Eric the Red Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 3/10 Alabama 2:05 pm 3/11 Alabama 1:05 pm 3/12 Alabama 1:05 pm Joba takes the hill on Friday I'll be there on Saturday Quote Link to comment
Jarred04 Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 ill probably only be there on friday. Ill be glad to see what we look like, i am so excited! Our new lineup will be interesting to see, and it would be great to take this series. Bama has had some good teams recently, and this is the first SEC team to visit lincoln. I really want to see gorsett hit, i've heard he has some serious pop. GBR!! Quote Link to comment
Eric the Red Posted March 10, 2006 Author Share Posted March 10, 2006 No Jaba BY JOHN MABRY / Lincoln Journal Star Friday, Mar 10, 2006 - 12:10:42 am CST NU's Joba Chamberlain. (LJS File) The Huskers are home. Alabama is in town. It’s supposed to be 60 degrees at Haymarket Park. All we need is Lynyrd Skynyrd doing the national anthem, and we’re all set. The sweet home will be the Huskers’ as they make their first appearance in front of the local fans at 2:05 p.m. Friday. No. 6 Nebraska (8-2) is off to a strong start, and that goes for its first home opponent as well. No. 25 Alabama, the first SEC baseball team to play in Lincoln, is 13-3 and has won eight in a row. With apologies to NU’s last three home-opener visitors — South Dakota State, Western Illinois and Wisconsin-Milwaukee — this is College World Series-caliber competition. “I think it’s great that we’re bringing in a top-tier opponent,” said Husker closer Brett Jensen. “It will be good for us, and it’s also good for the fans. “It will make it exciting, like something you might see later on in the spring time.” Two of the top aces in the country — NU right-hander Joba Chamberlain and Alabama lefty Wade LeBlanc — were scheduled to duel today, but Chamberlain will not be pitching this weekend because of tightness in his triceps. Husker head coach Mike Anderson said it’s a precautionary move. Instead the NU rotation will start with left-hander Tony Watson, followed by righties Johnny Dorn and Charlie Shirek. Watson is fired up for the series. “We’ve never had an SEC team come in here,” he said. “SEC, Big 12 — it’s two pretty big conferences. It will be a good matchup.” Nebraska has three College World Series appearances, all in this decade (2001, 2002, 2005). Alabama has been to the CWS five times, most recently in 1999. The Crimson Tide was national runner-up in 1997. Alabama lost to Tulane in an NCAA Regional final last season. “It’s exciting,” said Anderson. “I think the world of (coach) Jim Wells. It’s a classy team, a highly competitive team.” Briefly * NU shortstop Ryan Wehrle will play this weekend. Wehrle has been battling tendinitis in his knees, an injury that Anderson thinks might have been aggravated by the Metrodome turf last weekend. * Nebraska and Alabama will meet next season in Tuscaloosa. * Alabama catcher Kody Valerde leads the Tide in batting average (.370), homers (five) and RBIs (22). Reach John Mabry at 473-7320 or jmabry@journalstar.com. Quote Link to comment
Eric the Red Posted March 10, 2006 Author Share Posted March 10, 2006 Huskers home opener features SEC's Alabama ] The Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The opponents in Nebraska's home openers the last five years have been a host of undistinguished college baseball names — South Dakota State, Western Illinois, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the University of Nebraska at Kearney and Kansas State. Friday, the Cornhuskers will welcome Southeastern Conference power Alabama for the start of a three-game series at Haymarket Park. The Crimson Tide (13-3), which has reached the College World Series three times since 1996, rolls into town off eight straight victories. Nebraska (8-2), which has made it to the CWS three times since 2001, has won six of its last seven. The teams are meeting in baseball for the first time. Nebraska, ranked as high as sixth, will play its next 16 games at Haymarket. The Huskers are coming off wins last weekend over Notre Dame, Arizona and Minnesota at the Dairy Queen Classic in Minneapolis. They hit .333 as a team, and starting pitchers Joba Chamberlain, Tony Watson and Johnny Dorn combined to allow one run in 19 1-3 innings. Nebraska will be playing a regular-season series against an SEC opponent for the first time since 2000, when the Huskers swept Arkansas in Fayetteville. The Huskers are 8-9 all-time against the SEC. The Huskers will be trying for their 28th consecutive victory in a home opener, dating to 1979. Alabama, ranked as high as No. 25, built its eight-game win streak with a three-game sweep of Florida International, a single win over Birmingham Southern, a three-game sweep of Appalachian State and a 7-6 win Wednesday at South Alabama. Chamberlain (2-1) is scheduled to start Friday against Alabama's Wade LeBlanc (3-0). Chamberlain is the Big 12 and national pitcher of the week after holding Notre Dame to three hits over seven innings last Friday. He struck out a season-high 11, including six of the first 11 Notre Dame batters he retired in order. LeBlanc has struck out 38 in 28 innings, and opposing batters are hitting just .155 against him. In his last outing, a 4-3 win over Appalachian State last Friday, LeBlanc allowed six hits over eight innings and struck out 10. Saturday's pitching matchup pits Nebraska's Watson (2-0) against Bernard Robert (2-0). Sunday's matchup pits Nebraska's Dorn (2-1) against Tommy Hunter (2-0). Quote Link to comment
Eric the Red Posted March 10, 2006 Author Share Posted March 10, 2006 Alabama set to venture north to meet NU at home MICHAEL BRUNTZ March 10, 2006 If a tournament falls through, they will come. Thanks to early-season scheduling conflicts a year ago, Alabama will be the first Southeastern Conference team to ever play a series in Lincoln when the Crimson Tide come to town for a three-game series starting today at 2:05. Teams from the SEC generally prefer to stay at home during winter, but this weekend's matchup became possible after both Alabama and Nebraska were scheduled to be in San Diego this weekend for a tournament but were left without a game when the scheduling fell through. Nebraska Coach Mike Anderson called Alabama Coach Jim Wells about other matters but floated the idea of Alabama coming to Lincoln this spring. Wells accepted, and the teams agreed, provided Nebraska (8-2) would play in Tuscaloosa, Ala., in 2007. While getting a SEC team to come up north was a big step for Nebraska, Anderson doesn't expect schools to come beating down his door in the future if that means having to play in Lincoln in March. ``Somebody said, `Will you expect this in the future?' No. Not many people will come to Nebraska in March,'' Anderson said. ``It's different, but it takes a little bit of risk, not because of our team, but just coming to Nebraska,'' Anderson said teams in the SEC have called often during his time at Nebraska, but most who inquired weren't interested in setting up a home-and-home series. ``I give Jim Wells a tremendous amount of credit for saying, `Yeah, we'll come to Nebraska,' '' Anderson said. Wells said he remembered traveling to play Wichita State in March during his time at Louisiana State. He said Nebraska's rise during the past seven years made it easier to think about coming to Lincoln. He also said he was looking for a tough opponent to prepare his team for SEC play, which begins March 17. ``They've gone to the College World Series several times,'' Wells said. ``Nebraska is as good as anybody in the nation.'' Alabama (13-3) brings a young and developing team into Haymarket Park this weekend. The Crimson Tide returned just three everyday players from a season ago, though they return a talented pitching staff led by junior Wade LeBlanc, who earned freshman All-American honors before missing part of his sophomore season with a bruised collarbone. LeBlanc (3-0, 1.93) will match up today with Nebraska All-American Joba Chamberlain (2-1, 1.29 ERA). The Cornhuskers will be Alabama's first big test of the season. The Crimson Tide have played just one road game heading into this afternoon's game and have two losses to Winthrop and a loss to Memphis so far this season. Wells said his team is experiencing the growing pains that come with a young team. ``We're gradually evolving and getting better, thank goodness,'' he said. ``We weren't that good in the fall, but we're coming together and finding ways to win. We're learning to play the game harder and for nine innings.'' LeBlanc said he wasn't concerned about the cooler temperatures in Lincoln, noting Alabama played its opening weekend in 18-degree wind chills. ``It wasn't very much fun,'' LeBlanc said. While some might look to the game as an opportunity for more teams from the south to make early-season trips north, Anderson was cautious about reading too much into the opening series. While the scheduling conflict made the matchup more workable, other signs seem to point to better baseball above the Mason-Dixon line. The start of the college baseball season and College World Series have been pushed back, meaning games being played farther north may become more commonplace. Wells said he sees the game beginning to spread. ``Miami can start playing January 3, while teams up there are shoveling snow,'' Wells said. ``I think it's good for baseball. You don't want the game to be a regional-type game like hockey.'' Quote Link to comment
pigsonthewing Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Bama's got balls. the first SEC team to play here. "We'll play anybody, anywhere" applies to Coach Wells' teams. i cant wait for saturday.. i was going to go to the game today with my dad (season ticket holder) but my mom changed her mind. thats ok. Quote Link to comment
Eric the Red Posted March 10, 2006 Author Share Posted March 10, 2006 1-1 in the 8th Quote Link to comment
pigsonthewing Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 bottom of the 9th... still tied 1-1... Quote Link to comment
pigsonthewing Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 1 out, gerch on at first... Quote Link to comment
pigsonthewing Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 pinch runner for gerch.. girch.. however you spell his name.. Quote Link to comment
pigsonthewing Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 extra innings.. Quote Link to comment
austinhusker Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Gar. That hurts. Lets get em in 10! Quote Link to comment
pigsonthewing Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 we better pull this one out soon, we dont have many pitchers left.. Quote Link to comment
pigsonthewing Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 tied 1-1 top of the 10th, jensen on the mound... Quote Link to comment
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