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: March 20, 2008 2008 Baseball Schedule This Week in Nebraska Baseball • March 18-25 Date Opponent Time 2008 Record (15-3, 3-0 Big 12) • Rankings 22/22/24/- (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 Tuesday March 18 Arkansas Husker Sports Network Huskers.com W, 6-1 Feb. 23 at Stanford L, 2-4 Tuesday March 19 Arkansas Husker Sports Network Huskers.com L, 4-9 Feb. 24 at Stanford ccd.-rain Friday March 21 Oklahoma (17-5, 0-0 Big 12) Husker Sports Network Huskers.com 2:05 p.m. Feb. 29 UC Riverside W, 3-2 Saturday March 22 Oklahoma (17-5, 0-0 Big 12) Husker Sports Network Huskers.com 2:05 p.m. March 1 UC Riverside (DH) W, 10-4 Sunday March 23 Oklahoma (17-5, 0-0 Big 12) Husker Sports Network Huskers.com 1:05 p.m. March 1 UC Riverside (DH) W, 5-2 Media Info March 2 UC Riverside W, 13-1 (7) Live Radio: Husker Sports Network and for free on the Internet at Huskers.com March 4 Nebraska-Kearney W, 11-2 Live Stats: Huskers.com March 8 Northern Colorado W, 12-2 Live Video: HuskersNside (subscription required) None March 9 Northern Colorado (DH) W, 3-2 Television: March 9 Northern Colorado (DH) W, 8-5 Probable Starting Pitchers March 10 Northern Colorado W, 7-0 Day Nebraska Oklahoma March 11 South Dakota State W, 7-3 Friday Johnny Dorn, Sr., RHP (2-0, 1.33 ERA) Jeremy Erben, So., RHP (0-0, 2.12 ERA) Saturday Thad Weber, Sr., RHP (3-1, 5.40 ERA) Andrew Doyle, So., RHP (4-1, 2.25 ERA) March 14 at Kansas State W, 2-1 Sunday Aaron Pribanic, Jr., RHP (2-0, 0.76 ERA) Michael Rocha, Fr., RHP (2-0, 3.60 ERA) March 15 at Kansas State W, 11-4 March 16 at Kansas State W, 5-3 (10) March 18 Arkansas W, 6-1 March 19 Arkansas L, 4-9 HUSKERS CLASH WITH SOONERS March 21 Oklahoma 2:05 p.m. This Week: The Nebraska baseball team looks to March 22 Oklahoma 2:05 p.m. continue its early-season success, as the Huskers (15-3, THINGS TO WATCH March 23 Oklahoma 1:05 p.m. 3-0 Big 12) welcome Oklahoma (17-5, 0-0 Big 12) for a three-game Big 12 series. Friday and Saturday’s first THIS WEEK March 25 Northern Colorado 6:35 p.m. 3 pitch is set for 2:05 p.m. with the finale slated on Sunday 1. Johnny Dorn is 15-4 at Hawks Field in his career. March 26 Northern Colorado 1:35 p.m. at 1:05 p.m. General admission tickets for all three games March 28 at Texas 6 p.m. 2. Nick Sullivan has been on a tear of late, hitting are available by calling 800-8-BIGRED or at Hawks Field March 29 at Texas 6 p.m. .500 with seven RBIs over his last 10 contests, 90 minutes prior to each game. March 30 at Texas 1 p.m. lifting his average to .389 On the Radio and Internet: Fans across Nebraska can April 1 at Creighton 6:30 p.m. 3. Nebraska saw its 13-game home win streak listen to Greg Sharpe and Lane Grindle call all of the action snapped against Arkansas on Wednesday. The April 4 Texas Tech 6:35 p.m. on the Husker Sports Network - including KLIN 1400 AM April 5 Texas Tech 2:05 p.m. Huskers had won 11 of its 12 regular-season in Lincoln, KFAB 1110 AM in Omaha and KRVN 880 AM in games against SEC teams since 1991. April 6 Texas Tech 1:05 p.m. Lexington - and on the Internet at Huskers.com. In addition, April 8 at Iowa 6 p.m. fans can also watch all three games live on HuskersNside. For subscription information, visit Huskers.com. April 11 at Oklahoma State 6:30 p.m. adidas giveaway weekend: adidas has a pair of promotions for this weekend’s series with the Sooners. On April 12 at Oklahoma State 1 p.m. Friday, the first 200 fans who enter through the main entrance will receive an adidas duffle bag. On Sunday, April 13 at Oklahoma State 1 p.m. the first 350 fans will receive adidas sling packs. In addition, all fans who attend Sunday’s game will have an April 15 Wichita State 6:35 p.m. opportunity to win one of nine official Husker baseball jerseys. April 18 Kansas 6:35 p.m. Last Time Out: Nick Sullivan and Bryce Nimmo had two hits apiece, but Arkansas’ sixth-run eighth broke open April 19 Kansas 3:35 p.m. a tie game, as the Razorbacks snapped Nebraska’s 14-game win streak with a 9-4 win. Arkansas plated six runs April 20 Kansas 1:05 p.m. off relievers Mike Nesseth and Zach Herr, as Ryan Cisterna’s two-run homer to left gave the Razorbacks the lead April 22 Creighton 6:35 p.m. for good. Nesseth (2-1) took the loss, allowing four runs in 1.1 innings – the first runs the redshirt freshman had April 25 at Baylor 6:30 p.m. allowed in eight appearances this season. Sullivan and Nimmo combined for half of the Huskers’ hit total on the April 26 at Baylor 6:30 p.m. afternoon, as Sullivan went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored while Nimmo went 2-for-3 and scored a run. April 27 at Baylor 1 p.m. Nebraska also got a solid performance from starter Erik Bird, who established career highs in both innings (five) April 29 Western Illinois 6:35 p.m. and strikeouts (four) in a no-decision. April 30 Western Illinois 1:35 p.m. May 2 Louisiana-Lafayette 6:35 p.m. The Husker Position Players May 3 Louisiana-Lafayette 2:05 p.m. Pos. # Player Bats Cl. Avg. HR RBI Worth Noting May 4 Louisiana-Lafayette 1:05 p.m. C 13 Mitch Abeita R Sr. .340 5 15 Ranks among Big 12 leaders in homers and on-base pct. May 9 Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. 1B 15 Craig Corriston R Sr. .341 0 9 Had first career four-hit game vs. Kansas State on 3/15 2B 3 Jake Opitz L Sr. .343 1 17 Hit .583 (7-for-12) with a pair of 3-hit games at Kansas State May 10 Texas A&M 2:05 p.m. SS 20 Ben Kline R Fr. .241 0 9 First freshman to start at short since Joe Simokaitis in 2002 May 11 Texas A&M 1:05 p.m. 3B 2 Jake Mort R Jr. .270 0 7 Hit .429 in the series split with Arkansas; career .970 fielder May 13 vs. Creighton 7 p.m. LF 21 Nick Sullivan L Jr. .389 1 8 Hitting .500 (12-for-24) with 6 RBIs in his last 10 games May 16 at Missouri 6:30 p.m. -or- 32 Tyler Farst R So. .308 0 3 Had first multi-hit game of 2008 at Kansas State on 3/15 May 17 at Missouri 2 p.m. CF 24 Bryce Nimmo L Sr. .349 1 10 Ranks first or second on team in four offensive categories RF 4 DJ Belfonte L So. .320 1 15 Had first 4-hit and 4-RBI game against Stanford on Feb. 22 May 18 at Missouri 1 p.m. May 21-25 at Big 12 Tournament TBA OFF THE BENCH May 30-June 2 NCAA Regionals TBA OF 5 David Stewart L Fr. .318 1 3 Belted first collegiate homer against Northern Colorado on 3/10 INF 6 Brett Sowers R R-Fr. .250 0 2 2006 Colorado High School Player of the Year (.516-10-46) June 6-9 NCAA Super Regionals TBA 1B/C 7 Tyler Rank L Fr. .200 0 2 1st-team All-Minnesota after hitting .392-3-20 RBIs in 2007 June 14-25 at College World Series TBA OF/INF 9 Dan Johnston R Fr. .400 0 4 Delievered 10th inning 2-run single at Kansas State on 3/16 1B/C 35 Cody Neer S Jr. .239 0 4 Transfer from Univ. of Florida who hit .310 in SEC play in ‘07 #-Big 12 games; All times listed are Central and dates and INF 16 Andy Cotton R R-Fr. .000 0 1 Two-time all-state pick from Lincoln Southwest times are subject to change; Television Key: FSN-Fox Sport Net; C 10 Drew Gray R Jr. -- -- -- 27th-round draft pick; JC All-American; out with a shoulder injury Cox-Cox Cable Television; FCS-Fox College Sports; NET-Nebraska DH 19 Jeff Tezak S Sr. .190 1 2 Will miss remainder of 2008 season following knee surgery Educational Television. OF 22 Clay Cuno R So. .000 0 0 Will miss remainder of 2008 season following shoulder surgery Nebraska Baseball 2008 Weekly Release #6 • Page 2 • March 20, 2008 • Huskers.com University of Nebraska Quick Facts Rotation vs. Oklahoma Location ....................................................Lincoln, Neb. #23 - Johnny Dorn • Sr. • RHP • 6-3 • 210 • Grand Island, Neb.