[Husker] Baseball

[Tony lambert]

Skylar, I know it's early but do you think Erstad has had a impact on the 
hitting ?
Tony Lambert
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Skylar Dodds" <sklarbodds at cox.net>
To: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 6:21 PM
Subject: [Husker] Baseball


> An update from the weekend:
>
> Friday TXST 7 - NU 2
> Neiderklien looked OK in the start.  Went 5 and gave up 3 runs.  But the 
> NU
> bats were cold, getting just 5 or so hits on the night.  Not only were 
> they
> not hitting, but striking out a lot, especially in important situations.
> You can never draw too many conclusions from any one game in baseball, but
> the early returns made you think maybe this team was just more of the same
> from last year.  Josh Scheffert (remember that name) had a solo homerun to
> tie it early, but the offense just wasn't there.
>
> Saturday NU 8 - Air Force 1
> In his first career appearance for the Huskers, True Frosh Jon Keller 
> showed
> it was easy to see why he was drafted in the 11th round by the Mariners 
> out
> of H.S. He was getting after pitchers early and often.  He went 6 IP, gave
> up just 3 hits and struck out 6.  Cory Burleson had a nice 2 for 3 day 
> with
> 2 RBI and Chad Christensen hit a solo homer for the big red.
>
> Saturday NU 10 - Washington 3
> A decent pitching performance from Sophomore Tom Lemke, 5 2/3 giving up 2
> runs and striking out 3.  But the bats came alive again, highlighted by a
> grand slam by soph Kash Kalkowski from Grand Island in just his 5th career
> at bat (last year spent most of the year as a pitcher, now the starting 
> LF).
>
>
> Sunday NU 16 - Missouri State 4
> Yost started the game and pitched OK.  He went 5 and 2/3 and gave up 3 
> runs,
> but was really battling out of trouble a lot.  But the offense flat out 
> came
> to play.  The Huskers scored 16 runs on 24 hits, highlighted by the 2nd
> grand slam in as many days for the Huskers, this time by Kale Kiser who 
> had
> an awesome 5 for 6 day today.  The hit parade was on as every starter had 
> at
> least 1 hit.
>
>
> =====================
> Highlights:
> Kale Kiser has been a leadoff machine.  He was 8 for 14 on the weekend 
> with
> 5 walks for a .571 avg and a .684 OBP.  He only struck out 1 time and 
> scored
> 8 times with 8 RBI.   What a great weekend.
>
> Chad Christensen also had a great opening weekend with a .474 avg and 
> scored
> 5 times.
>
> True frosh Jon Keller looked VERY good on the mound, getting up on hitters
> right away.  Lane Grindle went on and on about how good his stuff looked.
>
> Another true frosh Brandon Pierce is penciled in as the Huskers closer 
> this
> year and he looked REALLY good as well.  His FB touches mid 90s and he's 
> got
> a great hook.  He got in a little trouble today and letup a run (with a 
> 16-3
> lead), but got two straight batters out to end the threat.
>
> If/when Ehlers gets back (I've heard Wichita State in April), it could 
> very
> well be true soph Lemke, true frosh Keller and true frosh Ehlers for your
> weekend rotation that would look very promising sign for the future.
>
>
> =====================
> Overall not a bad start for the Huskers.  Yeah, they lost a game they 
> should
> have won Friday vs Tx St, but that's just the way baseball works. 
> Sometimes
> you lose games you shouldn't.  Heck, the #1 team in the country (TCU) lost
> to unranked Kansas today and #6 Texas lost to unranked Maryland yesterday.
> It happens.  The good news is they came back and walloped a few teams they
> were supposed to beat and the bats came alive.  Hopefully this is a sign
> hitting coach Darin Erstad is rubbing off on these guys.
>
> Up Next: Northern Colorado x 2 and Sam Houston St x 2 in Texas again next
> weekend.  After that, we have a midweek against Nebraska Kearney then #2
> UCLA comes to town.  UCLA has 2 starting pitchers that will probably be
> drafted in the 1st round next year.  They are legit, if you can make it 
> out
> to Haymarket, you'll get to see two pitchers that could end up in the bigs
> in the very near future.
>
> Enjoy!
> Skylar
>
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