2006 Nebraska Baseball Weekly Release
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2006 Nebraska Baseball Weekly Release Baseball Contact: Shamus McKnight • E-Mail: [email protected] • Offi ce Phone: (402) 472-7772 Offi ce Fax: (402) 472-2005 • Home Phone: (402) 742-5465 • Cell Phone: (402) 540-0268 • Release Date: April 13, 2006 2006 Schedule & Results This Week in Nebraska Baseball • April 11-17 Date Opponent Time/Result Feb. 16 at Charleston Southern W, 11-1 2006 Record (25-5, 7-2 Big 12) Homewood Suites Shootout National Rankings: 4 (CB) • 6 (BA) • 5 (Sports Weekly) • 4 (NCBWA) Feb. 17 vs. No. 19 North Carolina State W, 4-3 Day Date Rank Opponent Radio Live Video/TV Time Feb. 18 at The Citadel L, 5-8 Tues. April 11 -/-/- Iowa Pinnacle Sports Network HuskersNside/NA W 16-14 (13) Feb. 19 vs. Richmond W, 5-4 (12 inn.) Thurs. April 13 -/-/- Texas A&M (19-17, 3-9) Pinnacle Sports Network HuskersNside/Cox TV 6:35 p.m. Fri. April 14 -/-/- Texas A&M Pinnacle Sports Network HuskersNside/NA 6:35 p.m. Rice Invitational Sat. April 15 -/-/- Texas A&M Pinnacle Sports Network HuskersNside/NA 3:05 p.m. Feb. 24 vs. Texas State W, 10-3 Polls are in the following order: Collegiate Baseball/Baseball America/Sports Weekly Feb. 25 at No. 4 Rice L, 2-3 Feb. 26 vs. St. John’s W, 12-4 Pitching Probables Game Nebraska Opponent Dairy Queen Classic Thurs. Joba Chamberlain, Jr., RHP (4-2, 3.00 ERA, 36 IP) TAMU - Jason Meyer, Jr., LHP (1-0, 2.72 ERA, 39.2 IP) March 3 vs. Notre Dame W, 11-1 Fri. Tony Watson, So., LHP (5-0, 1.89 ERA, 52.1 IP) TAMU - Austin Creps, Jr., RHP (3-2, 1.46 ERA, 61.2 IP) March 4 vs. Arizona W, 3-1 Sat. Johnny Dorn, So., RHP (5-2, 4.19 ERA, 43.0 IP) TAMU - TBA March 5 at Minnesota W, 4-1 Media Information March 10 No. 25 Alabama W, 2-1 (11 inn) Tickets: General Admissiom Tickets are available at $7 (adults) and $5 (youth and seniors) for all three games and March 11 No. 25 Alabama W, 5-1 can be purchased by calling the NU Ticket Offi ce or at Hawks Field 90 minutes before fi rst pitch each day. March 12 No. 25 Alabama W, 6-2 Live Stats: Huskers.com Radio: Pinnacle Sports Network March 14 Illinois State W, 10-7 Internet Radio: Huskers.com Video Steaming: HuskersNside March 15 Illinois State W, 12-6 Television: Thursday’s game is on Cox Cable (Ch. 3 in Omaha; Ch. 77 on Time Warner Cable; Charter Media) March 17 South Dakota State (DH) W, 10-0 (7 inn) Satellite Radio: Saturday’s game will be carried on SIRIUS Satellite Radio (Ch. 110) March 17 South Dakota State (DH) W, 3-0 (7 inn) March 18 South Dakota State ccd. March 19 South Dakota State ccd. No. 4 Huskers Return Home to Host Texas A&M March 21 Western Illinois ccd. For the fi rst time since March 29, the fourth-ranked The Huskers, who climbed in the national polls this March 22 Western Illinois ccd. Nebraska baseball team returns to Hawks Field at week and now sit between fourth and sixth nationally, March 25 Kansas (DH) (Cox) W, 9-2 Haymarket Park this weekend, as the Huskers host the comes off a wild 16-14 win over Iowa on Tuesday March 25 Kansas (DH) W, 4-1 Texas A&M Aggies. The three-game series commences evening. In that game, the Huskers pounded out 24 hits, March 26 Kansas L, 6-7 Thursday, April 13, at 6:35 p.m. with games on Friday including six by third baseman Steve Edlefsen, who hit March 28 Northern Colorado L, 2-5 (6:35 p.m.) and Saturday (3:05 p.m.). for the cycle and matched NU’s single-game record March 29 Northern Colorado W, 9-1 Thursday’s series opener is Student Appreciation with six hits in a game. Jake Opitz established career March 31 at Kansas State L, 5-11 Night, as the fi rst 300 UNL students who enter Hawks highs with fi ve hits and fi ve RBI, including his two-run April 1 at Kansas State W, 5-4 Field through the center fi eld entrance will receive a single in the 13th, while Brandon Buckman continued April 2 at Kansas State W, 12-2 (8) Berm Zone T-Shirt. his hot hitting with four hits, including a three-run April 4 vs. No. 21 Creighton (Rosenblatt) (NET) W, 6-4 All three games will be carried across the state of homer. The win wrapped up NU’s eight-game road trip April 7 at Missouri W, 6-3 Nebraska on the Pinnacle Sports Network, including with a 7-1 record and seven straight wins. April 8 at Missouri W, 5-2 (13) April 9 at Missouri W, 13-7 KFAB 1110 AM in Omaha, 1400 AM in Lincoln and KRVN Texas A&M comes to Lincoln with a 19-17 record April 11 at Iowa W, 16-14 (13) 880 AM in Lexington, along with an Internet broadcast after dropping its mid-week game against Texas State, April 13 Texas A&M (Cox) 6:35 p.m. at Huskers.com. Saturday’s game against the Aggies 5-1 on Tuesday. The weekend series marks the return April 14 Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. will be carried on SIRIUS Satellite Radio (Ch. TBA) of Aggie head coach Rob Childress to Lincoln. Childress April 15 Texas A&M 3:05 p.m. Thursday’s game will be the second of six Husker served as NU’s pitching coach for eight seasons (1998- April 18 Creighton (Cox) 6:35 p.m. baseball teams produced by Cox Communications 2005) before taking the Aggie coaching reigns last April 19 Nebraska-Kearney 1:05 p.m. of Omaha with Greg Sharpe, Paul Meyers and Kyle June. Childress is one of three Aggie coaches who April 21 at Texas 6:15 p.m. Peterson calling all of the action. The game is available have either played or coached at NU. Assistant Coach April 22 at Texas (FSN) 3 p.m. throughout much of the state on Cox Cable in Omaha Jeremy Talbot was a volunteer coach for the Huskers April 23 at Texas 1 p.m. (Ch. 3), Time Warner Cable in Lincoln and surrounding in 1998, while volunteer coach Will Bolt was a four- April 25 Wichita State (Cox) 6:35 p.m. areas (Ch. 77) and in the western part of the state year starter for the Huskers from 1999 to 2002 before April 28 Texas Tech (Cox) 6:35 p.m. on Charter Media (check local listings for broadcast serving as a graduate manager (2004) and volunteer April 29 Texas Tech 2:05 p.m. channels). coach (2005). April 30 Texas Tech 1:05 p.m. May 6 at Oklahoma State 2 p.m. The Husker Lineup Card May 7 at Oklahoma State 2 p.m. Pos. # Player Bats Cl. Avg. HR RBI Worth Noting May 8 at Oklahoma State 6:30 p.m. C 16 Jeff Christy R Sr. .275 4 11 Thrown out 36 percent of runners; Hitting .373 last 13 games May 10 Northern Iowa 6:35 p.m. 1B 19 Brandon Buckman L Sr. .379 10 30 Three HR games; 4-for-6 with 1 HR and 3 RBI vs. Iowa (4/11) May 12 at Baylor 7 p.m. 2B 3 Jake Opitz L So. .294 1 14 Set career highs in hits (fi ve) and RBIs (fi ve) at Iowa (4/11) May 13 at Baylor 6 p.m. SS 10 Ryan Wehrle R So. .387 4 25 Big 12 Player of the Week (4/4); Team high 17 mult-hit games May 14 at Baylor 1 p.m. 3B 2 Jake Mort R R-Fr. .284 0 10 Hitting .350 (7-for-20) during current fi ve-game hit streak May 16 vs. Creighton (Rosenblatt) (NET) 7 p.m. -or- 9 Steve Edlefsen S So. .267 1 5 Tied school mark with 6 hits and hit for the cycle vs. Iowa (4/11) May 19 Oklahoma 6:35 p.m. OF 6 Nick Jaros R Jr. .346 2 22 3rd on team with nine stolen bases; game-winning hit vs. MU (4/9) May 20 Oklahoma (Cox) 2:05 p.m. OF 24 Bryce Nimmo L So. .347 2 18 Leads NU in steals (14) and HBP (seven); 3rd in Big 12 in steals May 21 Oklahoma 1:05 p.m. OF 14 Luke Gorsett R Jr. .403 14 37 Tops Big 12 in HR, slugging pct. & total bases; Hit for cycle vs. ND (3/3) May 24-28 at Big 12 Championships TBA DH 21 Nick Sullivan L R-Fr. .325 0 6 Hitting .333 since 3/17 with 4 multi-hit games; Team-high 2 pinch hits June 2-5 NCAA Regionals TBA June 9-12 NCAA Super Regionals TBA Off the Bench Pos. # Player Bats Cl. Avg. HR RBI Worth Noting June 16-26 College World Series (Rosenblatt) TBA OF 18 Andrew Brown R Jr. .245 3 14 Six RBIs his last three starts, including two hits & HR vs. MU (4/9) All Dates and Times listed are central and subject to change DH 12 Andy Gerch R So. .239 1 4 2-for-3 with HBP vs. CU (4/4); DQ Classic All-Tourney Team Home Games in Bold C 8 Jeff Lanning R Fr.