Red Raiders Top No. 12 Huskers, 10-3

Lincoln ? Jesse Boyer drove in a career-high three runs, but Texas Tech took advantage of a costly fourth-inning error to score five unearned runs and take the weekend series with a 10-3 victory over No. 12 Nebraska Sunday at Hawks Field.

The Red Raiders (20-12, 3-5 Big 12) snapped NU’s streak of 10 straight conference series wins and became the first Big 12 team to take a series over the Huskers since Hawks Field opened in 2002. NU had won 13 straight conference home series, dating back to March of 2001.

"This game was a very humbling experience, especially getting beat this way at home," Nebraska Head Coach Mike Anderson said. "They took it to us. You have to give them credit, they deserved to win today."

The Husker left fielder provided nearly all of NU’s offensive highlights, going 3-for-4 and driving in all three Nebraska runs, as the Huskers dipped to 24-7 overall and 6-3 in league play.

Nebraska took a 2-0 lead into the fourth before the Red Raiders answered with five runs to take the lead for good, scoring four times with two outs. Josh Haney reached on an error by first baseman Curtis Ledbetter, his first in 208 chances this season, to open the frame. Haney eventually scored on Jose Delgado’s RBI single two batters later before Texas Tech added two-out, two-run singles by Cameron Blair and Josh Brady to take a 5-2 lead.

Justin Pekarek took the loss, allowing five runs ? all unearned ? on seven hits in 3.2 innings to drop to 4-1 on the season. The left-hander struck out six, one off his career high, but could not shut the door on Texas Tech in the Red Raiders’ five-run fourth.

The outburst would be all the runs that Texas Tech would need, as reliever Corey Gerstner shut the door on the Huskers in working a career-high six innings of relief. Gerstner (2-0) fanned five without a walk and scattered seven hits before NU finally scored off of the Red Raider on Boyer’s eighth-inning RBI single.

NU took an early 2-0 lead in the second on Boyer’s two-run single and had an opportunity to take control later in the inning, loading the bases off of starter Michael McGowan, but Gerstner came in and struck out Mullinax to end the inning.

The Red Raiders extended their lead to 8-2 in the sixth on a three-run homer by Josh Brady to center, as he went 2-for-5 with five RBIs to lead Texas Tech’s 17-hit attack. Madison Edwards and Cody Fuller also had three hits apiece in the win.

In the eighth, Texas Tech added a pair of runs on Delgado’s RBI triple and an RBI double by Edwards to extend the lead to 10-2.

NU, which stranded 12 runners, closed to within 10-3 in the eighth, as Boyer singled home Braden Keith, who scored two of NU’s three runs, with a RBI single. NU had two runners on with two outs, but Adam Fry, who earned the save in Saturday’s win, got Alex Gordon to fly out to end the threat.

The Huskers return to action on Tuesday night, when they play host to No. 10 Wichita State (20-5). First pitch is set for 6:35 p.m.

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Nebraska Baseball Texas Tech at #12 Nebraska Apr 11, 2004 at Lincoln, Neb. (Hawks Field)

Texas Tech 10 (20-12,3-5 BIG 12)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg. ------------------------------------------------------------ Blair, Cameron ss........ 5 2 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 .338 Braden, Dallas dh........ 6 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .423 Brady, Josh 1b........... 5 1 2 5 0 3 14 0 3 .368 Haney, Josh 3b........... 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 .336 Andrews, Ryan lf......... 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 2 .306 Delgado, Jose 2b......... 5 2 2 2 0 2 1 3 0 .302 Edwards, Madison rf...... 5 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 .351 Fuller, Cody cf.......... 4 1 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 .268 Fouts, Cooper c.......... 4 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 3 .240 McGowan, Michael p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - Gerstner, Corey p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - Fry, Adam p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Totals................... 43 10 17 10 2 10 27 13 10

Nebraska 3 (24-7,6-3 BIG 12)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg. ------------------------------------------------------------ Shockey, Colin cf........ 5 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 .340 Bruce, Daniel rf......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .262 Gordon, Alex 3b.......... 4 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 2 .372 Mullinax, Jake 2b........ 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 5 .378 Ledbetter, Curtis 1b..... 5 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 2 .297 Steele, Chad c........... 3 0 1 0 0 0 10 2 1 .277 Keith, Braden dh......... 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .339 Simokaitis, Joe ss....... 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .311 Boyer, Jesse lf.......... 4 0 3 3 0 1 3 0 0 .325 Pekarek, Justin p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Schoeninger, Tim p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - Becker, Jeremy p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - Sillman, Mike p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Klausing, Jon p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Totals................... 34 3 11 3 3 5 27 6 12

Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- Texas Tech.......... 000 503 020 - 10 17 0 Nebraska............ 020 000 010 - 3 11 2 -------------------------------------------

E - Ledbetter, C(1); Pekarek, J.(1). DP - Red Raiders 2. LOB - Red Raiders 10; Huskers 12. 2B - Edwards(3); Shockey, C.(6); Gordon, A.(12); Keith, B.(3); Simokaitis,(8). 3B - Delgado(4); Edwards(3). HR - Brady(11). HBP - Fouts; Bruce, D.; Steele, C. 2. SH - Andrews(1); Bruce, D.(8); Keith, B.(5). SB - Blair(12); Braden(2); Haney(5). CS - Edwards(2).

Texas Tech IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA -------------------------------------------------------- McGowan, Michael.... 1.2 4 2 2 2 0 9 12 43 3.81 Gerstner, Corey..... 6.0 7 1 1 0 5 22 26 85 2.22 Fry, Adam........... 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 18 4.74

Nebraska IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA -------------------------------------------------------- Pekarek, Justin..... 3.2 7 5 0 0 6 20 21 74 4.28 Schoeninger, Tim.... 1.1 5 3 3 1 1 8 9 29 4.26 Becker, Jeremy...... 1.2 2 0 0 1 1 7 8 22 1.08 Sillman, Mike....... 1.1 3 2 2 0 1 5 6 20 3.38 Klausing, Jon....... 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 16 6.39

Win - Gerstner (2-0). Loss - Pekarek, J. (4-1). Save - None. WP - Gerstner(1). HBP - by McGowan (Steele, C.); by Pekarek, J. (Fouts); by Gerstner (Steele, C.); by Gerstner (Bruce, D.). BK - Gerstner(1); Pekarek, J.(2). Inherited runners/scored: Gerstner 3/0; Fry 2/0; Schoeninger, 2/0; Sillman, M. 3/0. Pitches/strikes: McGowan 43/24; Gerstner 85/60; Fry 18/9; Pekarek, J. 74/56; Schoeninger, 29/17; Becker, J. 22/14; Sillman, M. 20/12; Klausing, J. 16/10. Umpires - HP: Mike Droll 1B: Andy Eaves 3B: Chris Coskey Start: 1:05p.m. Time: 2:57 Attendance: 2817 Schoeninger, faced 3 batters in the 6th. Game: NU31