2008 NEBRASKA BASEBALL WEEKLY RELEASE Baseball Contact: Shamus McKnight • E-Mail: [email protected] • Office Phone: (402) 472-7772 Office Fax: (402) 472-2005 • Home Phone: (402) 742-5465 • Cell Phone: (402) 540-0268 • Release Date: April 21, 2008 2008 Baseball Schedule This Week in Nebraska Baseball • April 21-28 Date Opponent Time 2008 Record (28-7-1, 13-4-1 Big 12) • Rankings 10/8/8/13 (Collegiate Baseball /Baseball America /Coaches/NCBWA) Feb. 22 at Stanford (DH) L, 7-17 Date Date Opponent Radio Internet Time Feb. 22 at Stanford (DH) W, 9-2 Tues. April 22 Creighton (25-13) Husker Sports Network Huskers.com 6:35 p.m. Feb. 23 at Stanford L, 2-4 Wed. April 23 at Creighton Husker Sports Network Huskers.com 6:35 p.m. Feb. 24 at Stanford ccd.-rain Friday April 25 at Baylor (23-17, 8-10 Big 12) Husker Sports Network Huskers.com 6:30 p.m. Saturday April 26 at Baylor Husker Sports Network Huskers.com 6:30 p.m. Feb. 29 UC Riverside W, 3-2 Sunday April 27 at Baylor Husker Sports Network Huskers.com 1 p.m. March 1 UC Riverside (DH) W, 10-4 March 1 UC Riverside (DH) W, 5-2 Media Info Live Radio: Husker Sports Network and for free on the Internet at Huskers.com March 2 UC Riverside W, 13-1 (7) Live Stats: Huskers.com March 4 Nebraska-Kearney W, 11-2 Television: Tuesday: Nebraska Educational Television (Ch. 12 and Ch. 112) and CBS College Sports (Ch. 610 on DirecTV; March 8 Northern Colorado W, 12-2 Ch. 152 on Dish and Ch. 305 on Time Warner Cable) March 9 Northern Colorado (DH) W, 3-2 Wednesday: My TV (Ch. 110 on Time Warner; Ch. 25 on DirecTV) and 620 in Omaha (Cox Ch. 120) March 9 Northern Colorado (DH) W, 8-5 Live Video: Huskers.com (Tuesday only) March 10 Northern Colorado W, 7-0 Probable Starting Pitchers March 11 South Dakota State W, 7-3 Day Nebraska Creighton March 14 at Kansas State W, 2-1 Tues. Dan Jennings, Jr., LHP (4-0, 1.60 ERA) Greg Hellhake, R-Fr., LHP (2-0, 4.67 ERA) March 15 at Kansas State W, 11-4 Wed. TBA TBA March 16 at Kansas State W, 5-3 (10) March 18 Arkansas W, 6-1 March 19 Arkansas L, 4-9 HUSKERS, BLUEJAYS PLAY TWO March 21 Oklahoma W, 4-2 In the words of the legendary Ernie Banks, March 22 Oklahoma W, 4-3 On Tap: March 23 Oklahoma T, 8-8 (10) let’s play two, as Nebraska and Creighton square off for a THINGS TO WATCH March 25 Northern Colorado W, 10-0 pair of midweek contests. The Huskers (28-7-1) will host March 26 Northern Colorado W, 9-4 the Bluejays (25-13) Tuesday night at Hawks Field with 3 THIS WEEK 1. This week’s contsts mark the first time since 1993 March 28 at No. 13 Texas W, 14-4 a first pitch scheduled for 6:35 p.m. The following night, that Nebraska and Creighton are playing each March 29 at No. 13 Texas (FSN) W, 2-0 the scene shifts to historic Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha other on consecutive days in the regular season. March 30 at No. 13 Texas L, 3-12 as the two teams will play at 6:30 p.m. in a game that April 1 at Creighton (MyTV) ppd. until 4/23 was originally scheduled for April 1, but was postponed 2. Nebraska played error-free ball against Kansas April 4 Texas Tech W, 6-2 because of cold tempatures. over the weekend, marking the first time the April 5 Texas Tech (NET) W, 5-2 The Huskers come off a weekend where they took 2-of-3 Huskers did not commit an error in a conference April 6 Texas Tech W, 5-3 against Kansas for their fifth Big 12 series win in six tries weekend since May of 2004. April 8 at Iowa (Big Ten Network) ccd. to remain in second place in the conference standings. 3. Mitch Abeita hit .429 with a homer and six RBIs April 11 at No. 21 Oklahoma State L, 0-1 Catcher Mitch Abeita led the charge, hitting .500 on the last week, including a career-high four RBIs April 12 at No. 21 Oklahoma State L, 2-19 weekend, including his first career grand slam on Saturday, against Kansas on Saturday. April 13 at No. 21 Oklahoma State W, 14-5 while Bryce Nimmo put together a pair of multi-hit games April 15 Wichita State (MyTV) W, 3-0 in the leadoff spot, including a 2-for-4 effort with two runs scored on Sunday. April 18 Kansas W, 7-6 Creighton looks to bounce back after dropping 2-of-3 at MVC leader Northern Iowa last weekend, as the April 19 Kansas W, 8-6 Panthers took the final two games of the series. April 20 Kansas (NET/CBS CS) L, 3-6 Tickets: General admission tickets for Tuesday’s game - priced at $7 and $5 - are available at Huskers.com April 22 Creighton (NET/CBS CS) 6:35 p.m. or by calling the NU Ticket Office at 800-8-BIGRED during business hours. Hawks Field Ticket windows open 90 April 23 at Creighton (MyTV) 6:30 p.m. minutes before first pitch and UNL Students with a valid N-Card will be admitted free of charge. On Wednesday, April 25 at Baylor 6:30 p.m. fans can purchase tickets through Ticketmaster outlets or at Ticketmaster.com. April 26 at Baylor (FCS) 6:30 p.m. On the Radio and Internet: Fans across Nebraska can listen to Greg Sharpe and Lane Grindle call the action on April 27 at Baylor 1 p.m. the Husker Sports Network, including KLIN 1400 in Lincoln, KFAB 1110 AM in Omaha and KRVN 880 AM in Lexington April 29 Western Illinois 6:35 p.m. and on the Internet at Huskers.com. April 30 Western Illinois 1:35 p.m. May 2 Louisiana-Lafayette 6:35 p.m. May 3 Louisiana-Lafayette (DH) 12:05 p.m. The Husker Position Players Pos. # Player Bats Cl. Avg. HR RBI Worth Noting May 3 Louisiana-Lafayette (DH) 6:35 p.m. C 13 Mitch Abeita R Sr. .357 7 31 Second in the Big 12 in on-base percentage (.497) May 9 Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. 1B 15 Craig Corriston R Sr. .304 2 24 Hitting a team-high .440 with runners in scoring position May 10 Texas A&M (NET/CBS CS) 2:05 p.m. 2B 3 Jake Opitz L Sr. .314 3 30 Drove in two RBIs on both Saturday and Sunday May 11 Texas A&M 1:05 p.m. SS 20 Ben Kline R Fr. .248 0 13 Committed one error in his last 10 contests May 13 vs. Creighton (NET/CBS CS) 7 p.m. 3B 2 Jake Mort R Jr. .242 0 8 Career .962 fielding percentage at SS and 3B LF 21 Nick Sullivan L Jr. .326 3 27 Has nine multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI efforts in 2008 May 16 at Missouri 6:30 p.m. CF 24 Bryce Nimmo L Sr. .344 1 17 14th in the Big 12 in hitting; Batting .400 since moving to leadoff May 17 at Missouri 2 p.m. RF 4 DJ Belfonte L So. .252 1 22 Hitting .324 with eight RBIs in two-out situations May 18 at Missouri 1 p.m. DH 35 Cody Neer S Jr. .247 1 14 12 of his 14 RBIs in last 10 starts; Hit first HR at No. 13 UT on 3/30 May 21-25 at Big 12 Tournament TBA OFF THE BENCH May 30-June 2 NCAA Regionals TBA OF 5 David Stewart L Fr. .229 1 4 Belted first collegiate homer against Northern Colorado on 3/10 June 6-9 NCAA Super Regionals TBA INF 6 Brett Sowers R R-Fr. .182 0 2 2006 Colorado High School Player of the Year (.516-10-46) June 14-25 at College World Series TBA 1B/C 7 Tyler Rank L Fr. .150 0 3 1st-team All-Minnesota after hitting .392-3-20 RBIs in 2007 OF 9 Dan Johnston R Fr. .310 0 10 Three hits, including 2 doubles and 3 runs scored vs. UT on 3/28 #-Big 12 games; All times listed are Central and dates and times are OF 32 Tyler Farst R So. .192 0 3 Had first multi-hit game of 2008 at Kansas State on 3/15 subject to change; Television Key: FSN-Fox Sport Net; Cox-Cox Cable Television; FCS-Fox College Sports; NET-Nebraska Educational Television INF 16 Andy Cotton R R-Fr. .071 0 1 Two-time all-state pick from Lincoln Southwest The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Nebraska (as of Apr 20, 2008) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 28-7-1 Home: 21-2-1 Away: 7-5 Big 12: 13-4-1 Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% Abeita, Mitch....... .357 36-34 112 29 40 7 0 7 31 68 .607 26 6 15 1 .497 1 2 5-5 256 24 4 .986 Nimmo, Bryce........ .344 35-35 122 32 42 2 1 1 17 49 .402 21 1 11 0 .441 1 2 6-11 84 1 1 .988 Opitz, Jake........