition from quarterback to tight end.

“He just had two good blocks out there today,” he said. “I think he just keeps getting better. It’s a totally different football game that he’s playing. It’s easy to say ‘you’re going to get inside, landmark, put your hat and hands on him, get in his face.’ It’s hard to do it. We just had to keep putting him in those situations. I think by the time the season gets here, he’ll be just fine. He’s better today than he was yesterday. Constantly doing it every day is going to get him to where he needs to be.”

NU will continue with spring practice on Thursday. The Husker Games, presented by FNBO, are set for Saturday, April 26. Fans will have the opportunity to get a preview of the 2025 Husker football, volleyball and soccer teams as part of the Husker Games events.