Big Ten Baseball Tourney - Game 8 #5 IA 2, #1 NEB 0 (Winners' Bracket)

[regionsdoc]

Agree, too early. Swing away, he's a good switch hitter and you have a power RH bat with wind out to left behind him.

For a team with little power, the huskers are poor at bunting. Bad combination in close games.

 

[saluno22]

B6:
4-pitch walk
<pitching change: righty Matt Waldron inherits a 1-0 count>
6-3 DP on a hot shot up the middle, 2 out.
3-pitch K swinging

WALDRON!!

2-0 Iowa after 6

 

[saluno22]

T7:
Hagge G4 chopper
Raburn K swinging
Meyers single through the right side
Altavilla K looking

2-0 Iowa, mid 7

Altavilla fouled one off his foot, hopefully it doesn't affect him too bad.

 

[donahues17]

6 more outs. So frustrating but then again

If Iowa wins this they could end up hosting a regional.

 

[saluno22]

B7:
K swinging
K swinging
3-pitch K looking

2-0 Iowa after 7

Hopefully that can translate to offense.

 

[sklarbodds]

Damn, Waldron DEALING.

 

[saluno22]

Iowa's starter coming back out for the 8th

 

[sklarbodds]

Iowa's starter coming back out for the 8th

Time to knock him out of the game

 

[sklarbodds]

Only 2 batters without a hit so far...and we're held scoreless.

 

[sklarbodds]

Time for Schlep

 

[bleedhuskerred]

Extra bases here would be great!

 

[saluno22]

T8:
Schreiber G6
Miller L6 diving catch up the middle
Alvarado single up the middle
<mound meeting>
Wilkening single through the left side, 2 on, 2 out.
<pitching change, righty>
<started leaves after 120+ pitches>
Schlepp 4-pitch walk loads the bases, 2 out.
Hagge P7

2-0 Iowa, mid 8

 

[sklarbodds]

F*)@

 

[saluno22]

Holy cow, ELEVEN left on base

 

[saluno22]

B8:
Single lined to CF
Adams K looking
<looked like Waldron had the runner picked off in the 3rd AB>
P5 in foul territory
Caught stealing at 2nd

2-0 Iowa after 8

 

[HskrD]

They sure seem to save their worst effort for whenever they face Iowa.

 

[TampaBaySkers]

Nice to see Waldron pitching well. We will need this come regionals

 

[regionsdoc]

T8:
Schreiber G6
Miller L6 diving catch up the middle
Alvarado single up the middle
<mound meeting>
Wilkening single through the left side, 2 on, 2 out.
<pitching change, righty>
<started leaves after 120+ pitches>
Schlepp 4-pitch walk loads the bases, 2 out.
Hagge P7

2-0 Iowa, mid 8

Inability to hit with RISP and/or move runners with less than two outs appears to be an issue that will keep this team from achieving a higher ceiling in the postseason.
So frustrating, but it's been an issue all year + post season last year.
Hopefully they prove me wrong, but tough to change your stripes after >50 games......

 

[saluno22]

Also, the scissor lift has been lowered to its original position.

 

[saluno22]

New CF for Iowa
Roskam PH for Raburn

 

[RobsterMobster]

I checked in just in time for the comeback right?

 

[sklarbodds]

Damn. Beat them in every way but the runs column. F

 

[Truehuskerfan]

I checked in just in time for the comeback right?

Of course not. It's Iowa. The team we can't buy a clutch hit against.

 

[saluno22]

T9:
Roskam HBP
Meyers FC 1-6
Altavilla FC 5-4
--2 OUTS--
Schreiber single to LF, Altavilla only made it to 2nd b/c he wasn't running on contact.
Miller single through the left side
<Henwood PR for Miller>
<pitching change, righty #17>
Alvarado K swinging

IOWA WINS 2-0.
Iowa plays the winner of Indiana-Minnesota tomorrow.
Nebraska plays Maryland in Game 10 (might be tonight, might be tomorrow).

 

[TampaBaySkers]

Wow.. great job by our pitching staff though. Gotta bounce back tonight.

 

[saluno22]

Nebraska stranded 14 runners.

 

[Truehuskerfan]

Nebraska stranded 14 runners.

I didn't for one single moment have even a shred of faith that we'd get it done even after loading the bases in the 8th and 9th. I could have practically staked my life that it would end in a strikeout. It was practically the most predictable thing about the game.

 

[coolonetoo]

9 innings. 12 hits. 0 runs. Never seen it. Can't get upset. Just baseball.

 

[RobsterMobster]

Welp, these last two games is Husker Baseball in a nutshell.

Pitch Meyers tonight? Or go with McSteen with the hopes Meyers pitches tomorrow? Tourney isn't as important as a regional so who knows.

 

[saluno22]

Wow.. great job by our pitching staff though. Gotta bounce back tonight.

Might be tomorrow. Can't start a game after 10pm local.

 

[Arbitr8]

Some brilliant coaching by Iowa late in the game. That was a nail biter.

Good luck rest of the way.

 

[regionsdoc]

Welp, these last two games is Husker Baseball in a nutshell.

Pitch Meyers tonight? Or go with McSteen with the hopes Meyers pitches tomorrow? Tourney isn't as important as a regional so who knows.

Meyers. I know it sounds strange, but I don't think a 35-20 team with an rpi possibly in the mid 40s is a 100 percent lock for the tourney, especially when if they only go 1-2 this weekend. We better hope that Iowa or northwestern don't win the tournament. I get that we won the regular season title, but our resume is good, not great.

 

[saluno22]

Meyers. I know it sounds strange, but I don't think a 35-20 team with an rpi possibly in the mid 40s is a 100 percent lock for the tourney, especially when if they only go 1-2 this weekend. We better hope that Iowa or northwestern don't win the tournament. I get that we won the regular season title, but our resume is good, not great.

Throw in playing a Maryland team that faded down the stretch and might not be a lock anymore, this elimination game is juicy wrt the NCAA tournament.

 

[sklarbodds]

Meyers. I know it sounds strange, but I don't think a 35-20 team with an rpi possibly in the mid 40s is a 100 percent lock for the tourney, especially when if they only go 1-2 this weekend. We better hope that Iowa or northwestern don't win the tournament. I get that we won the regular season title, but our resume is good, not great.

We're still a lock but might get a tougher draw

 

[Truehuskerfan]

We're still a lock but might get a tougher draw

Yeah, I don't see how we get left out even if we do go 1-2. Not something we want though.

 

[scarletred]

I didn't for one single moment have even a shred of faith that we'd get it done even after loading the bases in the 8th and 9th. I could have practically staked my life that it would end in a strikeout. It was practically the most predictable thing about the game.

It's the Heller jinx.

 

[scarletred]

Nebraska stranded 14 runners.

I knew we should have saved some runs last Saturday against Penn St.

 

[50pack]

The one team that I didn't want to play was Iowa, because we never perform against the Hawkeyes. They have our number and I have no confidence in a win against them.