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15 Feb 2019 Game 1: Nebraseball at UC-Riverside (NU wins 21-6)

Lots of new faces in the lineup:

(1) 3B Schwellenbach
(4) RF Palensky
(6) 2B Chick
(8) DH Gomes

This weekend's Sunday starter Colby Gomes is sitting in the DH spot rather than Hagge.

Cam Chick opens the season at 2B instead of Henwood.
 
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Top of the 1st
Schwellenbach and Atavilla strike out.
Hellstrom walks.
Palensky strikes out

Bottom of the 1st
Luensmann's first Start as a Husker.
-Weak hit down the 1B line, picked up by Chad to 1st. Out.
-strikes out 2nd batter
- strikes out 3rd batter

End of 1
0 to 0
 
Top of 2nd
-Roskam strikes out.
-Cam Chick walked
*** starting to rain ***
-Jaxon Hallmark down the 3rd base line, weak roller...
Cam to 2nd, Hallmark to first
-Colby Gomes base hit
Bases Loaded 1 out
-Acker foul out. 2 away.
-Schwellenbach hit by pitch.
Husker score!!! 1 to 0
 
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cont...

Bases Loaded. 2 outs.
- Angelo strikes out. Out number 3.

***more rain***

Bottom of the 2nd
- Luensmann hits a batter with pitch
- Chick to Angelo to Roskam. DOUBLE PLAY!
2 out
- first full count given by Chad... ground ball to Angelo to Roskam. Out.

End of 2
Huskers 1
Highlanders 0
 
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Top of the 3rd
- Hellstrom fouled out.
- Palensky, full count, hit by pitch... on the hip. First Base.
- Roskam base hit
Palensky to 3rd, Roskam at 1st... 1 out
- Chick, full count, fly out...
Palensky scores off Chicks sac fly
Roskam to 2nd.
Huskers up 2 to 0 with 2 outs...
- Hallmark base hit... Roskam scores
Huskers 3 to 0 with 2 outs
 
Bottom of the 3rd
Chad at 25 pitches
- Base hit. Tough play for Schwellenbach. Runner at 1B.
- full count... slow roller, base hit.
runners at 1st and 2nd. No outs.
- high bouncer to Angelo to Roskam. DOUBLE PLAY.
But runner to 3B. 2 outs.
- Slow roller, Luensman bobbles, runner safe at 1B.
Runners at the corners. 2 outs.
- high bouncer, base hit, runner scores... 2 outs
*** Nebraska takes 1st of 6 mound visits ***
- high chopper, base hit.
Bases Loaded. 2 outs... Huskers up by 2.
- Luensmann walks in a run.
Huskers 3
UC Riverside 2... 2 outs.
- Roskam tracks down the 3rd out.

Again
Huskers 3
Highlanders 2
 
Top of the 4th
- Acker base hit, bounced to 3rd... called an E5 on Riverside
- Schwellenbach strikes out
Acker at 1B. 1 out.
- Angelo fly out to left. 2 outs.
- Hellstrom strikes out for the 3rd out.

Bottom of the 4th
Bodies in the bullpen but no one throwing
- hit down 1st base line. Hit. 1B
- Luensmann hits batter
Runners at 2nd and 1st. No outs
Connor Curry is throwing in the pen
- walks batter.
Bases Loaded. No outs.
- Defensive break down. Chad, Luke, and Gunner involved. Riverside scores 2 on 2 Husker errors.
Luensman will leave the game.
Curry coming in...
Huskers 3
Highlanders 4
No outs. Runners at 3rd and 2nd
- pop up to left, Hallmark catches for the 1st out. Runners do not advance.
- ground ball. Run scores.
- Angelo catches the 3rd out.

End of 4

Huskers 3
Highlanders 5
 
Top of 5th
New pitcher are UC Riverside... West
- Palensky fly out on 1st pitch
- Roskam fly out to center. 2 outs.
- Chick fly out to left. 3rd out.

Bottom of the 5th
Connor Curry still pitching
- Schwellenbach collects the hop. Throws out at 1st.
- Hellstrom has to throw to 1st on the 3rd Strike. 2 outs.
- Strike Out for the 3rd out.

Huskers 3
Highlanders 5
 
Top of the 6th
- Hallmark strikes out
- Mojo in for Colby Gomes...
*** something with the Highlander pitcher ***
No mound visit charged
- Mojo bounced up the center. Base hit to 1st. 1 out.
Highlander pitching change
- Acker high bouncer into a double play.


Bottom of the 6th
- full count, line drive base hit, runner at 1B
- Palensky catches the pop fly to right. 1 out.
- Palensky with an amazing catch. 2 out. Runner at 1st.
- Curry walks batter. 2 outs. Runners at 2nd and 1st.
Silva out for Nebraska's 2nd mound visit
- popped up, Angelo for the 3rd out.

Huskers 3
Highlanders 5
 
Top of the 7th - raining
- Schwellenbach strikes out. 1 out.
- Angelo, full count, base hit into left. First base.
- Hellstrom tapper... runners are safe at 2nd and 1st. 1 out.
*** Highlander mound visit ****
- Palensky hit... Angelo scores,
Huskers 4
Highlander 5
New Highlander pitcher
- Roskam base hit. Bases Loaded. 1 out
- Chick strikes out. 2 out.
- Hallmark base hit... 2 runs score!
Husker 6
Highlander 5
 
cont...

Still top of the 7th. 2 outs.
- Acker double. Mojo scores.
NEBRASKA 9
Highlanders 5
- Schwellenbach....
Acker steels 3rd.
- Schwellenbach strikes out

NEBRASKA 9
UC Riverside 5

Stretch Time
 
Bottom of the 7th
Connor Curry still pitching
- popped up, Acker for the 1st out.
- Strike Out. 2 outs. Curry's 3rd SO
- Acker catches ball in Center for the 3rd out.
 
Top of 8th
- Angelo lead off walk
- Gunner...
Angelo steals 2nd, then later almost picked off.
Matt Waldron warming up
- Hellstrom strikes out. 1 out.
- Palensky walked. Runners at 2nd and 1st.
- Roskam, full count, walked. Bases Loaded. 1 out.
- Cam Chick, full count, walked. Angelo scores.
Huskers 10
Highlanders 5
Highlander pitching change.
Bases Loaded. 1 out.
 
Bottom of the 7th
Connor Curry still pitching
- popped up, Acker for the 1st out.
- Strike Out. 2 outs. Curry's 3rd SO
- Acker catches ball in Center for the 3rd out.
Big inning at bat followed by a shutout inning from the mound. Sweet!
 
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Top of the 8th
- Mojo base hit. Bases Loaded. 1 out.
Fast Ball and Chick scores...
13 to 5
Another bad pitch and score...
14 to 5 Mojo to 3rd
- this all while Acker at bat, Joe walked. Runners at the corners.
Highlanders pitching change

Still Top of the 8th
 
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Still Top of the 8th
- Spencer hits and gets to 2nd off an error. Mojo scores. :Cool:
15 to 5 - 1 out
- Angelo sac rbi
16 to 5 - 2 outs
Matt Waldron still losing up
- Gunner strikes out.

Finally going to the Bottom of the 8th
16 to 5
Nebraska
 
Bottom of the 8th
Ben Klenke coming in to pitch
- strike out. 3 pitches.
- hit to Spencer for 2nd out
Henwood in at 2nd
- Strike Out.

Huskers 16
UC Riverside 5
 
Top of the 9th
- Palensky lead off single.
- Roskam ground ball that turns into a double play.
No runners. 2 outs.
- Henwood walked.
- Blake Peterson in to hit. Hits a Double.
Runners at 3rd and 2nd. 2 outs.
*** radio mention of the dam bursting*** Laughing
- Mojo walked. Bases Loaded. 2 outs.
- Acker rips up the middle. Runner scores.
Huskers 17
Highlanders 5
- Schwellenbach base hit. RBI. Peterson scores.
18 to 5
- Angelo rbi single
19 to 5
- Gunner 2 rbi single
21 to 5
- Palensky popped out. For the 3rd out??? I missed something.

Huskers
21 to 5
 
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Bottom of the 9th
Drew Gilin in at 1B
Klenke closing
- Strike Out. 1st out.
- Base hit. Runner at 1st. 1 out.
Rain coming down
- Spencer catches a foul. 2 out.
- Acker loses footing on a catch attempt. Runner scores.
21 to 6
- Strike Out

Final
Huskers 21
Highlanders 6

Go BIG Red! HUSKERS!
 
Good start. We need to go 3/4 this weekend.
While I would like to win 3 of 4 (or better) this weekend and last night was obviously a good start, I'm still taking the approach that being 4-7 or better after the first three weekends is my expectation and anything above is gravy. As I hope Erstad reminds the players today, every game starts 0-0 and there will be a new pitcher on the mound. Let's see how the young players handle a blowout win.

Luensmann hit a wall after a few innings, and we had no production in the middle innings.

Can't please everyone, right? :D
 
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While I would like to win 3 of 4 (or better) this weekend and last night was obviously a good start, I'm still taking the approach that being 4-7 or better after the first three weekends is my expectation and anything above is gravy. As I hope Erstad reminds the players today, every game starts 0-0 and there will be a new pitcher on the mound. Let's see how the young players handle a blowout win.

Luensmann hit a wall after a few innings, and we had no production in the middle innings.

Can't please everyone, right? :D
Agreed, I do feel it is possible though for this team. Oddly enough Chad still has a 0.00 ERA since all 5 of those runs were technically unearned. Laughing
 
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Agreed, I do feel it is possible though for this team. Oddly enough Chad still has a 0.00 ERA since all 5 of those runs were technically unearned. Laughing
Yeah, and we knew Chad would only go about 50-60 pitches, so it shouldn't be a shock that he hit the wall when he did.

I'm mostly trying to temper my expectations because I wouldn't be shocked if a few of the 7 games following this weekend (excluding Sam Houston State) were absolute massacres similar in what we did last night when the wheels fell off for UC-Riverside.
 
Yeah, and we knew Chad would only go about 50-60 pitches, so it shouldn't be a shock that he hit the wall when he did.

I'm mostly trying to temper my expectations because I wouldn't be shocked if a few of the 7 games following this weekend (excluding Sam Houston State) were absolute massacres similar in what we did last night when the wheels fell off for UC-Riverside.
Understood. I think after this weekend we win maybe 1-2 games until our home opener. This early in the year I’m just wanting consistency with this team. I do like that we are playing tough competition even if it means a less than desirable record to start the year.
 
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Luensmann hit a wall after a few innings

When the defense falls apart behind the pitcher the pitcher needs to gather himself together and stay on course. However, Chad, himself, started that cascade of errors so that got in his head too. All kind of unfortunate.

But then Riverside's bullpen saved our day. Or, are our bats really that good? We'll see but one thing seems sure - UCR's next three starters better be damn good b/c they used seven pitchers yesterday with three games to go. Ooof.
 
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