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 4, 2006 2006 Schedule & Results This Week in Nebraska Baseball • April 3-10 Date Opponent Time/Result Feb. 16 at Charleston Southern W, 11-1 2006 Record (20-5, 4-2 Big 12) Homewood Suites Shootout National Rankings: 6 (CB) • 8 (BA) • 8 (Sports Weekly) • 7 (NCBWA) Feb. 17 vs. No. 19 North Carolina State W, 4-3 Day Date Rank Opponent Radio Live Video Time Feb. 18 at The Citadel L, 5-8 Tues. April 4 23/21/RV Creighton (18-6) Pinnacle Sports Network http://www.mynptv.org 7 p.m. Feb. 19 vs. Richmond W, 5-4 (12 inn.) Fri. April 7 -/-/- Missouri (16-11, 6-3) Pinnacle Sports Network TBA 6:30 p.m. Sat. April 8 -/-/- Missouri Pinnacle Sports Network TBA 2 p.m. Rice Invitational Sun. April 9 -/-/- Missouri Pinnacle Sports Network TBA 1 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 Pitching Probables Feb. 26 vs. St. John’s W, 12-4 Game Nebraska Creighton Dairy Queen Classic Tues. Charlie Shirek, R-Fr., RHP (1-1, 2.63 ERA, 27.1 IP) Tony Bilek, Sr., RHP (2-0, 4.29 ERA, 21.0 IP) March 3 vs. Notre Dame W, 11-1 Media Information March 4 vs. Arizona W, 3-1 Live Stats: Huskers.com Radio: Pinnacle Sports Network March 5 at Minnesota W, 4-1 Internet Radio: Huskers.com March 10 No. 25 Alabama W, 2-1 (11 inn) Television: Nebraska Educational Television (Ch. 12 in Lincoln; Ch. 112 in HD) and CSTV (Ch. 305 on Time Warner Cable in Lincoln; Ch. 610 on DirecTV and Ch. 152) March 11 No. 25 Alabama W, 5-1 March 12 No. 25 Alabama W, 6-2 March 14 Illinois State W, 10-7 Huskers Travel to Rosenblatt to Take on Creighton March 15 Illinois State W, 12-6 After a series win over Kansas State, the Nebraska Wildcats, 12-2, in the fi nale after posting a 5-4 win on March 17 South Dakota State (DH) W, 10-0 (7 inn) baseball team continues its eight-game road trip with Saturday, a win which snapped KSU’s 21-game home March 17 South Dakota State (DH) W, 3-0 (7 inn) a stop at Omaha’s Rosenblatt Stadium to take on winning streak. March 18 South Dakota State ccd. the Creighton Bluejays on Tuesday, April 4. Although NU has now won both of its conference series and March 19 South Dakota State ccd. Tuesday’s contest is technically a road game, a large March 21 Western Illinois ccd. is tied with Missouri for second in the Big 12 race, contingent of Husker fans is expected for the fi rst of March 22 Western Illinois ccd. heading into this weekend’s series with the Tigers March 25 Kansas (DH) (Cox) W, 9-2 two trips to Omaha during the regular season. Tickets in Columbia. Both teams will look to gain ground on March 25 Kansas (DH) W, 4-1 are still available for Tuesday’s contest at Ticketmaster Texas, which is 7-2 in the league before its trip to KSU March 26 Kansas L, 6-7 locations across the state and on Ticketmaster.com, this weekend. March 28 Northern Colorado L, 2-5 while a large walk-up crowd is expected. The Huskers have showed balance offensively during March 29 Northern Colorado W, 9-1 First pitch for the fi rst of three games between the the fi rst half of the season, ranking fourth in the Big 12 March 31 at Kansas State L, 5-11 Huskers and Bluejays is set for 7 p.m. and the game in hitting (.321, fourth), homers (31, third) and stolen April 1 at Kansas State W, 5-4 can be heard across the state on the Pinnacle Sports bases (50, second) as four players rank among the April 2 at Kansas State W, 12-2 (8) Network, including KFAB 1110 AM in Omaha, 1400 AM top 20 hitters in the league. NU has also shined on the April 4 vs. No. 21 Creighton (Rosenblatt) (NET) 7 p.m. in Lincoln and KRVN 880 AM in Lexington, along with mound, posting a league-best 2.84 ERA and is second April 7 at Missouri 6:30 p.m. Huskers.com. in the league with a .976 fi elding percentage. April 8 at Missouri 2 p.m. Tuesday’s game is also the fi rst of two NU baseball Creighton climbs into the Baseball America poll for April 9 at Missouri 1 p.m. games scheduled for Nebraska Educational Television the fi rst time since the 2000 season at No. 21 following April 11 at Iowa 6 p.m. (NET Ch. 12 and NET-HD, Ch. 112 in Lincoln) this a series win over then No. 17 Wichita State in Omaha April 13 Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. season and will also be simulcast nationally on College over the weekend. The Bluejays are 18-6 on the season April 14 Texas A&M (Cox) 6:35 p.m. Sports Television. and 3-3 in the Missouri Valley Conference. April 15 Texas A&M 3:05 p.m. Nebraska comes into the contest with a 20-5 record, Nebraska leads the all-time series between the April 18 Creighton (Cox) 6:35 p.m. but took a slight dip in the national polls on Monday state’s Division I programs, 59-41-2 after NU won 3-of- April 21 at Texas 6:15 p.m. after going 3-2 last week. NU went from third to sixth 5 meetings in 2005. Creighton won 2-of-3 meetings to April 22 at Texas (FSN) 3 p.m. in the Collegiate Baseball poll, but stayed eighth in claim the regular-season series for the fi rst time since April 23 at Texas 1 p.m. Baseball America poll. 1993, but NU exacted revenge with a pair of wins over April 25 Wichita State (Cox) 6:35 p.m. After losing Friday’s series opener at Kansas State, CU in the NCAA Regional en route to a College World April 28 Texas Tech (Cox) 6:35 p.m. Nebraska rebounded to take the series, run-ruling the April 29 Texas Tech 2:05 p.m. Series. 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. .232 3 7 Thrown out 44 percent of runners; Hitting .357 last eight games May 10 Northern Iowa 6:35 p.m. 1B 19 Brandon Buckman L Sr. .348 6 21 Reigning Big 12 Player of the Week hit .615 with 4 RBIs vs. KU May 12 at Baylor 7 p.m. 2B 3 Jake Opitz L So. .274 0 7 Team-high 14 walks; two triples in series at Kansas State May 13 at Baylor 6 p.m. SS 10 Ryan Wehrle R So. .413 3 21 Eight-game hit streak (.529 with 11 runs) with 7 straight multi-hit games May 14 at Baylor 1 p.m. 3B 2 Jake Mort R R-Fr. .255 0 8 Two hits on Wed. vs. UNC; 2-for-4 with 2 RBI vs. ISU (3/15) May 16 vs. Creighton (Rosenblatt) (NET) 7 p.m. -or- 9 Steve Edlefsen S So. .162 0 3 Two RBIs in 5-4 win over KSU (4/1); .341-1-21 at Barton County CC in ‘04 May 19 Oklahoma 6:35 p.m. OF 6 Nick Jaros R Jr. .373 2 20 2nd on team with six stolen bases; 2-2 w/3 RBI vs. KU on 3/26 May 20 Oklahoma (Cox) 2:05 p.m. OF 24 Bryce Nimmo L So. .354 2 15 Leads NU in runs (23), steals (10) and hit-by-pitches (fi ve) OF 14 Luke Gorsett R Jr. .378 12 28 Tops Big 12 in homers & slugging pct.; Hit for cycle vs. ND (3/3) May 21 Oklahoma 1:05 p.m. DH 21 Nick Sullivan L R-Fr. .364 0 8 Hitting .435 since 3/17 with 4 multi-hit games; Team-high 2 pinch hits 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 1B/OF 18 Andrew Brown R Jr. .262 2 11 Key 3-run double vs. KSU (4/2) 1-for-2 w/HR and 3 BB vs. ISU (3/13) DH 12 Andy Gerch R So. .246 1 4 2-for-4 w/2 doubles vs. ISU (3/14); Two multi-hit games at Minn. Tourney All Dates and Times listed are central and subject to change C 8 Jeff Lanning R Fr. .364 0 1 2-for-3 in 2 games vs. ISU; 1st-team All-Iowa in 2005 (.509-14-48) Home Games in Bold Cox - Cox Cable: NET-Nebraska Educational Television; INF 17 Casey Klapperich R R-Fr.