Runs were hard to come by on Thursday night. Nebraska came out on the right-side of a low-scoring affair and picked off a 2-1 win over Michigan State. The victory helped the Huskers keep pace with Illinois in the race for the Big Ten regular season crown. Head coach Will Bolt’s squad is 15-7 in conference play and is a game back of the Fighting Illini. Illinois downed Purdue 5-4 to move to 16-6 in the Big Ten. NU has tied its win total from 2023 at 33-18. Brett Sears logged his 11th quality start of the season and Caleb Clark finished the game’s final 2 1/3 innings. Both pitchers combined for …