Friday, March 25th: Nebraska vs Michigan - (Huskers win 13-9)

[RobsterMobster]

GBR!

No updates from me today as it is the wife's birthday. This weekend may be spotty in general but as always I'll do my best. If anyone feels up to it feel free as I never mind the help.

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

Finally get my wish!

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

Michigan's lineup:

RF Elliott
CF Stewart (Michigan State grad transfer)
3B Frey (Davidson grad transfer, former captain)
C Obertop
2B Burton
LF Flores
SS Bertram
1B Stanton
DH Rogers

P O'Halloran

*returning starters in bold

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

Top 1

Elliott 1B to RF
Stewart 1B to RF
(Commentary - both singles were good pitches)
Runners on 1B & 2B
Frey K
Obertop RBI 2B to LC
Runners on 2B & 3B
Burton K
Flores 5-3

1-0 Michigan

 

[Can o' corn]

Elliott could play outfield for us the way he botched that foul ball. 🤣

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

Bottom 1

Matthews K (there goes my wish)
Chick 1B to CF
Anderson BB
(Michigan RF'er overran an easy one in foul territory, giving Max extra life and he ends up drawing a walk)
Runners on 1B & 2B
Everitt F8, Chick advances a base
Runners on 1B & 3B
** Controversy on a pick-off thrown to RF berm, cost us a run & Max on 3B. Will explain in following post **
Anglim 2 RBI 2B to LC
Jessen K

O'Halloran tossed 34 pitches

Huskers 2-1

 

[Can o' corn]

Get hosed on an errant throw to 1st that didn't count because time was called? No problem, get a 2 run double instead. 👍

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

Controversy

We have guys on the corners. Michigan P stepped off to pick Max & threw it down the RF line towards the berm. As he stepped off to throw, their C called time. Upon further review, he stepped off at the exact time the C raised his hands for time so the umpire granted (presumably) the timeout based on the verbal call.

Doesn't matter, Anglim 2B scored 2.

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

Top 2

Bertram 4-3
Stanton 5-3 (nice short hop grab by Max)
Rogers 1B to RC (blooper)
Rogers advances to 2B on a SB
Elliott RBI 1B to CF
Stewart K

2-2, heading to B2

 

[sklarbodds]

Ugh tough to let a 2 out bloop single come around to score

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

Heading in to this game, 3 of our starters are hitting less than .200 & Steil is barely over at .214.

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

Bottom 2

Steil K
Jackson F8
Sartori BB
Matthews K

2-2 game

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

Top 3

Frey K
Overtop K
St Peter's 67 Purdue 64
Burton 1B to LF (bullshit scoring decision; that's an error on Max, all day every day)
Burton advances to 2B on a wild pitch
Flores 5-3

Score remains 2-2

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

Franks FB is flat and a notch down on velo, but my gosh his secondary pitches are like a paper airplane on a windy day.

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

Bottom 3

Chick HBP
Marcuzzo's fu manchu stache is somewhat impressive
Anderson F7 (to the warning track)
Everitt 1B to RF (hit n run)
Runners on 1B & 3B
Anglim RBI sac fly F9
Everitt remains at 1B
Jessen K

O'Halloran has no pick-off, look for Harvell to expose that going forward.

Skers 3-2

 

[Can o' corn]

Franks FB is flat and a notch down on velo, but my gosh his secondary pitches are like a paper airplane on a windy day.

It's a shame that the plate umpire has trouble following the curve.

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

Top 4

Bertram K
Stanton K
Rogers F8

Skers 3-2

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

Bottom 4

Steil K (brutally bad both AB's)
Kansas 66 Providence 61
Jackson F7
Sartori K

Skers 3-2

 

[Can o' corn]

Seems like the wind is suddenly blowing out to ALL fields. Back to back to back to back...

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

Top 5

Elliot K
Stewart 1-3
Frey HR to RF (absolutely crushed)
Obertop HR to LF
Burton HR to LC
No mound visit
Flores HR to RC
Christy finally makes a visit
Bertram K

Them 6-3

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

6-4, pitching change. We have guys on 1B & 2B with 0 outs and Griff up.

 

[donahues17]

Top 5

Elliot K
Stewart 1-3
Frey HR to RF (absolutely crushed)
Obertop HR to LF
Burton HR to LC
No mound visit
Flores HR to RC
Christy finally makes a visit
Bertram K

Them 6-3

Nothing like waiting as long as you possibly can to make a change.

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

Skers 7-6, bases juiced & Sartori up with 1 out. UM to the bullpen for the 2nd time this inning, punk ass Willie Weiss gets the ball.

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

Skers 9-6, bases juiced for Max with 2 outs.

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

Bottom 5

Matthews 1B to LF
Chick BB (great AB)
Runners on 1B & 2B
Anderson RBI 1B to CF
Runners on 1B & 2B
Michigan goes to their top guy out of the bullpen
Everitt BB (not a single pitch close)
Bases juiced
Anglim BASES CLEARING 2B
Jessen K (he's lost, 3rd K, non-competitive)
Steil BB
Runners on 1B & 2B
Jackson 1B to LF
Bases juiced, once again. Jackson's single wasn’t for sure so Anglim had to make sure
Michigan goes to their bullpen once again
Sartori K (not even competitive)
Bases still juiced
Matthews RBI BB
Bases still juiced
Pick-off attempt at 2B, throws to CF and we score another
Runners on 2B & 3B
Chick BB (reached safely in 4 PA's tonight)
Bases juiced, once again
UM pitching coach mound visit
Anderson 4-3

HELL OF A RESPONSE

Skers 9-6

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

Top 6

Jelkin now on the bump

Frank's line: 5 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 9 K

Johnson F9
Rogers F9
Elliot F8

Skers 9-6

 

[Can o' corn]

What an at-bat by Jackson in the 6th. He's going to be a good one.

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

Bottom 6

Everitt F7
Anglim K (should be benched after this)
Jessen 1B to LF
Steil BB
Runners on 1B & 2B
Jackson BB (phenomenal AB)
Bases juiced
Sartori RBI HBP (0-2 count 🤣 Willie)
Bases juiced, once again
Willie yanked, couldn't happen to a douchier dude
Matthews RBI HBP
Bases still juiced
Chick RBI HBP (0-2 count)
Bases remain juiced
Anderson E6, run scores
Bases remain juiced
Everitt 6-4

Griff made the 1st and last out of the inning (I'll allow it)

Skers 13-6

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

Top 7

Stewart U3
Frey F7
Obertop BB
Advances to 2B on a wild pitch
Burton F7

Skers 13-6

Jelkin didn't have a feel for any secondary pitches that inning.

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

Bottom 7

NU last 2 innings
Runs 10
Baserunners 16
Walks 7
Extra base-hits 1
HBP 3

Anglim L7
Jessen 4-3
Steil BB
Advances to 2B on a wild pitch
Jackson BB
Runners on 1B & 2B
Michigan pitchers / a combined 181 pitches thrown, 101 strikes 80 balls
8 of 9 NU starters reached base at least 2 times tonight
Sartori F6

Skers 13-6

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

Top 8

Flores 2B to LF
Bertram BB
Jelkin velocity is down & still doesn't have a feel for his secondary pitches. Let's not mess around here
Runners on 1B & 2B
Johnson L6-4 doubled up
Runner on 1B
Rogers 1B to LF
Runners on the corners
Tyler Martin in relief of Jelkin
Wild pitch, guys now on 2B & 3B
Elliot RBI 1B to CF (bad sequence by Christy, we had Elliot 1-2 & got too cute)
Runners on the corner
Stewart F5

Jelkin's line: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB. Not his best stuff but 2 consecutive shut down innings when it was most needed.

Skers 13-7

Couple notes:
- Bunz's 3-4 week "rehab" started within the last 10ish days.
- Bradford has an injury which is why he didn't pitch last weekend. Unknown to me how serious it is or isn't.

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

Bottom 8

Matthews F9
Chick K (Cam reached safely in 5 of 6 plate appearances tonight)
North Carolina 73 UCLA 66
Anderson F9

Skers 13-7

 

[Hskrbsbl2020]

Top 9

Chandler Benson now on the bump

Martin's line: 1/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R

Frey F7
Obertop K
Burton HR to RF
Flores 2B to LF
Bertram RBI 2B to LF
Johnson 6-3

Benson's line: 1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 K

Skers win 13-9. Frank gets the W.

NU out hit 16-8 👀