Bison vs Cornhuskers at Lincoln, NE

[Elvis was a Bison]

The following preview is from the U of Nebraska website:

"NEBRASKA vs. NDSU
March 28, 2023
Hawks Field at Haymarket Park | Lincoln, Neb.

Tuesday, March 28 – 6:05 p.m. CT
Pitching: LHP Will Walsh (0-1, 4.91 ERA) vs. RHP Parker Puetz (0-0, 4.50 ERA)
TV/Streaming: B1G+
Radio: Huskers Radio Network – Lincoln (1400 AM), Omaha (590 AM), Huskers.com, Huskers App

Nebraska steps out of conference play with a midweek matchup against North Dakota State on Tuesday night at Hawks Field.

First pitch between the Huskers and Bison is scheduled for 6:05 p.m.

Tuesday night's game can be seen on B1G+, while fans can also listen to Greg Sharpe and Ben McLaughlin call the action on the Huskers Radio Network, which can be hard on KLIN (1400 AM) in Lincoln and KXSP (590 AM) in Omaha. Every game this season can be heard for free on Huskers.com and the Official Nebraska Huskers App for both iOS and android devices.

Nebraska vs. North Dakota State
• The Huskers and Bison have met six times on the baseball diamond, with Nebraska holding a perfect 6-0 mark over North Dakota State.
• In their last meeting, Nebraska edged the Bison with a 4-3 win last season on April 20 in Lincoln.
• Prior to last season's meeting, the two teams last met in a doubleheader in 2005.

2-For-.400
• Nebraska is one of four teams nationally with two everyday starters hitting at least .400 this season at the plate.
• Anderson is hitting .418 with nine doubles, two triples, six homers, 27 RBI and 16 runs, while Matthews is adding seven doubles, a triple, seven home runs, 33 RBI and 23 runs with a .402 hitting clip.
• Other teams with at least two players hitting above .400 and have started every game this season include Florida, Georgia and Grand Canyon.

Walsh Coming Off Career Outing
• Set to make his first career start on the mound on Tuesday night against NDSU, Will Walsh is coming off a career outing last week at Creighton.
• Walsh toed the rubber for a career-high six innings, retiring 17 of the first 18 batters he faced.
• The redshirt sophomore didn't allow a hit until the 19th batter faced, which was a leadoff single in the bottom of the ninth.
• The Leawood, Kan., native allowed three runs, two earned, on two hits and struck out four Bluejays.

Matthews, Caron a Constant on the Base Path
• Brice Matthews and Josh Caron have been a constant on the base paths for the Huskers recently, as both enter the weekend having reached base safely in 20-plus games.
• Matthews comes into Tuesday night's matchup with North Dakota State on a 25-game reached base streak, while Caron has reached base safely in 22 straight games.

Big Red Nearing 400th Win at Hawks Field
• Playing in their 22nd season at Hawks Field, Nebraska is closing in on its 400th all-time win at the ballpark.
• Nebraska enters Tuesday night one win shy of No. 400 at Hawks Field, as the Huskers hold a 399-160-1 record at the home ballpark after the series win against Illinois last weekend.
• NU hasn't had a losing season at home in each of the last 21 seasons.

Huskers Slug Five Multi-Homer Games in 2023
• Through the first six weeks, four Huskers have totaled five multi-homer games for the Big Red this season.
• Josh Caron, Cole Evans and Gabe Swansen have each homered twice in a game once this season, while Max Anderson has compiled two multi-homer games this season.
• Since 2000, NU has had 72 individual multi-homer games, including a season-high eight times in 2000, 2001 and 2005. The five set this year are the most since having six multi-homer games in 2006.

Numbers to Know
1 – Nebraska is one win shy of No. 400 all-time at Hawks Field. The Huskers are in their 22nd season playing at Hawks Field and are 399-160-1.
5 – The Huskers have five individual multi-homer games this season, which are the most since totaling six in the 2006 campaign. Since 2000, NU has had 72 individual multi-homer games.
8 – The Husker offense has scored at least eight runs 12 times, sporting a 10-1-1 mark in those games.
96 – Brice Matthews sits four RBI away from the century mark after moving his career total to 96 last weekend. The junior has 11 multi-RBI games this season, including a pair of five-RBI games.
4 – NU is one of four teams nationally with two everyday starters hitting above .400 on the season, joining Florida, Georgia and Grand Canyon."

[Elvis was a Bison]

Tonight's game was an entertaining event, with good pitching thru 6 innings. Unfortunately, a big 3-run home run in the bottom 7th was the difference as the Huskers down the Bison 4-1. Nebraska's defense made some big-time plays to stifle some NDSU opportunities early in the game and the Huskers starting pitcher Will Walsh struck out 11 and only walked 2 batters in 7 innings to keep the score 1-1 through 6.5 innings.

Bison (5-19) (2-1): 1 run on 3 hits, with 2 errors and 5 LOB
Huskers (14-8-1) (2-1): 4 runs on 5 hits, with 1 error and 4 LOB

Batteries:
NDSU: Parker Puetz, Jacobs (4), N Johnson (6), Ligtenberg (7). Danielson (7), Zetterman (8) and Will Busch
Huskers: Will Walsh, Shay Shanaman (8) and Ben Columbus

WP: Will Walsh (1-1)
LP: Reese Ligtenberg (1-1)
Save: Shay Shanaman (3)

Homeruns: Nebraska - Bruce Matthews (8) 3-run to left field

NDSU: 3 singles by 3 different hitters
Nebraska: Ben Columbus 2-3, Bruce Mathews HR and 3 RBI, Gabe Swanson 2B

Next up for the Bison is a 3-game series with SDSU in Brookings beginning Friday.

[Elvis was a Bison]

Not much preview information on today's round 2 with the Cornhuskers, but I'll give you what I found...

From gobison.com;

"THIS WEEK
The North Dakota State (15-26, 10-5 Summit) baseball team enters the week on a four-game win streak and is back on the road at Nebraska (24-16-1, 9-6 Big Ten) on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., before starting a three-game series at Northern Colorado (8-27, 5-10 Summit) on Friday at 3:00 p.m.

THE SERIES VS. NEBRASKA
This will be the eighth all-time meeting between NDSU and Nebraska dating back to 1982 with the Huskers leading the series, 7-0. Earlier this season, the Huskers edged the Bison, 4-1, with a three-run home run in the seventh inning. Parker Puetz paced NDSU with five strikeouts and one hit over 3.0 innings on the mound."

From huskers.com;

NEBRASKA vs. NORTH DAKOTA STATE
May 3, 2023
Hawks Field at Haymarket Park | Lincoln, Neb.

Wednesday, May 3 – 6:05 p.m. CT
Pitching: TBD vs. TBD
TV/Streaming: B1G+
Radio: Huskers Radio Network – Lincoln (1400 AM), Omaha (590 AM), Huskers.com, Huskers App

Nebraska hosts North Dakota State for the second time this season in a midweek matchup tomorrow night at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park.

First pitch between the Huskers and Bison is scheduled for 6:05 p.m.

Wednesday night's game can be seen on B1G+, while fans can listen to Greg Sharpe and Ben McLaughlin call the action on the Huskers Radio Network, which can be heard on KLIN (1400 AM) in Lincoln and KXSP (590 AM) in Omaha. Every game this season can be heard for free on Huskers.com and the Official Nebraska Huskers App for both iOS and android devices.

Nebraska vs. North Dakota State
• Nebraska holds a perfect 7-0 record against North Dakota State in the all-time series.
• In their last meeting earlier this season, the Huskers came away with a 4-1 victory over the Bison on March 28 at Hawks Field.
• Prior to last season's meeting, the two teams last met in a doubleheader in 2005.
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Max Loven (1-2, 10.16 ERA) will be on the mound for the Bison and will face Kyle Perry (0-0, 5.60 ERA) for the Cornhiuskers.

[Elvis was a Bison]

The Bison came out of the dugout with their tails on fire, with a single by Schwabe, a single by Brookshaw, a 3-run bomb by Sacket, a single by Huggins, a sac bunt/error by Steil, a walk to Hake, a sac fly by Hill, a sac fly by Busch, a single by Law, and a flyout by Schwabe finally ends the inning. The Herd sends 10 batters to the plate and 5 of them score in the first, giving Loven a lot to work with entering the bottom half of the inning. Bison get 1 run but give up 2 solo dingers in the 3rd to make it 6-2 Bison going into the 4th. a 0-13 mid-game funk by the Bison, including a 9 up, 9 down relief appearance by the Huskers Brett Sears, allowed Nebraska to hang around at 6-3 until the bottom of the ninth, when a 2-run homerun by Brice Matthew, his second of the game, pulled the Huskers within 1 run at 6-5. But, Riedinger registered the 16th strikeout of the game by the pitching staff of the Bison to slam the door and secure the win.

Bison: (16-26) (10-5): 6 runs on 7 hits, with 1 error and 4 LOB
Huskers (24-17-1) (9-6): 5 runs on 7 hits, with 1 error and 6 LOB

Batteries:

NDSU: Max Loven, Shea Zetterman, (4) Wyatt Nelson (5), Carson Jacobs (6), Joey Danielson (8) Skylar Riedinger (9) and Will Busch
Huskers: Kyle Perry, Drew Christo (2) Jackson Brockett (4) Brett Sears (5) Corbin Hawkins (8) and Josh Caron

WP: Carson Jacobs (1-4)
LP: Kyle Perry (0-1)


Homeruns:
Nebraska: Cole Evans (4) - solo to right in the 3rd inning. Brice Mathews (16) - solo to left in the 3rd inning. Griffin Everett (3)- solo to left in the 4th inning. Brice Mathews (17) - 2-run to center in the 9th inning.
NDSU: Druw Sackett (11) - 3-run to right center in the 1st inning.

NDSU: Druw Sacket HR, 3RBI. Cadyn Schwabe 2-5. Garret Hill 1 RBI. Will Busch 1 RBI.
Nebraska: Brice Matthews 2 HR, 3 RBI. Cole Evans HR, 1 RBI. Everett HR, 1 RBI. C Fischer 2B

On to Greeley and a Summit League series with UNC beginning Friday @ 3:00 PM, where the Bison will try to extend their 5-game winning streak!!

[El_Chapo]

Darin Erstad ain't walking thru those doors. Bye Huskers... at least the gophers are worse than you.