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: May 22, 2006 2006 Schedule & Results This Week in Nebraska Baseball • May 24-30 Date Opponent Time/Result Feb. 16 at Charleston Southern W, 11-1 2006 Record (39-13, 17-10 Big 12) Homewood Suites Shootout National Rankings: 10 (CB) • 8 (BA) • 11 (Sports Weekly) • 11 (NCBWA) Feb. 17 vs. No. 19 North Carolina State W, 4-3 Nebraska’s Schedule Feb. 18 at The Citadel L, 5-8 Date Date Opponent Location Radio TV Time Feb. 19 vs. Richmond W, 5-4 (12 inn.) Wednesday May 25 Baylor (34-22, 13-14 Big 12) AT&T Bricktown Ballpark Pinnacle Sports None 10 a.m. Rice Invitational Thursday May 26 Texas Tech (31-21-1, 9-16-1) AT&T Bricktown Ballpark Pinnacle Sports None 8 p.m. Feb. 24 vs. Texas State W, 10-3 Saturday May 28 Texas (38-18, 19-7) AT&T Bricktown Ballpark Pinnacle Sports FSN 1 p.m. Saturday May 29 Championship Game AT&T Bricktown Ballpark Pinnacle Sports FSN 1 p.m. Feb. 25 at No. 4 Rice L, 2-3 Feb. 26 vs. St. John’s W, 12-4 Nebraska Rotation Wednesday Charlie Shirek, R-Fr., RHP (4-2, 3.12 ERA, 60.2 IP) Dairy Queen Classic Friday Joba Chamberlain, Jr., RHP (5-4, 3.72 ERA, 75 IP) March 3 vs. Notre Dame W, 11-1 Saturday Tony Watson, So., LHP (8-1, 3.06 ERA, 88.1 IP) March 4 vs. Arizona W, 3-1 Sunday Johnny Dorn, So., RHP (9-4, 3.44 ERA, 81.0 IP) March 5 at Minnesota W, 4-1 Hotel Information March 10 No. 25 Alabama W, 2-1 (11 inn) Hotel: Courtyard Marriott • 2 West Reno Avenue • Oklahoma City, OK, 73102 March 11 No. 25 Alabama W, 5-1 March 12 No. 25 Alabama W, 6-2 Interivews March 14 Illinois State W, 10-7 Baseball MRD Shamus McKnight (402-540-0268, cell phone) and Media Relations Assistants David Graff and Brandon March 15 Illinois State W, 12-6 Gries will be on hand in Oklahoma City to handle interviews with Nebraska coaches and student-athletes March 17 South Dakota State (DH) W, 10-0 (7 inn) Monday: Depart Lincoln via charter bus at 10:15 a.m. from Haymarket Park March 17 South Dakota State (DH) W, 3-0 (7 inn) Tuesday: Practice - AT&T Bricktown Ballpark (1-1:50 p.m.); March 25 Kansas (DH) (Cox) W, 9-2 Press Conf. - 11 a.m. at Mickey Mantle’s Restaurant, across the street from the AT&T Bricktown Ballpark March 25 Kansas (DH) W, 4-1 Media Information March 26 Kansas L, 6-7 Television: Saturday on FSN (Ch. 37 in Lincoln; Ch. 46 in Omaha) March 28 Northern Colorado L, 2-5 Live Stats: Huskers.com Radio: Pinnacle Sports Network March 29 Northern Colorado W, 9-1 Internet Radio: Huskers.com Video Streaming: None March 31 at Kansas State L, 5-11 Satellite Radio: SIRIUS (Channel TBA) April 1 at Kansas State W, 5-4 April 2 at Kansas State W, 12-2 (8) April 4 vs. No. 21 Creighton (Rosenblatt) (NET) W, 6-4 Huskers Head to OKC for Big 12 Championship April 7 at Missouri W, 6-3 The Nebraska baseball team returns to the road this nationally ranked Texas at 1 p.m. in a game that will be April 8 at Missouri W, 5-2 (13) week, as the Huskers will travel to the AT&T Bricktown carried to much of the country on FSN. April 9 at Missouri W, 13-7 Ballpark in Oklahoma City for the 2006 Phillips 66 Big 12 All of Nebraska’s Big 12 Championship games will April 11 at Iowa W, 16-14 (13) Championship beginning Wednesday. be carried across the state on the Pinnacle Sports April 13 Texas A&M (Cox) W, 5-4 The Huskers (39-14) were the No. 4 seed in the Big Network, including KLIN (1400 AM) in Lincoln, KFAB April 14 Texas A&M W, 4-3 12 Championship after tying Oklahoma for third place in (1110 AM) in Omaha and KRVN (880 AM) in Lexington, April 15 Texas A&M W, 6-0 the regular season. In the new pool format, Nebraska will and on the Internet at Huskers.com. Live stats will also April 18 Creighton (Cox) W, 4-2 play each of the other teams on its side of the bracket be posted on Huskers.com April 19 Nebraska-Kearney W, 15-2 once with the winner of each division advancing to The Huskers will take aim at their fi fth Big 12 April 21 at No. 5 Texas L, 2-6 Sunday’s Championship game. Tourney title since the league went to the eight-team April 22 at No. 5 Texas (FSN) W, 7-5 Nebraska’s side of the bracket includes regular- April 23 at No. 5 Texas W, 6-0 format in 1999, as NU won three straight tournament April 25 Wichita State (Cox) W, 11-0 season champion Texas, fi fth-seeded Baylor and eighth- titles from 1999 to 2001 before claiming last season’s April 29 Texas Tech (DH) W, 4-3 (11) seeded Texas Tech, while Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, crown. The Huskers will look to rebound after dropping April 29 Texas Tech (DH) W, 14-4 (7) Kansas and Missouri round out the eight-team fi eld. 2-of-3 to No. 13 Oklahoma over the weekend, and can April 30 Texas Tech W, 14-4 (8) Nebraska will open the championship on Wednesday, lock up their 16th 40-win season in school history as May 6 at Oklahoma State L, 4-5 May 24, as it takes on Baylor (34-22) at 10 a.m. NU early as Wednesday. NU also looks to extract revenge May 7 at Oklahoma State L, 6-7 will take on Texas Tech on Thursday at 8 p.m. and will on a Baylor team that swept the Huskers two weeks May 8 at Oklahoma State W, 10-6 round out divisional play on Saturday afternoon against ago in Waco. May 10 Northern Iowa L, 1-5 May 12 at Baylor L, 5-6 The Husker Lineup Card May 13 at Baylor L, 1-4 Pos. # Player Bats Cl. Avg. HR RBI Worth Noting May 14 at Baylor L, 2-12 C 16 Jeff Christy R Sr. .288 6 27 Hitting .571 (8-for-14) during a four-game hit streak May 16 vs. Creighton (Rosenblatt) (NET) W, 4-1 1B 19 Brandon Buckman L Sr. .338 14 49 3 multi-HR games; 4 four-hit games; 5 RBIs vs. UNK on April 19 May 19 No. 13 Oklahoma L, 2-3 2B 3 Jake Opitz L So. .297 2 25 .372-1-7 over last 13 games; 5-for-7 w/5 RBI at Iowa (4/11) May 20 No. 13 Oklahoma (Cox) W, 10-4 SS 10 Ryan Wehrle R So. .365 6 43 Tops NU in hits & runs Hit .556 (5-for-9) at BU; 26 multi-hit games May 21 No. 13 Oklahoma L, 2-6 3B 2 Jake Mort R R-Fr. .283 0 25 2nd with six sacrifi ces & 4th in SBs; 4 RBIs vs. No. 5 UT (4/23) May 24-28 at Big 12 Championship OF 6 Nick Jaros R Jr. .360 4 33 Hitting .403 (23-for-57) w/ 2 HR, 7 RBI, 16 runs over last 16 games May 24 vs. Baylor 10 a.m. -or- 18 Andrew Brown R Jr. .310 9 26 Hit .556 with 2 HR at BU; .400 with 5 HR over last 11 games May 25 vs. Texas Tech 8 p.m. OF 24 Bryce Nimmo L So. .269 3 21 Leads NU in steals (16); 6th in Big 12 in steals; 7 bunt hits May 27 vs. Texas (FSN) 1 p.m. OF 14 Luke Gorsett R Jr. .360 15 48 2nd in Big 12 in HR, slug pct. & total bases; Hit for cycle vs. ND (3/3) May 28 Championship 1 p.m. DH 12 Andy Gerch R So. .286 3 15 Hitting .356 with 11 RBIs & 9 runs scored over last 12 contests June 2-5 NCAA Regionals TBA -or- 21 Nick Sullivan L R-Fr. .333 1 9 Four hits including fi rst career HR vs. UNK (4/19); 2-for-4 vs. UT (4/21) June 9-12 NCAA Super Regionals TBA Off the Bench June 16-26 College World Series (Rosenblatt) TBA Pos. # Player Bats Cl. Avg. HR RBI Worth Noting All Dates and Times listed are central and subject to change C 8 Jeff Lanning R Fr. .278 0 2 1-for-3 with a 2B vs. Iowa (4/11); 1st-team All-Iowa in 2005 (.509-14-48) Home Games in Bold INF 9 Steve Edlefsen S So. .273 1 7 Tied school mark with 6 hits and hit for the cycle vs. Iowa (4/11) Cox - Cox Cable: NET-Nebraska Educational Television; INF 17 Casey Klapperich R R-Fr. .429 0 0 First career two-hit game vs. UNK (4/19); 2x all-state performer in S.D. FSN-Fox Sports Net C 45 Mark Hightower R So. .000 0 0 NU’s top backup at catcher in 2005, appearing in 18 games a year ago Head Coach Mike Anderson Northern Colorado, 1990 Probable Big 12 Tournament Starters 179-70 (.719) - FourthFourth Season • 2003 & 2005 Big 12 Coach of the Year #40 - Charlie Shirek • R-Fr.