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Nebraska Baseball: Huskers vs Cal State Bakersfield Road Runners

By Jon Johnston

The Cal-State Bakersfield Roadrunners come to Lincoln this weekend for a three-game non-conference series. The last time the two teams met it was in Lincoln as well. The Roadrunners took the series 2-1 in 2009, their inaugural season in Division I of college baseball.

The Roadrunners come into Lincoln with a 18-19 record (5-13 on the road) and a pseudo RPI of 162. They are an independent. They have won 11 of their last 16, with wins against Sacramento State (RPI:90), a sweep against Santa Clara (RPI: 122) at home, and at UC Riverside (RPI: 140).

The first game of today's doubleheader will be televised in the state of Nebraska on NETV and streamed live on the Big Ten Digital Network (subscription required). Today's games start at 2:05 pm, with the second game to start 30 minutes after completion of the first. Radio is available through the Husker Sports Network and the iPhone Huskers app.

Consider this your baseball and NFL Draft and Weekend Open Thread

Nebraska (27-15, 8-7 Big Ten) vs. CSU Bakersfield (18-19, Independent)

Saturday - 2:05 pm

Kyle Kubat, Fr., LHP (2-0) vs. Spenser Messmore, Sr., RHP (3-3)

Saturday - 30 minutes after first game completion

Brandon Pierce, So., RHP (5-1) vs. Jeff McKenzie, Jr., LHP (3-4)

Sunday - 12:05 pm

Zach Hirsch, So., LHP (4-3) vs. TBA

Once again, Nebraska is changing the pitching order, as Kyle Kubat gets the first game start. The Huskers have had a hard time in the initial game on their weekends,

CSUB is struggling at the plate, with a team batting average of .264, 198th nationally. Only three players are hitting over .300, lead by Oscar Sanay, hitting .338, 48 hits, 21 runs and 13 RBIs. Cael Brockmeyer is hitting .318 with 41 hits, 23 runs and 24 RBIs.

Roadrunner pitching fairs better as CSUB has a team pitching ERA of 3.43. Spenser Messmore, the Friday starter, has a 1.78 ERA, while Jeff McKenzie is at 2.13. McKenzie leads the team in strikeouts with 46 in 71.2 innings pitched.

Bottom line - Cal State shouldn't a huge threat offensively. They don't do a lot of base running, being tied at #262 nationally in stolen bases.

Nebraska Offensive Statistics

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%
4 Pritchard, Michae 0.38 41-37 150 38 57 8 0 0 17 65 0.433 15 2 8 5 0.443 0 2 4-7 38 2 1 0.976
39 Stock, Richard... 0.377 37-33 146 25 55 14 2 2 32 79 0.541 5 3 14 4 0.406 1 0 1-1 251 17 1 0.996
20 Scheffert, Josh.. 0.373 34-28 118 25 44 10 0 7 34 75 0.636 8 0 14 3 0.413 0 0 1-1 117 55 4 0.977
9 Kelly, Pat....... 0.333 30-26 96 19 32 5 2 4 21 53 0.552 5 3 15 1 0.381 1 2 3-3 41 71 6 0.949
41 Darby, Austin.... 0.326 28-22 89 16 29 7 0 1 8 39 0.438 10 0 18 3 0.39 1 5 6-6 44 1 1 0.978
22 Headley, Blake... 0.325 20-8 40 6 13 0 0 0 6 13 0.325 5 1 7 1 0.413 0 0 1-4 10 22 2 0.941
11 Sanguinetti, Rich 0.318 40-39 157 32 50 8 2 2 35 68 0.433 13 2 28 1 0.371 3 11 6-10 104 2 1 0.991
2 Christensen, Chad 0.314 41-41 169 38 53 8 2 6 38 83 0.491 16 3 29 2 0.383 0 2 6-7 83 116 9 0.957
3 Kalkowski, Kash.. 0.31 34-30 126 19 39 3 0 4 27 54 0.429 3 6 8 2 0.356 0 1 4-5 96 6 1 0.99
13 Burleson, Cory... 0.263 31-29 95 19 25 4 0 1 15 32 0.337 7 7 25 0 0.358 0 4 2-2 139 32 1 0.994
10 Farmer, Kurt..... 0.258 23-19 66 15 17 1 1 2 10 26 0.394 11 2 9 3 0.375 1 1 2-3 9 47 7 0.889
14 Kiser, Kale...... 0.243 39-32 107 30 26 6 0 5 27 47 0.439 28 13 11 0 0.444 3 2 4-5 62 3 3 0.956
7 Peters, Bryan.... 0.236 26-22 72 17 17 3 1 0 11 22 0.306 7 7 9 1 0.356 1 1 2-4 49 78 2 0.984
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
46 Kildow, T........ 0.118 17-4 17 7 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.118 3 0 7 0 0.25 0 0 1-1 15 0 0 1
Totals.............. 0.315 42-42 1474 313 464 78 10 34 282 664 0.45 140 51 212 27 0.391 12 33 43-59 1128 522 42 0.975
Opponents........... 0.285 42-42 1468 204 419 59 7 20 192 552 0.376 149 40 225 26 0.365 10 23 16-39 1089 499 63 0.962

Nebraska Pitching Statistics

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
37 Hander, Ryan..... 1.17 2-0 11 1 0 0/2 0 15.1 9 2 2 4 12 1 0 0 53 0.17 0 1 0 0 0
26 Vogt, Dylan...... 1.56 2-1 19 0 0 0/0 0 34.2 29 9 6 10 21 2 0 0 124 0.234 1 3 0 2 3
18 Bummer, Aaron.... 2.45 1-0 16 0 0 0/2 0 14.2 10 5 4 9 17 0 0 0 53 0.189 1 3 0 1 0
31 Kubat, Kyle...... 2.59 2-0 10 3 0 0/0 0 24.1 30 7 7 11 11 6 1 0 93 0.323 0 2 0 0 2
55 Huber, Travis.... 2.75 1-2 18 0 0 0/1 7 19.2 23 9 6 10 17 3 0 0 81 0.284 1 0 0 0 0
44 Pierce, Brandon.. 2.79 5-1 19 4 0 0/0 1 42 40 18 13 25 27 6 0 1 161 0.248 3 2 0 1 2
30 Lemke, Tom....... 4.1 3-3 9 7 0 0/0 0 37.1 49 20 17 8 14 8 0 1 156 0.314 0 4 0 1 1
23 Keller, Jon...... 4.63 4-1 11 10 0 0/1 0 46.2 58 34 24 22 27 6 1 2 190 0.305 1 9 0 0 2
27 Hirsch, Zach..... 5.1 4-3 11 11 0 0/0 0 54.2 68 31 31 13 30 12 1 6 214 0.318 0 3 0 1 6
50 Spitsnogle, Dexte 5.19 0-0 5 2 0 0/0 0 8.2 9 5 5 1 4 1 0 3 34 0.265 0 2 0 0 0
21 Niederklein, Tyle 5.97 2-2 13 2 0 0/1 1 31.2 36 21 21 10 12 4 3 4 121 0.298 2 3 1 1 3
32 King, Tyler...... 6.43 1-1 21 2 0 0/1 0 21 17 21 15 17 14 2 1 1 79 0.215 5 4 0 1 2
19 Bublitz, Luke.... 6.5 0-1 15 0 0 0/0 1 18 25 14 13 4 15 4 0 2 73 0.342 2 3 0 2 2
36 Stovall, Jeff.... 9.82 0-0 8 0 0 0/0 0 7.1 16 8 8 5 4 4 0 0 36 0.444 2 1 0 0 0
Totals.............. 4.07 27-15 42 42 0 2/2 10 376 419 204 170 149 225 59 7 20 1468 0.285 18 40 1 10 23
Opponents........... 6.82 15-27 42 42 2 1/1 6 363 464 313 275 140 212 78 10 34 1474 0.315 25 51 3 12 33

Cal State Bakersfield Offensive Statistics

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%
Sanay, Oscar 0.338 37-36 142 21 48 3 0 0 13 51 0.359 10 4 17 4 0.397 0 2 5-6 67 102 11 0.939
Brockmeyer, Cael 0.318 36-36 129 23 41 11 1 5 24 69 0.535 16 6 24 1 0.412 2 0 0-0 266 28 2 0.993
Martinez, Frank 0.304 23-17 69 7 21 4 1 3 14 36 0.522 4 2 20 0 0.355 1 0 0-0 86 13 1 0.99
Smith, Stuart 0.266 27-17 64 12 17 2 1 2 11 27 0.422 5 5 15 1 0.36 1 0 0-0 50 1 0 1
Shryock, Tyler 0.262 34-34 126 16 33 4 3 0 20 43 0.341 11 1 25 2 0.324 1 2 2-4 59 105 14 0.921
Legg, DC 0.261 33-32 111 17 29 10 0 3 17 48 0.432 10 8 31 2 0.364 0 1 2-2 53 59 7 0.941
Letourneau, Andrew 0.261 34-34 119 12 31 1 1 0 14 34 0.286 7 4 17 3 0.323 0 5 5-7 91 3 5 0.949
Younger, Kevin 0.256 36-34 129 18 33 5 2 1 17 45 0.349 8 2 36 0 0.301 4 2 1-1 46 2 4 0.923
Hein, Jordie 0.228 36-36 123 19 28 4 3 0 3 38 0.309 27 7 27 0 0.395 0 4 6-8 80 0 0 1
Christensen, Dylan 0.217 30-22 83 8 18 3 0 1 11 24 0.289 4 5 10 0 0.29 1 1 0-0 139 5 2 0.986
Pierce, Garrett 0.2 24-14 60 9 12 2 1 0 4 16 0.267 6 1 19 2 0.284 0 0 0-1 12 4 0 1
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Maestas, J.P. 0.4 10-3 15 1 6 0 0 0 0 6 0.4 1 0 5 0 0.438 0 0 0-1 0 0 0 0
McKenzie, Jeff 0.333 12-10 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.333 1 0 1 0 0.5 0 0 0-0 2 17 1 0.95
Cazares, Louis 0.276 13-6 29 2 8 0 0 0 4 8 0.276 1 0 8 2 0.3 0 0 0-0 4 8 3 0.8
Wells III, Walter 0.222 12-4 18 2 4 1 0 0 0 5 0.278 2 0 8 1 0.3 0 0 0-0 5 15 2 0.909
Desimone, Kyle 0.15 13-4 20 3 3 0 0 0 2 3 0.15 2 2 4 0 0.292 0 1 0-0 12 13 1 0.962
Gaston, Mick 0.111 11-3 18 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0.167 2 0 7 1 0.2 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0
Hough, Ross 0 7-0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0-0 4 1 1 0.833
Campbell, Grant 0 3-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0
Camacho, Jordan 0 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 1 0 1
Davis, Austin 0 8-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 1
Barragan, James 0 12-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 1 1 0.5
Aikenhead, Taylor 0 10-10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 15 2 0.889
Carter, Hayden 0 12-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 3 4 2 0.778
Brattvet, Scott 0 10-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 4 7 2 0.846
Messmore, Spenser 0 16-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 4 10 3 0.824
Buchanan, Chuck 0 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 1 0 1
Walkley, Korie 0 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0
Totals 0.264 37-37 1268 170 335 51 13 15 154 457 0.36 117 47 276 19 0.346 10 18 21-30 992 416 64 0.957
Opponents 0.265 37-37 1261 165 334 51 6 16 146 445 0.353 116 33 225 24 0.339 14 29 30-47 987 367 38 0.973

Cal State Bakersfield 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
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Messmore, Spenser 1.78 3-3 16-4 3 0/1 2 50.2 53 25 10 11 33 6 0 2 194 0.273 1 5 2 2 7
McKenzie, Jeff 2.13 3-4 10-10 3 1/0 0 71.2 66 25 17 22 46 10 0 4 269 0.245 2 5 0 2 6
Aikenhead, Taylor 3.2 6-3 10-10 5 0/0 0 59 56 24 21 11 31 8 1 0 217 0.258 1 6 1 2 9
Barragan, James 3.66 0-3 12-0 0 0/0 0 19.2 17 8 8 9 18 2 1 0 71 0.239 3 4 0 2 1
Carter, Hayden 3.79 1-1 12-1 0 0/0 2 35.2 31 17 15 15 18 7 1 2 126 0.246 2 1 1 2 1
Buchanan, Chuck 3.95 1-1 4-2 0 0/1 0 13.2 11 6 6 8 12 3 1 0 51 0.216 2 2 0 2 1
Brattvet, Scott 3.96 4-4 10-9 1 0/0 0 61.1 68 35 27 25 48 9 1 6 244 0.279 4 3 4 1 4
Camacho, Jordan 5.4 0-0 5-0 0 0/0 0 5 8 5 3 1 5 0 1 0 22 0.364 0 3 0 1 0
Davis, Austin 7.36 0-0 8-1 0 0/0 0 11 18 10 9 6 12 4 0 0 49 0.367 3 1 1 0 0
Walkley, Korie 16.2 0-0 3-0 0 0/1 0 1.2 2 3 3 7 2 1 0 0 7 0.286 1 1 1 0 0
Christensen, Dylan 47.25 0-0 3-0 0 0/0 0 1.1 4 7 7 1 0 1 0 2 11 0.364 0 2 0 0 0
Totals 3.43 18-19 37-37 12 2/1 4 330.2 334 165 126 116 225 51 6 16 1261 0.265 19 33 10 14 29
Opponents 3.94 19-18 37-37 2 5/4 6 329 335 170 144 117 276 51 13 15 1268 0.264 25 47 0 10 18

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