MINNEAPOLIS (Interstat) — Ty Horn pitched seven innings with no hits and eight strikeouts, but allowed four earned runs, as Nebraska held off Minnesota 7-6 in a Big Ten baseball game Friday.

The Cornhuskers improved to 40-14, while the Golden Gophers fell to 30-22. Jeter Worthley homered and drove in three runs for Nebraska, going 2 for 5. Easton Richter homered and had two RBIs for Minnesota. Isaac Morton struck out seven over three scoreless innings in relief for the Gophers.

Nebraska built a 7-0 lead before Minnesota chipped away with two runs in the second, one in the fifth and one in the sixth. Worthley’s solo homer in the eighth made it 7-4, but the Gophers answered with two in the bottom half to pull within one. The Cornhuskers tacked on insurance runs in the ninth, highlighted by Worthley’s two-run single and Dylan Carey’s RBI single, to secure the victory.

Nebraska won the opener of the series 12-7 on Thursday. The teams meet again Saturday.