Nebraska begins its first road series in Big Ten baseball history in just a bit, going on the road to Evanston, IL to take on the Northwestern Wildcats.
Northwestern isn't very good at baseball, currently 8-14 on the season, although I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that today's game is Northwestern's home opener. Think about that for a minute. It's March 30th, and they're playing their first game at home after playing 22 games on the road. Welcome to Big Ten baseball.
No doubt Nebraska baseball neophytes will have a good time making fun of the Wildcat baseball field, which is fairly close to something you'd see at a lot of high schools.
I'd caution them against having too much fun with it, it's apparent from the inaugural year of B1G that the powers that be have found favor with Northwestern over Nebraska in the Battle for "NU".
The year against Northwestern started poorly with the football team losing at home 28-25 to the Wildcats on November 5th when Nebraska was ranked ninth. Then the Husker volleyball team lost in four sets when they were ranked second.
Men's basketball, well, hey, Northwestern is another BCS school that's never won a NCAA tourney game, but they managed to beat us in men's basketball 84-74. In women's basketball, 16th-ranked Nebraska lost at home 63-51.
The good news is that the women's basketball team got their revenge, destroying Northwestern 88-56 in the Big Ten Tourney and the Husker women's tennis team beat 14th-ranked Northwestern.
Still, I wouldn't spend a whole lot of time making fun of Northwestern right now. Why tempt fate?
Besides, going against a team with an ISR of 247 and a pseudo-RPI of 266, Nebraska really can't afford a loss this weekend.
Projected Starting Pitchers
Nebraska - Northwestern
Fri., March 30 - 3 p.m.
Jr. Tom Lemke (RHP, 2-2) vs. Northwestern - Sr. Francis Brooke (RHP, 1-1)
Sat., March 31 - 1 p.m.
So. Jon Keller (RHP, 3-0) vs. Northwestern - Fr. Brandon Magallones (RHP, 4-0)
Sun., April 1 - 1 p.m.
So. Zach Hirsch (LHP, 3-1) vs. Northwestern - Jr. Zach Morton (RHP, 0-5)
Last week saw Northwestern go to 1-2 in a series loss at Iowa. The series did not produce a lot of runs, as I pointed out in last week's review - the whole weekend was a pitcher's duel. Wildcat Brandon Magallones earned B1G weekly honors for his performance last weekend.
Will that happen this weekend? It shouldn't, although it's hard to say how the Husker bats will fair on the road. The weather looks to be fairly decent:
Friday: 59 - Mostly Cloudy
Saturday: 71 - Partly Cloudy
Sunday: 79 - Mostly Sunny
Northwestern's pitching has been fairly decent this season - notice the number of guys with a ERA under 4.00, including all three weekend starters.
Offense, that's another issue altogether. The Wildcats have only three guys hitting over .300 and as a team they have only 110 runs on the season (compared with Nebraska's 225).
Bottom line - you can see the stats for yourself. If Northwestern wins a single game this weekend, perhaps they should retain the moniker "NU".
Nebraska Offense
Player | AVG | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | SLG% | BB | HBP | SO | GDP | OB% | SF | SH | SB-ATT | PO | A | E | FLD% |
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9 Kelly, Pat....... | 0.419 | 16-12 | 43 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 32 | 0.744 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0.468 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | 16 | 21 | 6 | .860 |
20 Scheffert, Josh.. | 0.409 | 21-15 | 66 | 18 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 42 | 0.636 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.443 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 97 | 27 | 3 | .976 |
4 Pritchard, Michae | 0.398 | 26-22 | 88 | 27 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 40 | 0.455 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0.465 | 0 | 2 | 2-5 | 29 | 2 | 1 | .969 |
2 Christensen, Chad | 0.387 | 27-27 | 111 | 30 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 72 | 0.649 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0.46 | 0 | 1 | 5-6 | 55 | 74 | 2 | .985 |
39 Stock, Richard... | 0.353 | 22-19 | 85 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 41 | 0.482 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0.391 | 1 | 0 | 1-1 | 130 | 9 | 1 | .993 |
11 Sanguinetti, Rich | 0.34 | 25-24 | 100 | 23 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 50 | 0.5 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0.387 | 2 | 9 | 5-7 | 72 | 1 | 1 | .986 |
41 Darby, Austin.... | 0.339 | 20-15 | 59 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 0.475 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0.42 | 1 | 3 | 4-4 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
3 Kalkowski, Kash.. | 0.333 | 19-15 | 66 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 34 | 0.515 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 43 | 1 | 1 | .978 |
22 Headley, Blake... | 0.303 | 16-7 | 33 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0.303 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0.395 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 9 | 20 | 1 | .967 |
10 Farmer, Kurt..... | 0.276 | 19-16 | 58 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 0.397 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0.394 | 1 | 1 | 2-3 | 8 | 40 | 3 | .941 |
13 Burleson, Cory... | 0.262 | 20-18 | 61 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 21 | 0.344 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0.375 | 0 | 2 | 1-1 | 86 | 22 | 1 | .991 |
7 Peters, Bryan.... | 0.254 | 21-20 | 67 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 22 | 0.328 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0.37 | 1 | 0 | 2-4 | 42 | 67 | 2 | .982 |
14 Kiser, Kale...... | 0.222 | 25-21 | 72 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 33 | 0.458 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0.447 | 1 | 2 | 4-5 | 37 | 1 | 1 | .974 |
40 Stucky, Sam...... | 0.192 | 11-8 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.231 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0.333 | 1 | 2 | 0-0 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 1.000 |
46 Kildow, T........ | 0.125 | 15-4 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.125 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0.263 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Totals.............. | 0.327 | 27-27 | 951 | 225 | 311 | 55 | 6 | 26 | 201 | 456 | 0.479 | 111 | 32 | 127 | 15 | 0.412 | 8 | 24 | 30-43 | 732 | 334 | 25 | .977 |
Opponents........... | 0.284 | 27-27 | 952 | 124 | 270 | 45 | 3 | 11 | 118 | 354 | 0.372 | 94 | 27 | 147 | 16 | 0.362 | 7 | 12 | 12-26 | 695 | 321 | 40 | .962 |
Nebraska Pitching
Player | ERA | W-L | APP | GS | CG | SHO/CBO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | 2B | 3B | HR | AB | B/Avg | WP | HBP | BK | SFA | SHA |
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26 Vogt, Dylan...... | 1.23 | 1-1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 0.222 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
37 Hander, Ryan..... | 1.38 | 1-0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0.159 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
44 Pierce, Brandon.. | 2.25 | 3-1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 0.205 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 Kubat, Kyle...... | 3.12 | 2-0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 17.1 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0.338 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
19 Bublitz, Luke.... | 3.38 | 0-1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1 | 10.2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 0.293 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
55 Huber, Travis.... | 3.46 | 0-2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0.296 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32 King, Tyler...... | 3.75 | 0-0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0.205 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
18 Bummer, Aaron.... | 3.86 | 1-0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 | 9.1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 Lemke, Tom....... | 4.05 | 2-2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 26.2 | 31 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 109 | 0.284 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
27 Hirsch, Zach..... | 4.63 | 3-1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 35 | 39 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 129 | 0.302 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
23 Keller, Jon...... | 4.64 | 3-0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 | 33 | 44 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 138 | 0.319 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
50 Spitsnogle, Dexte | 5.87 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 7.2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 0.29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 Niederklein, Tyle | 7.64 | 2-1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 17.2 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 0.356 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
36 Stovall, Jeff.... | 9.45 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 6.2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0.438 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals.............. | 3.98 | 18-9 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 1/1 | 6 | 244 | 270 | 124 | 108 | 94 | 147 | 45 | 3 | 11 | 952 | 0.284 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 12 |
Opponents........... | 7.77 | 9-18 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 1/1 | 4 | 231.2 | 311 | 225 | 200 | 111 | 127 | 55 | 6 | 26 | 951 | 0.327 | 21 | 32 | 2 | 8 | 24 |
Northwestern Offense
Player | avg | gp-gs | ab | r | h | 2b | 3b | hr | rbi | tb | slg% | bb | hbp | so | gdp | ob% | sf | sh | sb-att | po | a | e | fld% |
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Rowan, Geoff | 0.364 | 21-20 | 66 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 0.424 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0.386 | 1 | 6 | 0-1 | 138 | 26 | 4 | 0.976 |
Havey, Jack | 0.311 | 22-22 | 90 | 13 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 42 | 0.467 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0.373 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 68 | 11 | 1 | 0.988 |
Morton, Zach | 0.307 | 21-21 | 88 | 14 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 0.341 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0.38 | 1 | 0 | 1-2 | 26 | 32 | 3 | 0.951 |
Linne, Nick | 0.294 | 22-22 | 85 | 16 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 0.329 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 0.333 | 0 | 1 | 2-3 | 23 | 31 | 5 | 0.915 |
Ruchim, Kyle | 0.271 | 22-22 | 85 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 34 | 0.4 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0.398 | 0 | 3 | 3-5 | 30 | 52 | 7 | 0.921 |
Snieder, Paul | 0.262 | 22-22 | 84 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 39 | 0.464 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0.363 | 3 | 1 | 0-0 | 144 | 10 | 1 | 0.994 |
Everett, Colby | 0.173 | 18-12 | 52 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0.212 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0.246 | 0 | 1 | 1-1 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 0.944 |
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Trucco, Mike | 1 | 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Libman, Cody | 0.5 | 1-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Moses, Walker | 0.436 | 13-9 | 39 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 0.59 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.425 | 1 | 2 | 0-0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Livingston, Jack | 0.409 | 12-6 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0.545 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.552 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0.8 |
Straub, Jake | 0.333 | 7-2 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.333 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.429 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Wise, Hamilton | 0.3 | 17-7 | 30 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.364 | 0 | 1 | 1-1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Stevens, Cody | 0.28 | 17-11 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0.28 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.308 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 0.971 |
Dauch, Luke | 0.206 | 17-12 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0.353 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0.317 | 1 | 0 | 3-3 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0.895 |
Kontos, Chris | 0.071 | 9-2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.143 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.067 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Miller, Patrick | 0 | 15-7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0.19 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 0.829 |
Hunter, Reid | 0 | 9-1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.273 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.75 |
Quigley, Jack | 0 | 4-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.8 |
Totals | 0.283 | 22-22 | 755 | 110 | 214 | 36 | 3 | 9 | 95 | 283 | 0.375 | 81 | 12 | 146 | 18 | 0.358 | 10 | 19 | 11-16 | 574 | 248 | 38 | 0.956 |
Opponents | 0.306 | 22-22 | 732 | 124 | 224 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 108 | 292 | 0.399 | 68 | 16 | 155 | 12 | 0.374 | 8 | 37 | 13-26 | 588 | 206 | 31 | 0.962 |
Northwestern Pitching
Player | era | w-l | app-gs | cg | sho | sv | ip | h | r | er | bb | so | 2b | 3b | hr | ab | b/avg | wp | hbp | bk | sfa | sha |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jahns, Michael | 1.32 | 1-1 | 7-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 13.2 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0.25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Brooke, Francis | 1.77 | 1-1 | 7-5 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 | 35.2 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 139 | 0.302 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Ruchim, Kyle | 2.38 | 0-1 | 8-0 | 0 | 0/1 | 5 | 11.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0.184 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Bramschreiber, Ethan | 3.12 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 8.2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0.231 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Morton, Zach | 3.41 | 0-5 | 6-6 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 | 37 | 37 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 138 | 0.268 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Magallones, Brandon | 3.9 | 4-0 | 6-4 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 113 | 0.265 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Tyson, Dan | 4.26 | 2-2 | 5-1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 12.2 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0.327 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Snieder, Paul | 6.23 | 0-1 | 9-0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 | 8.2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0.364 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Farrell, Luke | 11.57 | 0-3 | 7-5 | 0 | 0/1 | 1 | 21 | 38 | 31 | 27 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0.422 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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Havey, Jack | 0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Friar, Nick | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brooke, Henry | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Livingston, Jack | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Quigley, Jack | 9.64 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 4.2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0.526 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Totals | 4.05 | 8-14 | 22-22 | 2 | 2/2 | 6 | 191.1 | 224 | 124 | 86 | 68 | 155 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 732 | 0.306 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 37 |
Opponents | 4.22 | 14-8 | 22-22 | 2 | 0/0 | 7 | 196 | 214 | 110 | 92 | 81 | 146 | 36 | 3 | 9 | 755 | 0.283 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 19 |