[Husker] Baseball

[Tony lambert]

I would agree Skylar, One thing I might add though is it seemed like the 
huskers had allot more line drives and hit the the gaps better as a team 
than in the past couple years.

Tony Lambert
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Skylar Dodds" <sklarbodds at cox.net>
To: "'Tony lambert'" <slimmer37 at hamilton.net>; <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 10:36 PM
Subject: RE: [Husker] Baseball


> You know, I'd like to think so.  Even with the bad first game, they still
> averaged 8 runs a game.  The competition wasn't terribly impressive, but
> it's still looking good.  The team hit .359 over the weekend and obviously
> scored runs in bunches.
>
> There have been at least 1/2 dozen articles with players quoting they just
> can't believe the energy and knowledge of the game he brings.  A few of 
> the
> players have said, "When he speaks everyone listens.  You don't ever want 
> to
> miss anything he says."
>
> An example:
> http://www.omaha.com/article/20110217/BIGRED/702179784
>
> Like you said, it's early.  It would be nice to think that the progress 
> will
> continue, we really won't know for a month or so.  UCLA in two weeks will
> obviously be a monster test.  If they can muster almost any offense 
> against
> them they're doing well.
>
> --
> Skylar
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony lambert [mailto:slimmer37 at hamilton.net]
> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 7:55 PM
> To: Skylar Dodds; husker at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Baseball
>
> 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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