[personal] FW: [Husker] Huskers show heart on the road

[Skylar Dodds]

Hello Husker Fans,

Yeah, you're right.  Culp seemed to have the better year so far
though.  No doubt Scherzer is a stud and a great pitcher.  I didn't
know he was on the Clemen's watch list, but I knew he was darn good.

-- 
Go Skers,
 Skylar                            mailto:Sklarbodds at cox.net


>>   Nathan Culp, MU's ace, came into today with a 1.98 ERA and a 6-2
>>   record. 5 runs were the most he's given up this year, so credit the
>>   Husker hitters for scraping their way back into it.

jun> Not to nitpick here as your summaries are great Skylar, but I would
jun> argue Scherzer is still MU's ace.  Culp's good as well, but I expect
jun> Scherzer to give NU fits today.  I know he was out for two weeks and his
jun> ERA may not look quite as good as Culp's, but he's an All-American and
jun> on the Clemens Watch list.  

jun> Nebraska will need to make the most of their opportunities today at the
jun> plate and hopefully Watson and the defense will be sharp as MU is quite
jun> capable at the plate, even though they really haven't played as well as
jun> expected this year.  This could easily be a 1-0 or 2-1 game if both
jun> pitchers are on.  

jun> The thing that worries me the most right now about this team is the
jun> pitching.  I haven't been able to listen to or watch more than a half
jun> dozen games, but the number of times our pitchers are getting into
jun> trouble because of walks and HBP is a concern.  Currently, 4.5 free
jun> passes (maybe earned if it's HBP :] ) are being issued every 9 innings.

jun> As the conference race is really just starting to take shape, this
jun> weekend is a good measure of the bats facing both Culp and Scherzer.  

jun> One interesting tidbit from looking at NU's current RPI according to
jun> Boyd's World is #6 (ISR is #2).  Amazing what a few changes in the
jun> schedule can do.  The 3 game sweep against 'Bama has had a huge impact.
jun> But back to the conference season as all this is quite meaningless until
jun> the end of the season.  Should be a great game today.

jun> Go Big Red,

jun> Jay




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