2011 Nebraska Baseball Weekly Release Baseball Contact: Brandon Gries • E-Mail: [email protected] • Office Phone: (402) 472-7781 • Office Fax: (402) 472-2005 • Cell Phone: (308) 289-2286 • Release Date: March 29, 2011 2011 Schedule This Week in Nebraska Baseball • March 30-April 3 Date Opponent Time 2011 Record (17-9, 1-2 Big 12) Feb. 18 at Texas State L, 2-7 Rankings (NR, NR, NR, NR) Feb. 19 vs. Air Force W, 8-1 Date Date Opponent Radio Internet Time/Result Feb. 19 vs. Washington W, 10-3 Wednesday March 30 vs. Doane (14-7) Husker Sports Network Huskers.com 1:35 p.m. Friday April 1 vs. Oklahoma State (19-6) Husker Sports Network Huskers.com 6:35 p.m. Feb. 20 vs. Missouri State W, 16-4 Saturday April 2 vs. Oklahoma State (19-6) Husker Sports Network Huskers.com 2:05 p.m. Feb. 25 vs. Northern Colorado W, 12-8 Sunday April 3 vs. Oklahoma State (19-6) Husker Sports Network Huskers.com 1:05 p.m. Feb. 26 vs. Northern Colorado W, 3-0 Feb. 26 at Sam Houston State L, 1-7 Media Info Live Radio: Selected Husker Sports Network and for free on the Internet at Huskers.com (affiliate list on page five of today’s notes) Feb. 27 at Sam Houston State L, 9-10 Live Stats: Huskers.com March 2 Nebraska-Kearney W, 13-1 Live Video: Huskers.com (with paid subscription) March 4 #5 UCLA L, 0-1 (11) Television: Saturday on NET Promotions: Hometown Husker Days (Friday-Omaha, Saturday-Columbus, Sunday-Grand Island) March 5 #5 UCLA W, 2-1 (12) March 6 #5 UCLA W, 5-4 (11) Probable Starting Pitchers March 11 #20 Fresno State L, 5-8 Day Nebraska Doane March 12 #20 Fresno State L, 0-1 Wednesday Tyler Niederklein, So., RHP (2-1, 4.38) Jacob Bartek, Sr., RHP (0-0, 5.91) March 13 #20 Fresno State W, 5-4 March 15 South Dakota State W, 8-3 Huskers Host Doane, Open Big 12 Home Schedule vs. OSU March 16 at Kansas State L, 5-6 This Week: Nebraska returns for a five-game homestand beginning with a March 18 North Dakota W, 10-1 make-up game against Doane College on Wednesday at 1:35 p.m. The contest THINGS TO WATCH was orginally scheduled for April 8 but was canceled due to inclement weather. March 19 North Dakota W, 6-0 THIS WEEK The Huskers will then open the Big 12 home slate with a weekend series against 3 March 19 North Dakota W, 10-4 Oklahoma State, beginning Friday at 6:35 p.m., and continuing Saturday (2:05 1. The Huskers have won eight straight March 20 North Dakota W, 8-6 p.m.) and Sunday (1:05 p.m.). home games dating back to the March 13 March 22 Northern Colorado W, 5-4 Nebraska and Doane met in the first game in program history, as the Huskers win over Fresno State. March 23 Northern Colorado W, 13-2 won a 23-6 contest in 1889. March 25 at Texas Tech W, 15-5 Television: Saturday’s game vs. Oklahoma State will be the first of five home 2. Nebraska ranks fourth nationally in games televised on NET this season. The NET television stream will also be hit by pitches with 46. Kash Kalkowski March 26 at Texas Tech L, 8-10 available for free on Huskers.com. ranks third individually in the category as March 27 at Texas Tech L, 0-3 On the Radio: Fans across Nebraska and around the world can listen to Greg he has been plunked 12 times. March 30 Doane 1:35 p.m. Sharpe and Lane Grindle call all of the action this week on the Husker Sports April 1 Oklahoma State 6:35 p.m. Network - including KLIN 1400 AM in Lincoln, KFAM 1110 AM in Omaha - and on 3. Cody Asche carries a team-best 12- April 2 Oklahoma State (NET) 2:05 p.m. the Internet at Huskers.com. A complete list of Husker Sports Network affiliates game hit streak into this week. His status April 3 Oklahoma State 1:05 p.m. can be found on page 5. is in question following a concussion in Video: Fans can watch all four games this weeke by purchasing a Huskers April 5 Creighton (NET/CBS CS) 6:35 p.m. Sunday’s game at Texas Tech. NSide subscription on Huskers.com. April 8 at Kansas 6 p.m. Preview: Nebraska looks to get back on the winning track when it hosts Doane College this Wednesday. The Huskers opened April 9 at Kansas 2 p.m. Big 12 play by dropping 2-of-3 at Texas Tech over the weekend, despite winning the series opener, 15-5. April 10 at Kansas 1 p.m. The Doane matchup will the second against an in-state foe this season after NU defeated Nebraska-Kearney on March 2. The April 12 at Wichita State 6:30 p.m. Huskers will also meet Creighton for the annual three-game series beginning next Tuesday, April 5 at Hawks Field. April 15 Kansas State 6:35 p.m. As the Huskers hit the mid-way point of the season, Nebraska holds two of the best bats in the Big 12 Conference. Third baseman Cody Asche is hitting .349 with a nation-leading 17 doubles, while also ranking second in the Big 12 with five homers. April 16 Kansas State 3:05 p.m. Outfielder Kash Kalkowski is leading the Huskers with a .392 batting average, which is third in the league. Asche’s status for this April 17 Kansas State 1:05 p.m. week is in question after he suffered a concussion in Sunday’s series finale at Oklahoma State. The O’Fallon, Mo., native is on April 19 at Creighton (NET/CBS CS) 6:30 p.m. pace to break the single-season school record for doubles, as he has 17 through 26 games. The record is held by Jed Morris (2002) April 22 at Oklahoma 6:30 p.m. and Mike Duncan (1985) with 26. April 23 at Oklahoma 2 p.m. Tyler Niederklein has earned the Wednesday start, which will mark the fifth time the Omaha, Neb., native has got the nod on the April 24 at Oklahoma 1 p.m. hill this season. Niederklein is 2-1 with a 4.38 ERA. April 26 Iowa 6:05 p.m. The Husker Position Players April 29 Baylor 6:35 p.m. Pos. # Player Bats Cl. Avg. HR RBI Worth Noting April 30 Baylor (NET) 2:05 p.m. C 13 Cory Burleson S Jr. .257 0 15 Ranks 15th nationally in sacrifice flies (4) -or- 19 Patric Tolentino R Sr. .174 1 1 Hit his first career home run March 15 vs. SDSU May 1 Baylor 1:05 p.m. 1B 10 Kurt Farmer R So. .341 2 18 Has 13 RBIs in the past 10 games May 6 Texas (NET) 6:35 p.m. 2B 7 Bryan Peters R So. .269 1 19 Hitting a team-best .471 with runners in scoring position SS 2 Chad Christensen R So. .321 1 11 Is second on the team in multiple hit games (10) May 7 Texas 2:05 p.m. 3B 22 Cody Asche L Jr. .349 5 29 Leads the team in home runs (5), doubles (17) and RBIs (29) May 8 Texas 1:05 p.m. LF 14 Kale Kiser S Jr. .309 1 11 Went 4-for-6 with three RBIs last Friday at Texas Tech -or- 4 Michael Pritchard L Fr. .276 0 2 Put together a six-game hit streak March 19-26 May 10 vs. Creighton 7 p.m. CF 24 Khiry Cooper R Jr. .290 0 11 Had back-to-back 3-hit games March 19-20 vs. North Dakota May 13 at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. RF 20 Josh Scheffert R So. .273 2 18 Has reached base in 12 straight games May 14 at Texas A&M 2:05 p.m. UTIL/OF 3 Kash Kalkowski R So. .392 4 23 Is hitting .500 (21-for-42) with runners on base May 15 at Texas A&M 1:05 p.m. OFF THE BENCH May 19 Missouri 6:35 p.m. C/UTIL 6 Colton Bickerstaff L Fr. -- -- -- Younger brother of NU senior pitcher Chase Adams OF 38 Pat Hirschberg R RFr. .333 0 3 Is 2-for-6 with two RBIs this season May 20 Missouri 6:35 p.m. OF 35 Tanner Krietemeier L Fr. .100 0 1 Hit first career RBI March 23 vs. UNC May 21 Missouri (NET/CBS CS) 3:05 p.m. 1B 36 Nick Miller L Fr. .167 0 1 Had first career hit and RBI March 23 vs. UNC C 40 Sam Stucky R Jr. .500 0 1 Produced first career hit and RBI March 23 vs. UNC 12 NCAA TOURNAMENTS THREE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES 89 ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 HONOREES 51 ALL-BIG 12 SELECTIONS 56 ALL-AMERICANS 7 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS Nebraska Baseball 2011 Weekly Release #9 • Page 2 • March 29, 2011 • Huskers.com University of Nebraska Quick Facts Pitching Rotation Location ......................................................................Lincoln, Neb. Population ...........................................................................254,001 Wednesday vs. Doane College: #21 - Tyler Niederklein • So. • RHP • 6-2 • 210 • Omaha, Neb. (Millard West) Founded ..................................................................................1869 Tyler Niederklein is coming off a strong week and will make his fifth start of the season this Wednesday Enrollment ............................................................................24,610 against Doane College • Threw a career-long seven innings in his last start March 22 vs.