With Tech trailing 7-6, Brady, who went 2-for-4 with three RBIs, tripled off the wall in center just beyond the reach of NU center fielder Colin Shockey, scoring Cameron Blair and Dallas Braden and giving Texas Tech (19-12, 2-5) an 8-7 lead.

The Huskers (24-6, 6-2 Big 12) had 10 hits, including three by Curtis Ledbetter, who drove in a pair of runs, and two each by Shockey and John Grose, but were held scoreless over the last four innings. Adam Fry fanned six in 3.2 innings of one-hit relief for his first save, preserving the win for Steve Gooch (4-0), who allowed one run in two innings of relief.

"Give Texas Tech a lot of credit," Nebraska Coach Mike Anderson said. "They outplayed us today, and we didn�t have an answer in the final four innings. Their kid (Fry) did an excellent job and that was the difference today."

Texas Tech tacked on a pair of runs in the ninth on RBI singles by Jose Delgado and Madison Edwards for the final margin, as NU went down in order in the ninth.

The Huskers jumped to a 4-1 lead after three innings on a two-run homer by Jake Mullinax, his sixth of the year, in the first and RBI singles by Alex Gordon and Ledbetter in the third, but could not hold the lead.

The Red Raiders came back with five runs in the fourth to chase starter Phil Shirek in his shortest start of the year. The first seven Texas Tech hitters reached base to open the frame, as Ryan Andrews coaxed a bases loaded walk off Shirek before reliever Brad Furnish�s wild pitch put Tech within 4-3. Cooper Fouts and Dallas Braden added RBI singles before Brady�s sacrifice fly put the Red Raiders up 6-4.

The Huskers came right back in the bottom of the fourth, scoring twice to tie the score. A one-out single by Grose and a double to Braden Keith put runners at second and third for Shockey, who chased Braden, who went 3.1 innings on the hill, with a two-run single to left, knotting the score at six.

Ledbetter would give the Huskers a short-lived 7-6 lead in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI single to score Gordon, who walked and advanced to second on a ground out.

The Red Raiders would take the lead one inning late on Brady�s two-out triple off reliever Dustin Timm, who dropped to 1-1 with the loss. Timm struck out four in four innings, the longest outing of his career, but was saddled with the loss.

The teams will conclude the series Sunday afternoon at 1:05 p.m., as southpaw Justin Pekarek (4-0, 4.71 ERA) takes the hill against Red Raider right-hander Michael McGowan (2-1, 3.33 ERA).

Source: University of Nebraska Athletic Dept.