[Husker] Uh Oh! NU loses 3-2

[Skylar Dodds]

Hello Husker Fans,

  In the first game of the three game series, NU lost to OU 3-2 at
  home.  NU went up early 2-0, but a rocky inning from Joba puts OU
  right back into the game.

  Joba pitched pretty well thru 5, if only the game ended then. In the
  sixth, back to back to back singles brought OU within 1. Then, with
  runners on the corners, a ground out scores 1 to tie the inning.
  After Joba walked a second runner on, Erik Bird came in allowed a
  infield single to load the bases, and then got a double play to end
  the inning.

  In the bottom half, Opitz singled with 1 out, but was doubled up on
  a bonehead play when Christy popped out to third and for some
  unknown reason, Opitz took off.

  OU took the lead for good in the 8th on a Sac Fly with 1 out scored
  the go ahead run.

  From the plate, Christy continued to break out of his horrendous
  slump (he was 3 of 4 against CU and 2 for 4 today) while Nimmo sank
  farther into his with an 0 for 5 effort.  Brown is still hitting
  well, going 2 for 4 tonight and Jaros went 3 for 4 in a good day
  since coming back from wrists injuries.

  Again, we left people in scoring position 5 out of the 9 innings.
  The worst offenses were in the 4th when we had bases loaded with 1
  out and in the Ninth with runners on 1st and second with 1 out. In
  the 4th, we scored 1 off of a single to left, but Christy was thrown
  out at home (why Anderson sent him, I'm not sure, maybe he didn't
  realize that Christy takes hours to run 60 feet). In the ninth,
  Nimmo popped up on the infield and Wehrle grounded out to the
  pitcher to end the threat. Even Tuesday when we won, we needed 12
  hits to score 4 leaving 10 on base.

  The issue here is that some players just aren't hitting and it seems
  like they are up when we really need them. Nimmo, Wehrle, Buckman,
  and Gorsett went a combined 1 for 16 (hitters 2, 3, 4, 5).  That's
  just not the production you expect from the heart of your lineup.

  If I were Anderson at this point, I'd completely shuffle the
  lineup.  (I'm not Anderson for the record and I'm not saying I know
  better than him.)

  My lineup would be:

  1. Jaros CF
  2. Opitz 2B
  3. Brown LF
  4. Gerch DH
  5. Buckman 1B
  6. Gorsett RF
  7. Wehrle SS
  8. Christy C
  9. Mort 3B (Maybe Edlefsen)

  Sometimes putting your main hitters at the bottom of the lineup can
  put a spark under their  ___________, I think at this point we need
  something...  Anything..  We MUST win tomorrow or we will drop to
  4th seed in the Big XII tournament.  Not to mention kissing our
  national seed goodbye (it's a stretch right now anyway).

  This team has the talent.  The capabilities to win.  We just need to
  find SOMETHING, ANYTHING to get us out of it.  You never know what
  that might be.

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Go Skers,
 Skylar                            mailto:Sklarbodds at cox.net