23 March: Minnesota (14-8, 0-0, RPI#84) at Nebraseball (12-9, 0-0, RPI#86) - Minnesota wins 5-1

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MINNESOTA (14-8)
16 Feb L 2-3 at Georgia Tech (12-9)
17 Feb W 9-3 at Kennesaw State (9-12)
17 Feb W 11-8 at Kennesaw State (9-12)
18 Feb L 6-9 at Georgia State (10-10)
23 Feb W 14-1 vs. Boston College in Port Charlotte, FL (7-11)
24 Feb W 16-5 vs. Chicago State in Port Charlotte, FL (4-13)
25 Feb W 16-5 vs. Mount Saint Mary's in Port Charlotte, FL (3-10)
27 Feb W 3-1 vs. North Dakota State (7-11)
28 Feb W 1-0 vs. South Dakota State (2-17)
02 Mar W 3-2 vs. Arizona at US Bank Stadium (11-9)
03 Mar L 4-6 vs. Washington at US Bank Stadium (10-8)
04 Mar L 1-6 vs. UCLA at US Bank Stadium (13-4)
06 Mar W 5-3 vs. Omaha at US Bank Stadium (7-12)
07 Mar W 5-4 vs. Milwaukee at US Bank Stadium (6-12)
09 Mar L 3-7 vs. Creighton at US Bank Stadium (10-6)
10 Mar L 3-7 vs. Creighton at US Bank Stadium (10-6)
11 Mar W 15-1 vs. Creighton at US Bank Stadium (10-6)
13 Mar W 12-5 vs. George Washington in Dallas, TX (9-11)
14 Mar L 5-13 at UTA (10-9)
16 Mar W 6-3 at TCU (11-7)
18 Mar L 4-5(13) at TCU (11-7)
18 Mar W 8-0 at TCU (11-7)

NEBRASKA (12-9)
16 Feb W 8-3 vs. UC-Riverside in Tempe, AZ (10-9)
16 Feb W 8-3 vs. Washington State in Tempe, AZ (4-12)
17 Feb L 1-8 vs. UC-Riverside in Tempe, AZ (10-9)
18 Feb W 5-3 vs. Washington State in Tempe, AZ (4-12)
22 Feb L 1-9 vs. Oregon State in Surprise, AZ (18-1)
23 Feb W 4-2(10) vs. Utah in Surprise, AZ (2-17)
24 Feb L 1-9 vs. Oregon State in Surprise, AZ (18-1)
25 Feb W 7-4 vs. Utah in Surprise, AZ (2-17)
02 Mar L 1-9 at Wichita State (14-4)
03 Mar L 3-6 at Wichita State (14-4)
04 Mar W 10-9(10) at Wichita State (14-4)
08 Mar L 8-14 vs. Cal Poly (8-12)
09 Mar W 4-0 vs. Cal Poly (8-12)
10 Mar W 22-3 vs. Cal Poly (8-12)
10 Mar W 13-2 vs. Cal Poly (8-12)
13 Mar L 3-6 vs. Northern Colorado (12-7)
14 Mar W 14-2 vs. Northern Colorado (12-7)
16 Mar CANCELLED vs. Northwestern State (11-9)
17 Mar L 2-6 vs. Northwestern State (11-9)
18 Mar W 7-6 vs. Northwestern State (11-9)
20 Mar L 4-11 at Oral Roberts (12-7)
21 Mar W 11-10 at Oral Roberts (12-7)

Starting Pitchers
MINNESOTA
RHP Reggie Meyer: 6-4 210 RJr, New Brighton, Minn. (Woodbury)
1-2 Record
5 App (5 Start)
3.38 ERA
29.1 IP
14 R / 11 ER
27 H
6 BB
15 K
2 HR
2 WP
4 HBP
2 BK
.241 OBA
Last Start/Appearance: 16 March at TCU (W 6-3, No Decision)
6.2 IP
3 R / 2 ER
8 H
1 BB
1 K
0 HBP
2 BK
26 AB / 28 BF
90 pitches (53 strikes)

NEBRASKA
RHP Luis Alvarado: 6'4 210 Sr, Salinas, Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Baseball Academy)
1-1 Record
5 App (5 Start)
2.54 ERA
28.1 IP
9 R / 8 ER
26 H
6 BB
31 K
1 HR
0 WP
2 HBP
.243 OBA
107 AB
Last Start/Appearance: 17 March vs. Northwestern State (L 2-6, No Decision)
5.0 IP
1 R / 1 ER
7 H
0 BB
3 K
0 HBP
21 AB / 21 BF
71 pitches (45 strikes)

Starting Lineups
MINNESOTA (Season Statistics Entering Series)
(1) 2B (L) Luke Pettersen .340 BA / .429 OBP / .383 SLG / 94 AB (11 RBI, 14 BB, 2 HBP, 11 K, 5/6 SB)
(2) 3B (L) Micah Coffey .305 BA / .355 OBP / .432 SLG / 95 AB (1 3B, 2 HR, 14 RBI, 6 BB, 3 HBP, 13 K)
(3) SS (L) Terrin Vavra .414 BA / .495 OBP / .586 SLG / 87 AB (2 3B, 2 HR, 23 RBI, 13 BB, 2 HBP, 8 K, 3/4 SB)
(4) RF (L) Toby Hanson .342 BA / .407 OBP / .526 SLG / 76 AB (1 3B, 1 HR, 18 RBI, 10 BB, 1 HBP, 11 K, 3/4 SB)
(5) C (R) Cole McDevitt .279 BA / .433 OBP / .485 SLG / 68 AB (3 HR, 22 RBI, 18 BB, 2 HBP, 16 K, 1/1 SB)
(6) LF (L) Ben Mezzenga .377 BA / .459 OBP / .443 SLG / 61 AB (1 3B, 10 RBI, 10 BB, 1 HBP, 11 K, 5/7 SB)
(7) 1B (L) Jack Wassel .368 BA / .478 OBP / .368 SLG / 19 AB (4 RBI)
*** Just his 5th start
(8) DH (R) Riley Smith .292 BA / .400 OBP / .375 SLG / 24 AB (1 3B, 3 RBI, 5 BB, 7 K, 1/1 SB)
*** Just his 6th start
(9) CF (L) Alex Boxwell .292 BA / .327 OBP / .500 SLG / 48 AB (1 3B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 2 BB, 1 HBP, 10 K, 4/6 SB)

NEBRASKA (Season Statistics Entering Series)
(1) DH (R) Zac Repinski .365 BA / .438 OBP / .476 SLG / 63 AB (1 HR, 8 RBI, 6 BB, 3 HBP, 20 K, 3/3 SB)
(2) LF (L) Mojo Hagge .254 BA / .376 OBP / .296 SLG / 71 AB (1 3B, 9 RBI, 12 BB, 2 HBP, 7 K, 2/3 SB)
(3) 3B (S) Angelo Altavilla .246 BA / .415 OBP / .290 SLG / 69 AB (1 3B, 11 RBI, 20 BB, 2 HBP, 14 K, 3/3 SB)
(4) RF (R) Scott Schreiber .321 BA / .402 OBP / .524 SLG / 84 AB (4 HR, 19 RBI, 10 BB, 2 HBP, 22 K, 0/1 SB)
(5) C (R) Jesse Wilkening .342 BA / .415 OBP / .494 SLG / 79 AB (3 HR, 25 RBI, 11 BB, 1 HBP, 10 K)
(6) 1B (L) Luke Roskam .276 BA / .387 OBP / .408 SLG / 76 AB (1 3B, 1 HR, 23 RBI, 14 BB, 1 HBP, 25 K, 1/1 SB)
(7) CF (R) Jaxon Hallmark .268 BA / .321 OBP / .296 SLG / 71 AB (10 RBI, 7 BB, 26 K, 2/2 SB)
(8) SS (S) Brison Cronenbold .222 BA / .353 OBP / .333 SLG / 27 AB (1 HR, 5 RBI, 4 BB, 2 HBP, 9 K)
(9) 2B (L) Alex Henwood .114 BA / .304 OBP / .114 SLG / 35 AB (3 RBI, 6 BB, 4 HBP, 10 K, 1/1 SB)

Remainder of Position Players
MINNESOTA (Season Statistics Entering Series)
INF (R) Jacob Hitz .400 BA / .500 OBP / 1.000 SLG / 5 AB (1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 3 K)
C/INF (R) Eli Wilson .326 BA / .426 OBP / .457 SLG / 46 AB (1 HR, 6 RBI, 6 BB, 2 HBP, 9 K)
OF (L) Drew Hmielewski .250 BA / .250 OBP / .250 SLG / 4 AB (2 K)
INF/C (R) Jordan Kozicky .232 BA / .340 OBP / .378 SLG / 82 AB (2 HR, 13 RBI, 11 BB, 3 HBP, 18 K, 1/1 SB)
RHP/INF (L) Max Meyer .172 BA / .294 OBP / .207 SLG / 29 AB (2 RBI, 2 BB, 3 HBP, 6 K)
OF (L) Eduardo Estrada Jr. .133 BA / .297 OBP / .233 SLG / 30 AB (1 RBI, 7 BB, 9 K)
OF (L) Gabe Knowles .000 BA / .125 OBP / .000 SLG / 7 AB (1 BB, 4 K)
1B (L) Jacob Herbers (No Batting Statistics Registered)
OF (R) Easton Bertrand (No Batting Statistics Registered)

NEBRASKA (Season Statistics Entering Series)
OF (R) Carter Cross .500 BA / .500 OBP / .500 SLG / 2 AB
C (R) Gunner Hellstrom .273 BA / .273 OBP / .273 SLG / 11 AB (2 RBI, 3 K)
INF (R) Zac Luckey .250 BA / .348 OBP / .350 SLG / 20 AB (2 BB, 1 HBP, 4 K, 1/1 SB)
OF (R) Luis Alvarado .231 BA / .286 OBP / .231 SLG / 13 AB (1 BB, 3 K)
UTL (L) Ben Klenke .194 BA / .242 OBP / .258 SLG / 31 AB (6 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 7 K)
OF (R) Joe Acker .192 BA / .300 OBP / .192 SLG / 26 AB (1 RBI, 4 BB, 1 K)
OF (L) Mike Addante .111 BA / .273 OBP / .222 SLG / 9 AB (2 BB, 3 K)
INF (L) Jeff Athey .100 BA / .333 OBP / .250 SLG / 20 AB (1 HR, 2 RBI, 4 BB, 3 HBP, 3 K)
OF (L) Nolan Hakel .000 BA / 1.000 OBP / .000 SLG / 0 AB (1 BB)
OF (R) Keegan Watson .000 BA / 1.000 OBP / .000 SLG / 0 AB (1 BB)
C/OF (L) Kennet Sorenson (No Batting Statistics Registered)
UTL (R) Mike Waldron (No Batting Statistics Registered)

 

[saluno22]

Lots of left-handed bats for the Gophers.

Edit: 7 lefties in the starting lineup this game. Wowzers.

 

[saluno22]

Another preview article, this one with an Erstad interview video.
https://nebraska.rivals.com/news/nebraska-at-crossroads-heading-into-big-ten-play

I guess I really should check for articles posted on the website that hosts this message board.

 

[k9_r]

Question for the panel, was the game moved back to 4:05 or was it moved up to 4:05?

I keep hearing it was moved back but want to think up. Very important question, let's put our thinking cap on.

 

[saluno22]

Wind blowing in today, Erstad going with a more defensive lineup.

Starting Lineup Changes
MINNESOTA
(8) Smith enters at DH, (7) Wassel moves to 1B, (2) Coffey moves to 3B, Kozicky exits the lineup.
(2) Coffey moves up from the 6.
(6) Mezzenga moves up from 9.
(7) Wassel moves down from 2.
(9) Boxwell moves down from 8.

NEBRASKA
(8) Cronenbold enters at SS, (3) Altavilla moves to 3B, Luckey exits the lineup.
(9) Henwood enters at 2B, (1) Repinski moves to DH, (5) Wilkening moves to C, (6) Roskam moves to 1B, (4) Schreiber moves to RF, (7) Hallmark moves to CF, Addante exits the lineup.
Hagge is the only position player starting in the same spot as Wednesday's game at Oral Roberts.
No batting order changes other than the two new players to the lineup.

 

[saluno22]

Question for the panel, was the game moved back to 4:05 or was it moved up to 4:05?

I keep hearing it was moved back but want to think up. Very important question, let's put our thinking cap on.

Is this like "Who vs. Whom"?

 

[k9_r]

Is this like "Who vs. Whom"?

Always thought 'whom' is a little word that needs to die a quiet death.

 

[bleedhuskerred]

The time is back from the original start time but the start time of the game has been moved up so it's both.

 

[RobsterMobster]

The time is back from the original start time but the start time of the game has been moved up so it's both.

 

[saluno22]

Uniforms
MINNESOTA: Grey Jerseys, Grey Pants, Maroon Hats
NEBRASKA: Camo Jerseys, White Pants, Red Hats
Uniform Combination: 2-0
10 Mar (Gm1) W 22-3 vs. Cal Poly
10 Mar (Gm2) W 13-2 vs. Cal Poly

Stadium
Hawks Field at Haymarket Park
Built: 2001
Surface: Kentucky Bluegrass
Capacity: 8,500

Dimensions
LF 335
LC 356
LP 403
CF 395
RP 400
RC 342
RF 325

Weather
58 F
SE MPH 23 wind (blowing in, gusts up to 30-some MPH)
Cloudy

 

[saluno22]

All B1G League will be using 4-man crews this season.

 

[RobsterMobster]

All B1G League will be using 4-man crews this season.

I do like that change and felt it was needed

 

[k9_r]

The time is back from the original start time but the start time of the game has been moved up so it's both.

So, what I think is that in the Spring we move the clock hands back for DST but, there, the clock had already passed the number and needing to be moved 'back'.

Here, it's a game being moved 'up' on the schedule. Moving the clock hands is one thing, moving a game is something different.

The game hadn't passed anything, amirite?

 

[saluno22]

Way too many walks today. We deserve to lose this one, especially given the weather conditions.

 

[RobsterMobster]

4-1 Minny in the Top of the 7th.

 

[k9_r]

Way too many walks today. We deserve to lose this one, especially given the weather conditions.

Straight up getting out pitched. This is a loss.

 

[RobsterMobster]

5-1 Minny in the Bottom of the 8th

 

[RobsterMobster]

Straight up getting out pitched. This is a loss.

We can’t blame injuries for the many walks given up tonight.

 

[saluno22]

We have now lost 6 straight series openers.

This is also our first loss of the season wearing camo jerseys.

 

[RobsterMobster]

Huskers lose 5-1

 

[saluno22]

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[saluno22]

A real detailed stats report by Minnesota...
http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-basebl/stats/2017-2018/mnbs1823.html

 

[saluno22]

NEBRASKA: Camo Jerseys, White Pants, Red Hats

To clarify, the white pants were the normal white pants with a single thin red pipe, not the "Car Fire" style similar to the new grey pants.

 

[RobsterMobster]

To clarify, the white pants were the normal white pants with a single thin red pipe, not the "Car Fire" style similar to the new grey pants.

The “car fire” style. That made me chuckle for some reason.