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Husker Baseball Blog: April 11

 Texas (23-8, 8-6 Big 12) vs. Nebraska (16-17-1, 4-10 Big 12)

The Huskers look to bounce back this afternoon, as Nebraska takes on No. 9 Texas in the series finale at 1:05 p.m. Catch the game on the IMG Husker Sports Network and on Huskers.com.

4:20 p.m.
Huskers fall, 9-2 to Texas

                              Nebraska Baseball
                              #9 Texas at Nebraska
                   Apr 11, 2009 at Lincoln, NE (Hawks Field)

Texas 9 (24-8,9-6 Big 12)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB  Avg.
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Tucker, Travis 2b........  4  1  3  0   1  0  2  2   0  .317
Torres, Michael 3b.......  4  1  2  0   2  0  0  3   1  .301
Belt, Brandon 1b.........  6  1  2  0   0  1 11  2   4  .330
Moldenhauer, Russell dh..  1  0  0  1   0  0  0  0   0  .244
Clark, Preston ph/dh....  4  1  2  2   0  2  0  0   0  .222
Shepherd, Tant lf........  4  1  0  0   1  1  2  0   3  .277
Lusson, Kyle rf.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0  .212
Keyes, Kevin rf..........  4  2  1  0   1  1  1  0   2  .278
Maitland, Tim lf........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0  .091
Rupp, Cameron c..........  5  0  2  2   0  1  5  0   0  .263
Loy, Brandon ss..........  3  0  1  1   1  1  3  5   1  .261
Rowe, Connor cf..........  5  2  2  2   0  1  0  0   0  .254
Green, Cole p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   0     -
Totals................... 40  9 15  8   6  8 27 13  12

Nebraska 2 (16-18-1,4-11 Big 12)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB  Avg.
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Collins, Boomer cf.......  3  1  1  0   1  0  0  0   0  .268
Tezak, Jeff 2b...........  4  1  1  0   0  0  3  2   0  .330
Asche, Cody 3b...........  2  0  0  1   1  0  1  1   1  .351
Farst, Tyler 1b..........  4  0  0  0   0  1  7  2   0  .339
Bailey, Adam rf..........  4  0  1  1   0  0  2  1   0  .315
Thompson, Cade lf........  4  0  1  0   0  1  2  0   2  .160
Kiser, Kale dh...........  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0  .207
Kline, Ben ss............  3  0  0  0   0  0  2  2   1  .226
Burleson, Cory c.........  2  0  0  0   1  1  9  0   0  .273
Hauptman, Casey p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0     -
Nesseth, Mike p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0     -
Rose, Eric p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0  .000
Bird, Erik p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0     -
Kerkhoff, Nate p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0     -
Kalkowski, Kash p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0  .000
Totals................... 29  2  4  2   3  5 27 11   4

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Texas............... 122 011 110 -  9 15  1
Nebraska............ 000 101 000 -  2  4  3
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E - Green, C.(1); Collins, B.(2); Asche, C.(3); Farst, T.(5). DP - Longhorns
2; Cornhuskers 1. LOB - Longhorns 12; Cornhuskers 4. 2B - Thompson, C.(1).
3B - Belt, B.(2). HR - Rowe, C.(4). SH - Tucker, T.(1). SF - Loy, B.(3);
Asche, C.(1). SB - Tucker, T.(7); Torres, M. 2(5); Belt, B.(4); Keyes,
K.(4).

Texas                  IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP   ERA
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Green, Cole.........  9.0  4  2  1  3  5 29 33 110  2.42

Nebraska               IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP   ERA
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Hauptman, Casey.....  1.2  4  3  3  1  0  9 10  39  5.77
Nesseth, Mike.......  0.1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1   3  3.69
Rose, Eric..........  1.0  3  2  2  1  0  5  6  27  6.20
Bird, Erik..........  3.0  4  2  1  1  5 13 15  56  7.52
Kerkhoff, Nate......  1.0  2  1  1  0  0  3  4  13  4.70
Kalkowski, Kash.....  2.0  2  1  0  3  3  9 12  47  5.75

Win - Green, C. (3-0).  Loss - Hauptman, C (2-3).  Save - None.
Inherited runners/scored: Nesseth, M. 1/0. Pitches/strikes: Green, C. 110/75;
Hauptman, C 39/21; Nesseth, M. 3/1; Rose, E. 27/15; Bird, E. 56/38; Kerkhoff, N.
13/7; Kalkowski, K 47/25.
Umpires - HP: Scott Wilkerson  1B: Mike Droll  3B: Mark Winters
Start: 1:08p.m.   Time: 2:46   Attendance: 5219
Weather: 60; Sunny; SSE 12
Game: NU35

3:50 p.m.
We head to the bottom of the ninth with the Huskers trailing 9-2.

3:40 p.m.
Nebraska is held scoreless in the eighth, as Asche grounds into a 4-6-3 double play to end the threat. Nebraska is down 9-2 in the ninth,

3:34 p.m.
Texas puts up another run in the eighth, plating an unearned run and taking advantage of the Huskers third error of the day. UT leads 9-2 after seven and a half innings

3:20 p.m.
The Longhorns get out of the eighth on a bang-bang play at first as Michael Torres' throw was wide of first, but first baseman Brandon Belt tried to apply the tag. First base umprire Mike Droll  called Ben Kline safe, but home plate umpire Mark Winters overturned the call, much to the displeasure of Mike Anderson and the Husker coaching staff.

3:11 p.m.
Texas makes it 8-2 in the top of the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Brandon Loy, as Green has allowed just three hits over six plus innings

3:02 p.m.
Nebraska gets a run in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Cody Asche to pull within 7-2. Bird matches his career high with five strikeouts over three innings of relief. 

2:52 p.m.
UT pushes across another run in the top of the sixth, getting an infield RBI single from Preston Clark

2:36 p.m.
Green sets the Huskers down in order in the fifth, as the Longhorns lead 6-1 after five complete at Hawks Field

2:31 p.m.
Texas pushes their lead to 6-1, taking advantage of a pair of Husker errors and an RBI single by Cameron Rupp.

2:22 p.m.
Adam Bailey breaks both the shutout and no-hit by by Green with a two-out RBI single to center to pull the Huskers within 5-1 

2:12 p.m.
Erik Bird comes in and tosses a perfect fourth inning. The Huskers are looking for their first hit  and have the top of the lineup up in the fourth

2:02 p.m.
Texas extends their lead to 5-0 with a pair of runs in the top of the third.. The fans got a little excitment when Adam Bailey fired a strike from right field go get Cameron Rupp at third base to end the inning. Texas third base coach Tommy Harmon disagreed with the call and voiced his displeasure and got tossed from the contest.

1:37 p.m.
Green sets the Huskers down in order in the second, while Mike Nesseth suffered an injury in getting NU out of the second. Eric Rose is now in for the Huskers.

1:35 p.m.
Texas tacks on a pair of runs on a two-run homer by Conner Rowe to take a 3-0 lead.

1:22 p.m.
Cole Green retires the side in order in the bottom of the first, as Texas leads 1-0 after an inning of work

1:16 p.m.
Texas jumped out to a 1-0 lead getting an RBI groundout by Russell Moldenhauer to score Travis Tucker.

1:05 p.m.
It is 60 degrees with winds from the Southeast at 12 miles per hour.

12:47 p.m.
Lineups are now posted for today's game. Cade Thompson makes his first start in left field, while freshmen Kale Kiser, Cody Asche, Cory Burleson and Boomer Collins are all in today's lineup

                              #9 Texas at Nebraska
                   Apr 11, 2009 at Lincoln, NE (Hawks Field)

Texas 0

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Tucker, Travis 2b........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Torres, Michael 3b.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Belt, Brandon 1b.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Moldenhauer, Russell dh..  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Shepherd, Tant lf........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Keyes, Kevin rf..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Rupp, Cameron c..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Loy, Brandon ss..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Rowe, Connor cf..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Green, Cole p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals...................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0

Nebraska 0

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Collins, Boomer cf.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Tezak, Jeff 2b...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Asche, Cody 3b...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Farst, Tyler 1b..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Bailey, Adam rf..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Thompson, Cade lf........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Kiser, Kale dh...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Kline, Ben ss............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Burleson, Cory c.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Hauptman, Casey p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals...................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0

Score by Innings         R  H  E
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Texas...............  -  0  0  0
Nebraska............  -  0  0  0
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Texas                  IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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Green, Cole.........  0.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   -

Nebraska               IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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Hauptman, Casey.....  0.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   -

12:44 p.m.
It is one of the best afternoons of the year so far with temperatures approaching 60 degrees at game time. The Huskers have broken out the cream jerseys for only the second time this year and first since March 7 against Cal State Northridge