Already mastering a dancing knuckle ball and a blazing fastball, ISU pitcher Andrew Schmid needs only one more thing – some defense.

The sophomore right-hander dazzled Nebraska hitters with an assortment of pitches in a complete game win as the Cyclones club baseball team (3-6, 3-7) salvaged a Saturday split with the Cornhuskers (2-3, 8-3) with a 6-4 game two victory at Cap Timm Field following a 10-7 game one loss.

“The only thing I need when I pitch is my defense to back me up, and I can produce a good outing,” Schmid said.

Schmid didn’t get too much defense, but still put together seven quality innings, holding Nebraska to seven hits and allowing just two earned runs in the game two victory.

The Cornhuskers took advantage of five ISU errors, but it was Schmid who contained most of the damage, working his way of out jams in every inning but the sixth.

The right-hander ended the game with his sixth strike out when he got Nebraska’s Andrew Williams swinging through a 0-2 pitch.

“He was making people look silly with his knuckle ball,” said Cyclones catcher Logan Huisman. “He had a really good performance.”

Nebraska hitters weren’t the only ones looking awkward as ISU hitters roughed up Cornhusker starting pitcher Jason Wesley in the fifth inning with RBI hits from Huisman and designated hitter Jim Smaga.

Iowa State added two more in the seventh, including an RBI single by Drew Thorson.

“I was just a little too excited the first game,” said Thorson, who had gone 0-for-4.

The excitement the Cyclones built up in first game fizzled quickly as Iowa State blew a seven-run lead, eventually losing 10-7.

Iowa State missed out on a number of scoring chances, stranding seven runners in the loss, including three in the sixth.

“That’s the reason why we’re 3-7,” said club president and second basemen Bryan Scholar. “Throughout every game we’ve played, we’ve had a ton of opportunities to win a game. We just haven’t been able to capitalize on anything.”

When the Cyclones finally capitalized on scoring chances with the Cornhuskers, it marked the end of a two-year drought in which Nebraska had defeated Iowa State with victories, including four last year.

For Schmid, his start was a chance to send a message to the rest of the teams in the Central Plains Conference.

“It was good to let everyone know Nebraska is not the huge team they’re made out to be, and they can be beaten,” he said.