Nebraska Baseball Gamethread: Minnesota Game One

Minnesota (14-8) at Nebraska (12-9)

March 23, 2018

Hawks Field at Haymarket Park - Lincoln, Neb.

Friday, March 23 • 4:05 p.m. (CT)

Video Stream: BTN Plus • Radio: HSN

Luis Alvarado (1-1) vs. Reggie Meyer (1-2)

After a split in a midweek road series, the Nebraska Baseball team (12-9) returns home to open Big Ten play against the Minnesota Golden Gophers (14-8). Nebraska and Minnesota last faced each other last year with the Huskers winning two of three from the Gophers in Minneapolis.

Nebraska will send Luis Alvarado, Matt Waldron, and Matt Warren out for the three game set. Waldron gets the place of Nate Fisher who started and pitched well in the midweek contest against Oral Roberts.

The Huskers will see Reggie Meyer today. Meyer is just 1-2 this season while having an ERA of 3.38. He threw 3.2 innings last year against Nebraska, allowing just a pair of hits while giving up no runs.

Minnesota Players To Watch

» #6 Terrin Vavra (Junior INF): Leads the team in batting average (.414), hits (36), RBIs (23) and runs scored (22)

» #1 Ben Mezzenga (Junior OF): Hitting .377 with 23 hits and 10 RBIs

» #22 Patrick Fredrickson (Freshman RHP): Is 2-0 with a 2.44 ERA and a team-high 24 strikeouts in 24.1 innings