[personal] [Husker] Huskers survive aTm 5-4

[Skylar Dodds]

Hello Husker Fans,

I have agreed with you on the 'scary' tendancy to walk people in big
situations so far this year.   We don't seem to have the control we've
had in years past.

However, last night, that umpires strikezone seemed rediculously
small.  Joba had a hard time all night hitting it, but was able to
only walk 1 guy.  It just took him a lot of pitches to do so.

Good win, but it shouldn't have been as interesting as it ended up.

Chamberlain pitched amazing tho, striking out 11 in only 6.1 innings
of work.  Childress was very complimentary of Watson's season so far
and said it would be very tough to win on Friday.

Part of the problem might be that our relievers are a little tired as
they have gotten a lot of work in the last 2 games.



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

dic> The Huskers look like overacheivers at 8-2 in the B12 the way their relievers
dic> are pitching.  I am amazed how many walks and especially hit batters by the
dic> middle and late relief. Throwing strikes is one thing, but hitting four batters
dic> a game? That seems like something that could be avoided. They lost some good
dic> arms last year that are being replaced by freshmen, but this is quite alarming,
dic> and the offense cannot continue to overcome high late inning ERAs, particularly
dic> in the post-season.

dic> They desperately need the big four (Chamberlain, Shirek, Dorn and Watson)
dic> starting pitchers to step up and get into the 7th or 8th inning (although last
dic> night Chamberlain got into the 7th with a 5-run lead and it was almost not
dic> enough against a less-than powerhouse aTm).  Watson will get a chance to do
dic> just that tonight. He needs to get deep into the game jsut to give the
dic> relievers some rest after the last two games. The Huskers also need to keep
dic> Chamberlain healthy.

dic> I just hope that the Dave Bingham can get the young pitchers to improve before
dic> they get in a real funk from which they can't recover.  Jensen may be able to
dic> provide leadership there.

dic> It is important that they come out of the aTm series with momentum to face
dic> Texas.

dic> Derek


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