2003 University of Nebraska Baseball
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2003 University of Nebraska Baseball Baseball SID: Shamus McKnight E-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: (402) 472-7772 Cell Phone: (402) 540-0268 Fax: (402) 472-2005 Website: Huskers.com 2003 Schedule No. 8 Huskers Battle for Big 12 Date ............ Event ................................... Time/Score Feb. 14 ........ vs. SW Texas State $..................... W, 9-6 Regular-Season Title vs. No. 14 Baylor Feb. 15 ........ vs. UT-Pan American $ ................. W, 9-1 The Nebraska baseball team can win its second Feb. 16 ........ vs. California $ ............................. L, 7-8 Big 12 title in three seasons this weekend, as the This Week Feb. 21 ........ at Louisiana Tech (DH) ................ L, 5-6 Feb. 22 ........ at Louisiana Tech (DH) ............. W, 14-3 eighth-ranked Huskers play host to No. 14 Baylor No. 10/8/8 Nebraska Feb. 23 ........ at Louisiana Tech ....................... W, 13-8 at Hawks Field. The series opens Friday with a (40-13, 18-6 Big 12) Feb. 28 ........ vs. No. 14 Notre Dame ^ ............ W, 7-1 6:35 p.m. first pitch before concluding with March 1 ....... vs. No. 7 Wake Forest ^ ............... W, 6-0 afternoon tilts on both Saturday (2:05) and vs. No. 21/16/14 Baylor March 2 ....... at Minnesota ^ .......................... W, 15-2 Sunday (1:05). All three games will be carried on (36-17, 14-10 Big 12) March 7 ....... Wisconsin-Milwaukee (DH) ........ W, 8-0 the Pinnacle Sports Network with Jim Rose and Hawks Field at Haymarket Park March 7 ....... Wisconsin-Milwaukee (DH) ........ W, 9-6 Gary Sharp calling all the action, while live video Friday-Sunday, May 16-18 March 8 ....... Wisconsin-Milwaukee ....................... ccd. streaming of the weekend games is available on (6:35 p.m.; 2:05 p.m.; 1:05 p.m.) March 11 ..... Nebraska-Kearney ....................... W, 12-2 HuskersNside.com. Saturday’s game will also be March 14 ..... at No. 22 Texas A&M .................. W, 3-2 Event Coverage March 15 ..... at No. 22 Texas A&M ................... L, 1-5 televised state-wide on Nebraska ETV with Kevin Kugler and Adrian Fiala, while the game Radio: Pinnacle Sports Network/Huskers.com March 16 ..... at No. 22 Texas A&M ................... L, 3-6 Video Streaming: HuskersNside.com* March 18 ..... at No. 1 Rice ................................. L, 1-4 will also be carried nationally (College Sports Live Stats: Huskers.com March 19 ..... at Sam Houston State .................. L, 3-10 TV; Ch. 610 on DirecTV) Television: Nebraska ETV/College Sports TV (Sat.) March 21 ..... Kansas State ................................ W, 12-3 Nebraska (40-13) comes into the weekend March 22 ..... Kansas State ................................ W, 10-4 series on a four-game winning streak after posting Friday Probables March 23 ..... Kansas State ................................ W, 11-9 a 9-5 win over Creighton in front of more than NU - #36 Aaron Marsden, LHP (6-2, 2.70 ERA) March 25 ..... Cal Poly ....................................... W, 8-3 11,000 fans at Rosenblatt Stadium Tuesday BU - #12 Steven White, RHP (6-3, 4.14 ERA) March 26 ..... Cal Poly ....................................... W, 6-0 March 28 ..... at Oklahoma................................. W, 5-1 evening. NU, which has won 40 games for the Saturday Probables (Parents Day) March 29 ..... at Oklahoma (FSN) ...................... W, 8-6 fifth straight season, is tied with Texas for first NU - #13 Quinton Robertson, RHP (8-1, 3.68 ERA) March 30 ..... at Oklahoma................................. W, 5-2 place in the Big 12 with identical 18-6 records, BU - #28 Sean Walker, RHP (7-4, 4.93 ERA) April 1 ......... Western Illinois .......................... W, 16-2 one game ahead of third-place Texas A&M. Baseball Card Set Giveaway on Saturday: The April 2 ......... Western Illinois ............................ W, 5-3 While the Huskers host Baylor (36-17, 14-10) first 500 kids ages 12 and under will receive a set of April 4 ......... at Kansas ..................................... W, 16-7 in Lincoln, the Longhorns and Aggies will square 2003 Husker baseball trading cards, sponsored by April 5 ......... at Kansas (DH) .............................. L, 4-5 off this weekend as well, making for high drama Cook’s Foods and the Lancaster County Sheriff’s April 5 ......... at Kansas (DH) ......................W, 13-0 (7) in the final weekend of the season. Nebraska, office. April 8 ......... at Wichita State ............................. L, 5-7 which is guaranteed a top-three Big 12 finish, is April 11 ....... No. 20 Missouri ............................ L, 3-4 Sunday Probables (Senior Day) April 12 ....... No. 20 Missouri ..................W, 11-9 (10) the only team that controls its own destiny this NU - #35 Phil Shirek, RHP (5-1, 2.63 ERA) April 13 ....... No. 20 Missouri ........................... W, 7-6 weekend, as three wins this weekend give the BU - #26 Mark McCormick, RHP (5-2, 5.55 ERA) April 15 ....... McNeese State ............................ W, 11-1 Huskers the No. 1 seed in next weekend’s Big 12 Note: Polls are listed in following order (Collegiate April 16 ....... McNeese State .............................. W, 8-5 Tournament in Oklahoma City. NU holds the Baseball, Baseball America, Sports Weekly/ESPN) April 18 ....... No. 7 Texas .................................. W, 3-2 tiebreaker over Texas, but a three-way tie would April 19 ....... No. 7 Texas (NETV/CSTV) ........ W, 6-4 * - Subscribers only. To sign up for HuskersNside, log on give Texas A&M the top seed. to Huskers.com and click the HuskersNside icon on April 20 ....... No. 7 Texas ................................. L, 4-10 Baylor comes to Lincoln as the hottest team April 22 ....... Creighton ..................................... W, 8-7 the front page. in the Big 12, as the Bears have won eight straight April 23 ....... South Dakota ............................... W, 9-1 games after a 9-5 win over Southwest Texas on Ticket Availability Tickets for this weekend’s series April 25 ....... at Texas Tech ............................... L, 9-16 against Baylor can be purchased by calling (800) 8- April 26 ....... at Texas Tech ................................ W, 6-3 Tuesday evening. The weekend matchup features Big Red or on the Internet at Huskers.com. April 27 ....... at Texas Tech ................................ W, 8-4 a Husker pitching staff that is 19th nationally in April 29 ....... Creighton (NETV) ...................... W, 8-0 ERA (3.53 entering the week) trying to slow down a potent Bear offense that is ninth nationally in hitting April 30 ....... No. 25 Minnesota ....................... W, 9-2 (.333) and 13th nationally in runs per game. May 2 ......... Louisiana-Lafayette ........................ L, 2-4 May 3 ......... Louisiana-Lafayette ....................... W, 6-2 May 4 ......... Louisiana-Lafayette ........................ L, 2-8 The Husker Lineup Card at a Glance May 11 ........ Oklahoma State (DH) .................. W, 8-7 Pos. No. Name (B/T) Ht Wt Yr 2003 (Avg.-HR-RBI-SB) Career May 11 ........ Oklahoma State ............................ W, 5-2 C 37 Matt Wells (R/R) 5-11 190 So. .200-5-15-1 Same May 12 ........ Oklahoma State ............................ W, 9-1 -or- 21 John Grose (R/R) 6-0 190 Jr. .310-3-16-7 .347-7-54-9 May 13 ......... vs. Creighton (Rosenblatt - NETV) . W. 9-5 -or- 4 Chad Steele (L/L) 5-10 190 RFr. .298-0-2-3 Same May 16 ........ Baylor ..................................... 6:35 p.m. 1B 16 Matt Hopper (R/R) 6-4 220 Sr. .384-17-57-4 .349-59-262-15 May 17 ........ Baylor (NETV/CSTV) ........... 2:05 p.m. 2B 5 Jake Mullinax (R/R) 6-1 200 Jr. .286-0-15-5 Same May 18 ........ Baylor ...................................... 1:05 p.m. -or- 9 Bubbs Merrill (R/R) 5-8 185 Jr. .231-1-11-3 Same May 21-25 ... Big 12 Conference Tournament ........TBA SS 2 Joe Simokaitis (R/R) 6-2 190 So. .309-1-32-7 .277-1-48-12 May 29-31 ... Regionals ...........................................TBA 3B 3 Alex Gordon (L/R) 6-1 210 Fr. .325-5-34-7 Same June 6-8 ....... Super Regionals .................................TBA LF 15 Curtis Ledbetter (R/R) 6-3 220 So. .357-12-45-3 Same June 13-23 ... College World Series .........................TBA CF 1 Jeff Leise (L/L) 5-10 165 Sr. .341-7-31-17 .352-27-144-60 RF 12 Daniel Bruce (R/R) 6-0 190 So. .308-3-24-7 .303-8-65-12 $- Express College Classic (Round Rock, Texas) ^ - Dairy Queen Classic (Minneapolis, Minn.) Off the Bench NETV - Nebraska Educational Television OF 14 Brandon Fusilier (R/R) 6-3 215 Jr. .314-6-40-4 Same CSTV - College Sports Television OF 11 Drew Anderson (L/R) 6-2 195 Jr. .236-3-15-6 .260-5-57-23 FSN - FOX Sports Net INF 17 Chase Odenreider (R/R) 6-2 200 RFr. .216-0-6-2 Same * - Big 12 games INF 19 Joe Gullion (R/R) 6-1 200 Jr. .217-1-14-2 Same Nebraska Baseball Release - 2 - May 15 (Baylor) Coach Mike Anderson Big 12 Predictions A new era of Husker baseball No. .............. Collegiate Baseball ............... Baseball America ................. Big 12 Coaches was ushered in on June 21, 2002, 1. ..................... Texas ............................................ Texas ........................................... Texas when Mike Anderson was named 2. ..................... Baylor .......................................... Baylor ......................................... Baylor the 23rd head coach in the 3. ..................... Nebraska ..................................... Nebraska .................................... Oklahoma program’s history. Since joining the Nebraska staff 4. ..................... Oklahoma ..................................