Despite being outhit in Saturday’s low-scoring affair, the No. 12 baseball team only needed freshman right fielder Max White’s two-run single in the first inning to defeat the Nebraska Cornhuskers 4-1 in Lincoln, Neb.

The victory secures the series win and is the Sooners’ (20-2, 3-0) fifth straight victory. The winning streak is OU’s third of the season of at least five games.

With little offense, the Sooners, who could only put together eight hits, depended on the right arm of junior pitcher Bobby Shore.

Shore, who was coming off a poor start against Baylor last week in a game that was cancelled, pitched five innings and was credited with his fourth win of the season. He gave up one run on seven hits and struck out four batters.

The Sooners added a run in the fourth inning on an RBI double by sophomore center fielder Chris Ellison.

Shore was pulled after five innings due to a high pitch count, and head coach Sunny Golloway brought in the always dependable senior pitcher Jeremy Erben.

Erben extended his scoreless-innings streak to 22 innings by going three innings without giving up a run. The scoreless streak spans over Erben’s last nine appearances, and his ERA was lowered to 0.35 Saturday.

OU was held scoreless for four straight innings heading into the ninth inning, but sophomore shortstop Caleb Bushyhead scored from third on a passed ball to give the Sooners an insurance run. Bushyhead reached base on a hit earlier in the inning to extend his hitting streak to eight games.

Junior pitcher Ryan Duke entered the game with the 4-1 lead in the ninth inning, and struck out two batters during a perfect inning. Duke’s save was his eighth of the season and 24th of his career, and is four saves away from tying the OU career saves record of 28 saves set between 1999 and 2000.

The Sooners will go for the series sweep against the Cornhuskers at 1:05 p.m. Sunday in Lincoln, Neb., and Golloway has not named the starting pitcher.