[Husker] Baseball

[Tony lambert]

It's UCLA game day Skylar could you give us a look at the Bruins and what 
you think the Huskers chances are. Just heard on SN archive that Keller, 
Freeman and TBA. Looks like Erstad is having an effect on the hitters, 
What's your take ?

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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