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Nebraska and Ohio State are the hottest baseball teams going into the Big Ten Tournament this week at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha.

The Huskers (37-18, 16-8) have won 15 of their last 19 games, and stormed from a sixth-place tie in the conference standings two weeks ago to finish second, a half a game behind Minnesota.

“I’m so happy for the seniors to be able to experience this,” said Nebraska coach Darin Erstad, whose team lost 12 of its last 17 games a year ago. “We got pitching and defense together at the end of the year, and that was due to the players making a commitment to find their feet and pay attention to details and our pitchers to pound the strike zone.”

In a three-game sweep of Indiana to end the regular season, Nebraska allowed just one run. The Husker pitchers, who at one time were giving up more than six walks a game, allowed just eight walks in their last five games combined. NU has issued just nine walks during its seven-game winning streak.

Nobody is more excited about the prospect of playing the tournament in Omaha than sophomore pitcher and right fielder Jake Meyers, who has won his last four starts and given up a total of three runs in 28 innings. He’s allowed just four walks in those games.