MINNEAPOLIS (Interstat) — Case Sanderson went 3 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs to lead Nebraska to a 14-11 victory over Minnesota on Saturday afternoon in a Big Ten baseball game.

The Cornhuskers improved to 41-14 overall. The Golden Gophers fell to 30-23.

Sanderson, a first baseman, delivered the decisive blow in the seventh inning after Minnesota had climbed back from an eight-run deficit to within two. His two-run homer to left-center field scored Dylan Carey, who had reached on an error to lead off the inning, and gave Nebraska a 14-10 lead. The Cornhuskers needed the insurance because Minnesota scored once more in the eighth on a solo home run by Davis Hamilton.

Nebraska jumped ahead early, scoring four times in the second inning. Jett Buck doubled home Josh Overbeek, and Mac Moyer followed with a two-run homer. The Golden Gophers answered with three runs in the bottom half, including a two-run homer by Sam Hunt, but Nebraska stretched its lead to 8-3 in the third. Buck struck again with a three-run homer, and the Cornhuskers added three more in the fourth on a sacrifice fly by Overbeek and a run-scoring single by Rhett Stokes that produced two runs after a throwing error.

Minnesota chipped away steadily. Jack Bello homered in the fourth and fifth innings, and Ty Allen connected for a two-run shot in the fifth. The Golden Gophers scored four times in the sixth, pulling within 12-10. Charlie Sutherland had a two-run single, and Easton Richter added a sacrifice fly. But Sanderson’s seventh-inning blast restored the four-run margin.

Buck finished 3 for 5 with a double, a home run and four RBIs. Moyer was 1 for 1 with a home run, two RBIs and three walks. Stokes went 2 for 6 with a home run and two RBIs. For Minnesota, Allen was 3 for 5 with a double, a home run and two RBIs. Bello went 3 for 5 with two home runs and two RBIs.

Nebraska used five pitchers. Gavin Blachowicz started and allowed six earned runs over 4 2/3 innings, striking out six. Pryce Bender threw 2 1/3 innings of one-run relief, allowing no hits and striking out two. J’Shawn Unger pitched a scoreless ninth with two strikeouts to earn the save. For Minnesota, Adam Urban worked 2 1/3 innings, allowing one earned run on two hits with four strikeouts.

The Cornhuskers won the first two games of the series, 7-6 on Friday and 12-7 on Thursday. Nebraska’s previous five games all were decided by two runs or fewer, including a pair of one-run wins over Iowa.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Nebraska 8, Minnesota 6. Interstat’s ELO system gave Nebraska a 66.50 percent probability to win. Nebraska was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of plus 1.5.