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No. 4 Huskers Host Texas Tech this Weekend
2006 Record (33-6, 12-3 Big 12)
National Rankings: 4 (CB) • 4 (BA) • 4 (Sports Weekly) • 3 (NCBWA)
Day Date Rank Opponent Location Television Video Time
Fri. April 28 -/-/- Texas Tech (27-17-1, 6-10-1 Big 12) Hawks Field Cox TV Huskers.com 6:36 p.m.
Sat. April 29 -/-/- Texas Tech Hawks Field None HuskersNside 2:05 p.m.
Sun. April 30 -/-/- Texas Tech Hawks Field None HuskersNside 1:05 p.m.
Polls are in the following order: Collegiate Baseball/Baseball America/Sports Weekly
Pitching Probables
Game Nebraska Texas Tech
Fri. Joba Chamberlain, Jr., RHP (5-3, 3.35 ERA, 48.1 IP) Miles Morgan, Fr., RHP (5-5, 3.79 ERA, 80.2 IP)
Sat. Tony Watson, So., LHP (6-0, 2.54 ERA, 63.2 IP) Colt Hynes, Jr., LHP (4-1, 2.87 ERA, 47.0 IP)
Sun. Johnny Dorn, So., RHP (7-2, 3.05 ERA, 59.0 IP) Josh Tomlin, Jr., RHP (1-3, 3.64 ERA, 29.2 IP)
Media Information
Tickets: General Admissiom Tickets are available at $7 (adults) and $5 (youth and seniors) for all home games and can be purchased by calling the NU Ticket Office or at Hawks Field 90 minutes before first pitch each day.
Television: Friday’s game is on Cox Cable (Ch. 3 in Omaha; Ch. 77 on Time Warner Cable; Charter Media)
Live Stats: Huskers.com
Radio: Pinnacle Sports Network
Internet Radio: Huskers.com
Video Steaming: HuskersNside (free stream on Friday)
Satellite Radio: SIRIUS (Ch. 155 on Saturday and Sunday)
No. 4 Huskers Host Texas Tech this Weekend
The red-hot Nebraska baseball team returns to conference play this weekend, as the Huskers host Texas Tech for a three-game series at Hawks Field. Action on the diamond commences Friday with a 6:35 p.m. first pitch before weekend games scheduled for 2:05 p.m. on Saturday and 1:05 p.m. on Sunday.
General admission tickets are available for all three weekend contests for as little as $5 and can be purchased by calling the NU Ticket Office at (800) 8-BIGRED or at the Hawks Field Ticket Office beginning 90 minutes before each home game.
The entire weekend series will be carried on the Pinnacle Sports Network, a 20-station network that includes KFAB 1110 AM in Omaha, 1400 AM in Lincoln and KRVN 880 AM in Lexington, along with an Internet broadcast at Huskers.com. Saturday and Sunday’s games will also be carried on SIRIUS Satellite Radio (Ch. 155), as a total of 15 regular-season games will be carried on SIRIUS.
Friday’s opener will be the fifth of six regular-season games produced by Cox Communications and will be shown across the state of Nebraska on Cox Cable in Omaha (Ch. 3), Time Warner Cable in Lincoln (Ch. 77) and Charter Media (check local listings) with Greg Sharpe, Paul Meyers and Kyle Peterson calling all of the action.
Nebraska is ranked in the top five all of the college baseball polls this week and will look to extend its streak of Big 12 series wins to 12 in a row. The Huskers (33-6, 12-3 Big 12) have won 15 of their last 16 games and have the nation’s best winning percentage following Tuesday’s 11-0 whitewash of Wichita State. In that game, Jon Klausing took a no-hitter into the seventh, while Brandon Buckman drove in four runs, including a two-run double in the first, to pace NU’s offensive attack.
Texas Tech (27-17-1, 6-10-1 Big 12) comes to town looking to bounce back after being swept by Oklahoma at home last weekend. The Red Raiders posted a midweek win over New Mexico on Tuesday and bring the Big 12’s top hitting club to town, hitting .324 as a squad. The Huskers will challenge with the league’s top pitching staff, boasting a 2.94 team ERA, and an offense which is third in the league with a .322 average.
Haymarket Park will be busy over the weekend, as both the Husker baseball and softball teams are in action in Big 12 series. The Husker softball team hosts nationally ranked Texas A&M for a two-game weekend series.
Leading Off
•-Nebraska’s .846 winning percentage is the best in the country heading into this weekend’s action, as only three schools in the country have an .800 winning percentage.
Best Division I Winning Percentage
Year Season Record Winning Pct.
1. Nebraska 33-6 .846
2. North Carolina 36-8 .818
3. Old Dominion 35-8 .814
4. Rice 35-9 .796
5. Notre Dame 33-9 .785
•-Nebraska has gotten off to fast starts, outscoring its opponents 44-8 in the first inning of games this season. In fact, NU has scored at least one run in the first inning of 17 of its last 25 contests.
•-Nebraska’s consecutive shutouts of Texas and Wichita State this week marked the first time ever that any school had posted consecutive shutouts against the college baseball’s two winningest coaches (Texas’ Augie Garrido and Wichita State’s Gene Stephenson). Nebraska will attempt to go for the hat trick on Friday evening when Texas Tech comes to town, as Larry Hays ranks third on the NCAA wins list.
•-After Tuesday’s win over Wichita State, NU is now as high as fifth in the latest simulated RPI (warrennolan.com and in Boydsworld.com). NU is 21-4 against teams rated in the top 100 of the RPI. As a league, the Big 12 is third in the RPI, as all 10 members are ranked in the top 75 nationally.
•-NU is off to one of its best starts in school history, as its 33-6 record is the second-best start after 39 games in school history, a game ahead of last season’s team that won a school-record 57 games. That fact is more impressive since NU has played one of the most difficult preconference schedules in school history.
Best 39-game starts in school history
Year Season 39-game Final Record
1. 1983 35-4 44-15
2. 2006 33-6 ----
3. 2005 32-7 57-15
•-Nebraska is well represented in the latest NCAA stats released April 25. The Huskers rank in the top-20 in six team categories, including fielding percentage (.976, eighth), ERA (3.02, 6th), slugging percentage (.505, 11th), homers per game (1.32, 11th) and batting average (.324, 20th). Individually, Luke Gorsett ranks among the national leaders in homers per game (13th) and slugging percentage (15th). Other Huskers ranked in the top-20 nationally include Brandon Buckman, who is 19th in homers per game, and Brett Jensen, who is 19th nationally in saves..
•-Nebraska and Cal State Fullerton are the only two schools in the country to rank in the top 10 in both ERA and fielding percentage.
•-Nebraska has committed one error or less in 31 of its first 39 contests, including 13 games without an error.
•-One of NU’s keys to success is the ability to run while shutting down other team’s running games. NU is second in the Big 12 with 68 stolen bases, including 22-of-29 in Big 12 play, and has allowed just 22 stolen bases, a total that is second in the Big 12.
•-While NU’s pitching has been as good as advertised for most of the 2006 campaign, NU’s offensive numbers have been among the Big 12 leaders in most categories. The Huskers’ .323 team average is on pace for NU’s best team average since the 2001 CWS team hit .334.
Getting Offensive - Overall vs. Big 12 Numbers
No. Big 12 Rank Category No. Big 12 Rank
.323 3rd Batting Avg. .315 1st
50 3rd Homers 11 4th
68 2nd Stolen Bases 22 3rd
.401 3rd On-Base Pct. .384 1st
.502 2nd Slugging Pct. .446 3rd
•-Jeff Christy has been effective at the plate in recent weeks. He is hitting .380 over his last 21 games, raising his average from .177 to a season-best .299.
•-Nebraska has held 29 of its first 39 opponents to four runs or less this season and its 3.4 runs allowed per game tied for second nationally.
Runs Allowed Per Game
No. Team Runs Allowed/Gm
1. Cal State Fullerton 2.9
2. Nebraska 3.4
Virginia 3.4
4. Connecticut 3.5
•- The Huskers are 11-2 in games decided by two runs or less this season.
•-Nebraska has already sold out all the reserved and club seats at Hawks Field for the 2006 season. NU ranked sixth nationally in average attendance, averaging a school-record 4,984 fans per game in 2005. The Huskers are averaging 4,249 fans per game this spring, including four of the 20 largest crowds in school history.
•-Nebraska is one of only three teams in the country that returned two pitchers who won at least 10 games in 2005 (Oregon State and Miami of Ohio are the others).
•-Nebraska is one of only seven teams in all of Division I baseball to post team ERAs below 4.00 over the last four years, joining Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State, Oral Roberts, Rice, Texas and Wichita State. The Huskers were second nationally with a 2.69 team ERA in 2005.
•-Nebraska is one of only six programs nationally to reach the College World Series in three of the past five seasons, joining Cal State Fullerton, Miami, South Carolina, Stanford and Texas. The Big 12 is the only league with more than one team in that group.
•- Nebraska has scored at least one run in each of its last 170 games dating back to the start of the 2004 campaign. The streak is the longest in the Big 12, while NU has scored in 501 of the last 502 games dating back to the 1998 season.
•-NU already has 10 come-from-behind wins this season, including a pair of four-run deficits, most recently at Texas on April 22.
•-Junior right fielder Luke Gorsett saw his 19-game hit streak dating back to March 25 snapped against Wichita State on Tuesday. His hit streak was the longest in the Big 12 in 2006 and tied for the ninth longest in school history.
Last Time Out
Tuesday (NU 11, Wichita State 0): Jon Klausing allowed one hit over seven shutout innings, leading NU to an 11-0 victory over Wichita State Tuesday. Klausing retired the first 14 hitters he faced and allowing only one ball out of the infield over his first six no-hit innings. He had retired 23 straight batters over two outings before Tyler Hill reached on a fielding error with two outs in the fifth. Klausing didn’t allow a hit until Derek Schermerhorn smacked a one-out single through the infield in the seventh. Brandon Buckman had two hits and drove in a pair of runs, while Christy and Wehrle also had two hits apiece in the win.
Scouting Texas Tech
Larry Hays’ Red Raiders come to Lincoln with a 27-17-1 record following a 6-4 win over New Mexico on Tuesday afternoon. Texas Tech looks to rebound after dropping its last three Big 12 series to dip to eighth place in the conference standings, a half game behind Missouri. Tech has been tough on teams in the league, splitting two games with Texas and winning a series against nationally ranked Baylor The Red Raiders were ranked earlier this month, but have since fallen from the rankings
Offensively, the Red Raiders are paced by freshman Roger Keischnick, who is hitting .369 with seven homers and 50 RBIs, ranking among the Big 12 leaders in RBIs. He is one of seven everyday starters hitting above .300 for a team that leads the Big 12 in hitting. The team was dealt a setback with catcher Matt Smith, who was hitting .376 with seven homers and 41 RBIs, was injured against KSU.
The Red Raiders feature one of the top newcomers in the Big 12 in freshman right-hander Miles Morgan, who is 5-5 with a 3.79 ERA, fanning 90 hitters over 80.2 innings of work.
Nebraska holds an 18-15 lead in the all-time series, including winning 3-of-5 games in 2005. The Huskers won the regular-season series, 2-1, in Lubbock and split two meetings at the Big 12 Tournament in Oklahoma City. NU ended the Red Raiders’ 2005 campaign with a 2-1 victory in the Big 12 Tournament as Johnny Dorn pitched a complete game.
Team Comparison
Huskers................. Category................ Texas Tech
39.......................... Games............................... 45
.322.................. Batting Average..................... .324
1373....................... At Bats........................... 1604
7.0...................... Runs/Game.......................... 7.4
11.3..................... Hits/Game......................... 11.5
50....................... Home Runs........................... 38
68-92.................. Stolen Bases...................... 55-74
2.94.......................... ERA.............................. 4.52
355.0...................... Innings.......................... 400.1
3.4................ Runs Allowed/Game..................... 5.7
259....................... Strikeouts........................... 349
133......................... Walks.............................. 138
7.4................. Hits Allowed/Game..................... 9.6
37........................... Errors............................... 66
.977............... Fielding Percentage.................. .962
2006 Record (33-6, 12-3 Big 12)
National Rankings: 4 (CB) • 4 (BA) • 4 (Sports Weekly) • 3 (NCBWA)
Day Date Rank Opponent Location Television Video Time
Fri. April 28 -/-/- Texas Tech (27-17-1, 6-10-1 Big 12) Hawks Field Cox TV Huskers.com 6:36 p.m.
Sat. April 29 -/-/- Texas Tech Hawks Field None HuskersNside 2:05 p.m.
Sun. April 30 -/-/- Texas Tech Hawks Field None HuskersNside 1:05 p.m.
Polls are in the following order: Collegiate Baseball/Baseball America/Sports Weekly
Pitching Probables
Game Nebraska Texas Tech
Fri. Joba Chamberlain, Jr., RHP (5-3, 3.35 ERA, 48.1 IP) Miles Morgan, Fr., RHP (5-5, 3.79 ERA, 80.2 IP)
Sat. Tony Watson, So., LHP (6-0, 2.54 ERA, 63.2 IP) Colt Hynes, Jr., LHP (4-1, 2.87 ERA, 47.0 IP)
Sun. Johnny Dorn, So., RHP (7-2, 3.05 ERA, 59.0 IP) Josh Tomlin, Jr., RHP (1-3, 3.64 ERA, 29.2 IP)
Media Information
Tickets: General Admissiom Tickets are available at $7 (adults) and $5 (youth and seniors) for all home games and can be purchased by calling the NU Ticket Office or at Hawks Field 90 minutes before first pitch each day.
Television: Friday’s game is on Cox Cable (Ch. 3 in Omaha; Ch. 77 on Time Warner Cable; Charter Media)
Live Stats: Huskers.com
Radio: Pinnacle Sports Network
Internet Radio: Huskers.com
Video Steaming: HuskersNside (free stream on Friday)
Satellite Radio: SIRIUS (Ch. 155 on Saturday and Sunday)
No. 4 Huskers Host Texas Tech this Weekend
The red-hot Nebraska baseball team returns to conference play this weekend, as the Huskers host Texas Tech for a three-game series at Hawks Field. Action on the diamond commences Friday with a 6:35 p.m. first pitch before weekend games scheduled for 2:05 p.m. on Saturday and 1:05 p.m. on Sunday.
General admission tickets are available for all three weekend contests for as little as $5 and can be purchased by calling the NU Ticket Office at (800) 8-BIGRED or at the Hawks Field Ticket Office beginning 90 minutes before each home game.
The entire weekend series will be carried on the Pinnacle Sports Network, a 20-station network that includes KFAB 1110 AM in Omaha, 1400 AM in Lincoln and KRVN 880 AM in Lexington, along with an Internet broadcast at Huskers.com. Saturday and Sunday’s games will also be carried on SIRIUS Satellite Radio (Ch. 155), as a total of 15 regular-season games will be carried on SIRIUS.
Friday’s opener will be the fifth of six regular-season games produced by Cox Communications and will be shown across the state of Nebraska on Cox Cable in Omaha (Ch. 3), Time Warner Cable in Lincoln (Ch. 77) and Charter Media (check local listings) with Greg Sharpe, Paul Meyers and Kyle Peterson calling all of the action.
Nebraska is ranked in the top five all of the college baseball polls this week and will look to extend its streak of Big 12 series wins to 12 in a row. The Huskers (33-6, 12-3 Big 12) have won 15 of their last 16 games and have the nation’s best winning percentage following Tuesday’s 11-0 whitewash of Wichita State. In that game, Jon Klausing took a no-hitter into the seventh, while Brandon Buckman drove in four runs, including a two-run double in the first, to pace NU’s offensive attack.
Texas Tech (27-17-1, 6-10-1 Big 12) comes to town looking to bounce back after being swept by Oklahoma at home last weekend. The Red Raiders posted a midweek win over New Mexico on Tuesday and bring the Big 12’s top hitting club to town, hitting .324 as a squad. The Huskers will challenge with the league’s top pitching staff, boasting a 2.94 team ERA, and an offense which is third in the league with a .322 average.
Haymarket Park will be busy over the weekend, as both the Husker baseball and softball teams are in action in Big 12 series. The Husker softball team hosts nationally ranked Texas A&M for a two-game weekend series.
Leading Off
•-Nebraska’s .846 winning percentage is the best in the country heading into this weekend’s action, as only three schools in the country have an .800 winning percentage.
Best Division I Winning Percentage
Year Season Record Winning Pct.
1. Nebraska 33-6 .846
2. North Carolina 36-8 .818
3. Old Dominion 35-8 .814
4. Rice 35-9 .796
5. Notre Dame 33-9 .785
•-Nebraska has gotten off to fast starts, outscoring its opponents 44-8 in the first inning of games this season. In fact, NU has scored at least one run in the first inning of 17 of its last 25 contests.
•-Nebraska’s consecutive shutouts of Texas and Wichita State this week marked the first time ever that any school had posted consecutive shutouts against the college baseball’s two winningest coaches (Texas’ Augie Garrido and Wichita State’s Gene Stephenson). Nebraska will attempt to go for the hat trick on Friday evening when Texas Tech comes to town, as Larry Hays ranks third on the NCAA wins list.
•-After Tuesday’s win over Wichita State, NU is now as high as fifth in the latest simulated RPI (warrennolan.com and in Boydsworld.com). NU is 21-4 against teams rated in the top 100 of the RPI. As a league, the Big 12 is third in the RPI, as all 10 members are ranked in the top 75 nationally.
•-NU is off to one of its best starts in school history, as its 33-6 record is the second-best start after 39 games in school history, a game ahead of last season’s team that won a school-record 57 games. That fact is more impressive since NU has played one of the most difficult preconference schedules in school history.
Best 39-game starts in school history
Year Season 39-game Final Record
1. 1983 35-4 44-15
2. 2006 33-6 ----
3. 2005 32-7 57-15
•-Nebraska is well represented in the latest NCAA stats released April 25. The Huskers rank in the top-20 in six team categories, including fielding percentage (.976, eighth), ERA (3.02, 6th), slugging percentage (.505, 11th), homers per game (1.32, 11th) and batting average (.324, 20th). Individually, Luke Gorsett ranks among the national leaders in homers per game (13th) and slugging percentage (15th). Other Huskers ranked in the top-20 nationally include Brandon Buckman, who is 19th in homers per game, and Brett Jensen, who is 19th nationally in saves..
•-Nebraska and Cal State Fullerton are the only two schools in the country to rank in the top 10 in both ERA and fielding percentage.
•-Nebraska has committed one error or less in 31 of its first 39 contests, including 13 games without an error.
•-One of NU’s keys to success is the ability to run while shutting down other team’s running games. NU is second in the Big 12 with 68 stolen bases, including 22-of-29 in Big 12 play, and has allowed just 22 stolen bases, a total that is second in the Big 12.
•-While NU’s pitching has been as good as advertised for most of the 2006 campaign, NU’s offensive numbers have been among the Big 12 leaders in most categories. The Huskers’ .323 team average is on pace for NU’s best team average since the 2001 CWS team hit .334.
Getting Offensive - Overall vs. Big 12 Numbers
No. Big 12 Rank Category No. Big 12 Rank
.323 3rd Batting Avg. .315 1st
50 3rd Homers 11 4th
68 2nd Stolen Bases 22 3rd
.401 3rd On-Base Pct. .384 1st
.502 2nd Slugging Pct. .446 3rd
•-Jeff Christy has been effective at the plate in recent weeks. He is hitting .380 over his last 21 games, raising his average from .177 to a season-best .299.
•-Nebraska has held 29 of its first 39 opponents to four runs or less this season and its 3.4 runs allowed per game tied for second nationally.
Runs Allowed Per Game
No. Team Runs Allowed/Gm
1. Cal State Fullerton 2.9
2. Nebraska 3.4
Virginia 3.4
4. Connecticut 3.5
•- The Huskers are 11-2 in games decided by two runs or less this season.
•-Nebraska has already sold out all the reserved and club seats at Hawks Field for the 2006 season. NU ranked sixth nationally in average attendance, averaging a school-record 4,984 fans per game in 2005. The Huskers are averaging 4,249 fans per game this spring, including four of the 20 largest crowds in school history.
•-Nebraska is one of only three teams in the country that returned two pitchers who won at least 10 games in 2005 (Oregon State and Miami of Ohio are the others).
•-Nebraska is one of only seven teams in all of Division I baseball to post team ERAs below 4.00 over the last four years, joining Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State, Oral Roberts, Rice, Texas and Wichita State. The Huskers were second nationally with a 2.69 team ERA in 2005.
•-Nebraska is one of only six programs nationally to reach the College World Series in three of the past five seasons, joining Cal State Fullerton, Miami, South Carolina, Stanford and Texas. The Big 12 is the only league with more than one team in that group.
•- Nebraska has scored at least one run in each of its last 170 games dating back to the start of the 2004 campaign. The streak is the longest in the Big 12, while NU has scored in 501 of the last 502 games dating back to the 1998 season.
•-NU already has 10 come-from-behind wins this season, including a pair of four-run deficits, most recently at Texas on April 22.
•-Junior right fielder Luke Gorsett saw his 19-game hit streak dating back to March 25 snapped against Wichita State on Tuesday. His hit streak was the longest in the Big 12 in 2006 and tied for the ninth longest in school history.
Last Time Out
Tuesday (NU 11, Wichita State 0): Jon Klausing allowed one hit over seven shutout innings, leading NU to an 11-0 victory over Wichita State Tuesday. Klausing retired the first 14 hitters he faced and allowing only one ball out of the infield over his first six no-hit innings. He had retired 23 straight batters over two outings before Tyler Hill reached on a fielding error with two outs in the fifth. Klausing didn’t allow a hit until Derek Schermerhorn smacked a one-out single through the infield in the seventh. Brandon Buckman had two hits and drove in a pair of runs, while Christy and Wehrle also had two hits apiece in the win.
Scouting Texas Tech
Larry Hays’ Red Raiders come to Lincoln with a 27-17-1 record following a 6-4 win over New Mexico on Tuesday afternoon. Texas Tech looks to rebound after dropping its last three Big 12 series to dip to eighth place in the conference standings, a half game behind Missouri. Tech has been tough on teams in the league, splitting two games with Texas and winning a series against nationally ranked Baylor The Red Raiders were ranked earlier this month, but have since fallen from the rankings
Offensively, the Red Raiders are paced by freshman Roger Keischnick, who is hitting .369 with seven homers and 50 RBIs, ranking among the Big 12 leaders in RBIs. He is one of seven everyday starters hitting above .300 for a team that leads the Big 12 in hitting. The team was dealt a setback with catcher Matt Smith, who was hitting .376 with seven homers and 41 RBIs, was injured against KSU.
The Red Raiders feature one of the top newcomers in the Big 12 in freshman right-hander Miles Morgan, who is 5-5 with a 3.79 ERA, fanning 90 hitters over 80.2 innings of work.
Nebraska holds an 18-15 lead in the all-time series, including winning 3-of-5 games in 2005. The Huskers won the regular-season series, 2-1, in Lubbock and split two meetings at the Big 12 Tournament in Oklahoma City. NU ended the Red Raiders’ 2005 campaign with a 2-1 victory in the Big 12 Tournament as Johnny Dorn pitched a complete game.
Team Comparison
Huskers................. Category................ Texas Tech
39.......................... Games............................... 45
.322.................. Batting Average..................... .324
1373....................... At Bats........................... 1604
7.0...................... Runs/Game.......................... 7.4
11.3..................... Hits/Game......................... 11.5
50....................... Home Runs........................... 38
68-92.................. Stolen Bases...................... 55-74
2.94.......................... ERA.............................. 4.52
355.0...................... Innings.......................... 400.1
3.4................ Runs Allowed/Game..................... 5.7
259....................... Strikeouts........................... 349
133......................... Walks.............................. 138
7.4................. Hits Allowed/Game..................... 9.6
37........................... Errors............................... 66
.977............... Fielding Percentage.................. .962
