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: March 16, 2006 2006 Schedule & Results This Week in Nebraska Baseball • March 14-20 Date Opponent Time/Result Feb. 16 at Charleston Southern W, 11-1 2006 Record (13-2, 0-0 Big 12) Homewood Suites Shootout National Rankings: 3 (CB) • 12 (BA) • 6 (Sports Weekly) • t5 (NCBWA) Feb. 17 vs. No. 19 North Carolina State W, 4-3 Day Date Rank Opponent Radio Live Video Time Fri. March 17 -/-/- South Dakota St. (DH) Pinnacle Sports Network HuskersNside 12:05 p.m. Feb. 18 at The Citadel L, 5-8 Sat. March 18 -/-/- South Dakota St. Pinnacle Sports Network HuskersNside 12:05 p.m. Feb. 19 vs. Richmond W, 5-4 (12 inn.) Sun. March 19 -/-/- South Dakota St. Pinnacle Sports Network HuskersNside 1:05 p.m. Rice Invitational Polls are in the following order: Collegiate Baseball/Baseball America/Sports Weekly Feb. 24 vs. Texas State W, 10-3 Pitching Probables Feb. 25 at No. 4 Rice L, 2-3 Game Nebraska South Dakota State Feb. 26 vs. St. John’s W, 12-4 Fri.-1 Tony Watson, So., LHP (2-0, 2.13 ERA, 25.1 IP) Danny Klous, Jr., RHP (0-2, 12.46 ERA, 8.1 IP) Dairy Queen Classic Fri.-2 Charlie Shirek, R-Fr., RHP (0-0, 1.80 ERA, 15.0 IP) Matt Bowman, Jr., RHP (0-2, 9.00 ERA, 10 IP) March 3 vs. Notre Dame W, 11-1 Sat. Johnny Dorn, So., RHP (3-1, 3.33 ERA, 24.1 IP) Robby Apo, Jr., RHP (0-1, 7.24 ERA, 13.2 IP) March 4 vs. Arizona W, 3-1 Sun. TBA Christian Larson, So. RHP (0-0, 4.97 ERA, 12.2 IP) March 5 at Minnesota W, 4-1 Media Information March 10 No. 25 Alabama W, 2-1 (11 inn) Tickets: Club (sold out); Reserved (sold out); General Admission ($7, $5, UNL Students free with ID) March 11 No. 25 Alabama W, 5-1 Live Stats: Huskers.com Radio: Selected Pinnacle Sports Networks March 12 No. 25 Alabama W, 6-2 Live Video: HuskersNside (subscription package) Internet Radio: Huskers.com March 14 Illinois State W, 10-7 March 15 Illinois State W, 12-6 No. 3 Huskers Hunt Jackrabbits at Hawks Field this Weekend March 17 South Dakota State (DH) 12:05 p.m. Nebraska continues its 16-game homestand this South Dakota State comes to Lincoln with a 2-8 March 18 South Dakota State 12:05 p.m. weekend, as the third-ranked Huskers (13-2) host record, but has been playing better in recent weeks. March 19 South Dakota State 1:05 p.m. South Dakota State (2-8) for a four-game series. The The Jackrabbits, which are in their second year at March 21 Western Illinois 4:05 p.m. two teams will open with a doubleheader Friday at 12: the Division I level, started the 2006 season with six March 22 Western Illinois 1:05 p.m. 05 p.m. with single-games set for Saturday (12:05 straight losses, including a pair of close games at March 24 Kansas 6:35 p.m. p.m.) and Sunday (1:05 p.m.). The forecast of inclement March 25 Kansas 2:05 p.m. nationally ranked Kansas State, before splitting their weather caused the shift of the doubleheader to March 26 Kansas 1:05 p.m. last four games. Nebraska leads the all-time series, 11- March 28 Northern Colorado 6:35 p.m. Friday, as the fi rst game will be a nine-inning game, 2, and won all four meetings during the 2005 season. March 29 Northern Colorado 1:05 p.m. followed by a seven-inning contest. Tickets for this Prior to last season, the two teams had met only once March 31 at Kansas State 6:30 p.m. weekend’s games are available at the Hawks Field since 1971 - a 3-0 Husker win in 1997. April 1 at Kansas State 2 p.m. at Haymarket Park ticket offi ce beginning 90 minutes Nebraska baseball coach Mike Anderson announced April 2 at Kansas State 1 p.m. prior to fi rst pitch. All four games will be carried on Thursday that Joba Chamberlain will miss his April 4 vs. Creighton (Rosenblatt) (NET) 7 p.m. selected Pinnacle Sports Network affi liates (check local scheduled turn in the rotation on Friday against South April 7 at Missouri 6:30 p.m. Pinnacle affi liate for availability) and on the Internet at Dakota State. Chamberlain, who was cleared to return April 8 at Missouri 2 p.m. Huskers.com as a school-record 49 regular-season to the mound following Tuesday’s bullpen session, will April 9 at Missouri 1 p.m. games will be carried on the radio network during the be held out as a precaution, as the weekend forecast April 11 at Iowa 6 p.m. 2006 season. In addition, live video streaming for all shows a strong probability of inclement weather and April 13 Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. four games is available on HuskersNside. cool temperatures. April 14 Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. The Huskers, who are ranked as high as third in “We are just trying to be smart about what we are April 15 Texas A&M 3:05 p.m. this week’s national polls, bring a nine-game winning doing,” Anderson said on Thursday. “After his workouts April 18 Creighton 6:35 p.m. streak into this weekend’s action following a two- this week, we feel as though Joba is ready to pitch, April 21 at Texas 6:15 p.m. game sweep of Illinois State (10-7, 12-6). Against and our team is ready to play (this weekend), but both April 22 at Texas (FSN) 3 p.m. the Redbirds, Nebraska hit .365 as a team and hit conditions (his health and the weather) need to be April 23 at Texas 1 p.m. six homers, including two by fi rst baseman Brandon conducive for Joba to get on the mound. We will wait April 25 Wichita State 6:35 p.m. Buckman in Tuesday’s 10-7 victory. NU is 5-0 at until both conditions are right.” April 28 Texas Tech 6:35 p.m. HawksHawks FieldField this spring. April 29 Texas Tech 2:05 p.m. April 30 Texas Tech 1:05 p.m. The Husker Lineup Card May 6 at Oklahoma State 2 p.m. Pos. # Player Bats Cl. Avg. HR RBI Worth Noting May 7 at Oklahoma State 2 p.m. C 21 Jeff Christy R Sr. .188 2 4 Thrown out 44 percent of base runners; 2 HR tops entire ‘05 total May 8 at Oklahoma State 6:30 p.m. 1B 19 Brandon Buckman L Sr. .298 5 11 Has two multi-homer games; Matched career high w/4 RBI on 3/14 May 10 Northern Iowa 6:35 p.m. -or- 18 Andrew Brown R Jr. .296 2 6 1-for-2 w/HR and 3 BB on Wed; Key two-run single vs. Alabama (3/11) May 12 at Baylor 7 p.m. 2B 3 Jake Opitz L So. .300 0 5 3-for-6 with 4 BB in ISU series; 3-for-4 vs. St. John’s (2/26) May 13 at Baylor 6 p.m. SS 10 Ryan Wehrle R So. .393 2 15 Three RBI in fi nale vs. Ala. (3/12); 3-for-3 w/HR and 5 RBIs vs. CSU (2/16) May 14 at Baylor 1 p.m. 3B 2 Jake Mort R R-Fr. .310 0 5 Hitting team-high .714 with RISP; 2-for-4 with 2 RBI vs. ISU (3/15) -or- 9 Steve Edlefsen S So. .154 0 0 Hit .341-1-21 at Barton County CC in ‘04; 41st-round pick in 2004 May 16 vs. Creighton (Rosenblatt) (NET) 7 p.m. OF 6 Nick Jaros R Jr. .340 1 9 Hit .428 (6-for-14) with fi ve RBIs at Rice Tourney; 2-for-4 w/HR vs. TSU May 19 Oklahoma 6:35 p.m. OF 24 Bryce Nimmo L Fr. .346 1 12 Two multi-hit games vs. Alabama; Has team-high 7 multi-hit games May 20 Oklahoma 2:05 p.m. OF 14 Luke Gorsett R Jr. .383 8 17 Minnesota Tourney MVP (.500-2-4); Hit for cycle vs. ND (3/3) May 21 Oklahoma 1:05 p.m. DH 26 Andy Gerch R So. .310 1 3 2-for-4 w/2 doubles vs. ISU (3/14); Two multi-hit games at Minn. Tourney May 24-28 at Big 12 Championships TBA June 2-5 NCAA Regionals TBA Off the Bench June 9-12 NCAA Super Regionals TBA Pos. # Player Bats Cl. Avg. HR RBI Worth Noting June 16-26 College World Series (Rosenblatt) TBA C 8 Jeff Lanning R Fr. .500 0 1 2-for-3 in 2 games vs. ISU; 1st-team All-Iowa in 2005 (.509-14-48) OF 21 Nick Sullivan L R-Fr. .500 0 0 Team-high 2 pinch hits, including a pinch-hit RBI single vs. Rice All Dates and Times listed are central and subject to change INF 17 Casey Klapperich R R-Fr. .500 0 0 First career hit vs.