May 22, 2012

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NU will send freshmen up against Spartans in Big Ten opener

May 22, 2012 By

Nebraska freshman lefty Kyle Kubat, 5-0/2.25 ERA will get the ball for the Huskers on Wednesday as they open up Big Ten Tournament play in Columbus, OH against Michigan State. The Omaha native was 4-0 in the Big Ten play which included a 3-0 record in three starts.  The Spartans are set to throw senior right-hander Tony Bucciferro, who is 5-3 on the year in 14 starts, including two complete games.

Nebraska (34-21, 14-10 Big Ten) makes its return to the postseason for the first time since 2008 when it opens play. Wednesday’s 11:05 (C.T.) matchup will be the fourth all-time meeting between the two programs and the first since 1982 when the Huskers won back-to-back games on March 21 and 22. The Spartans won the first ever meeting, 6-0, on June 12, 1937.

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Storm Chaser split DH with Tacoma

May 21, 2012 By

The Omaha Storm Chasers and the Tacoma Rainiers split Sunday’s doubleheader at Werner Park. Omaha took game one erasing a four-run deficit to win 8-5. The Rainiers came back in game two by holding Omaha to just three hits en-route to a 4-0 win.

Vin Mazzaro (2-0) started for the Chasers (27-17) in game one and picked up the victory after allowing five runs in 5.1 innings of work. Brandon Sisk earned the save after shutting out the Rainiers (17-26) in his 1.2 innings pitched. Clint Robinson had three RBI. Omaha trailed Tacoma 4-0 heading into the fourth, but put up six runs to take the lead.

Sean O’Sullivan (3-3) started for Omaha in game two and was hit with a loss after allowing four runs in his 5.2 innings. The Storm Chasers only hits in game two came from Derrick Robinson, Clint Robinson and Max Ramirez.

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Huskers secure 4th seed in Big Ten baseball tournament

May 20, 2012 By

The Nebraska baseball team (34-21, 14-10 Big Ten) secured the No. 4 seed at next week’s Big Ten Tournament with a 7-3 win over the Michigan Wolverines on Saturday afternoon at Wilpon Complex. The Huskers will face the Michigan State Spartans, who also won on Saturday, but finished the year one-game behind Nebraska in the conference standing.

The Huskers are scheduled to head to Columbus, Ohio, Sunday to start preparation for the 2012 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, which opens on Wednesday, May 23, at Huntington Park. Every game of the tournament will be shown live on the Big Ten Network and Nebraska will open play at 11:05 a.m. (CT) on Wednesday against the Spartans, and the Huskers will be the home team in the game.

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Storm Chasers home win streak ends; Saltdogs lose season opener

May 18, 2012 By

Lefty Will Smith pitched into the eighth inning and newly promoted Wil Myers went 2-for-5 at the plate with an RBI but it was not enough as the Storm Chasers lost to the Tacoma Rainiers 3-2, snapping Omaha’s 14 game Werner Park win streak. Smith (1-3) gave up three runs, two earned, but Tacoma jumped on top in the seventh when catcher Guillermo Quiroz homered off of Smith to put Tacoma in the lead for good at 3-2.

The Saltdogs scored five of the game’s final six runs but couldn’t quite overcome an early deficit as the Wingnuts picked up the 8-6 season-opening victory in front of 3,095 fans at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium Thursday night.

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Husker baseball headed to Big Ten tournament

May 18, 2012 By

The Nebraska baseball team jumped all over Michigan winning the opening game of the series by pounding out a league best 20 hits in a 15-2 final. With the win the Huskers, (33-20, 13-9 Big Ten) lock up a spot at the Big Ten Baseball Tournament.

NU had a conference-high 20 hits, including a career-high four hits Rich Sanguinetti, who also tied a career high with four RBI’s. On the mound, Kyle Kubat picked up his third straight win in conference play and is now 5-0 after going six innings and allowing just two runs on six hits and one walk, while striking out six.

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