Huskers, Wildcats Square Off Tuesday Night

Nebraska (14-16) at Kansas State (15-17)
April 10, 2018
Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, Kan.

Tuesday, April 10
6:30 p.m. (CT)
Video Stream: ESPN3
Radio: Husker Sports Network
Nate Fisher (1-4) vs. TBA

The Nebraska baseball team heads to Manhattan, Kan., for a midweek game when the Huskers face Kansas State at Tointon Family Stadium on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. (CT).

How to Listen/Watch the Huskers
Fans can listen to Greg Sharpe and Ben McLaughlin call the action on the Husker Sports Network. Every game this season can be heard on Huskers.com and the Official Nebraska Huskers App for both iOS and android devices.

The game will be carried on TuneIn.com and the TuneIn App on the Husker IMG Sports Network channel. Fans in Lincoln can listen on 1400 AM and fans in Omaha can listen on 590 AM.

The game will be streamed on ESPN3.

Last Time Out
The Huskers dropped both games of a two-game set at Michigan State last weekend. The Spartans took Saturday’s game by a 17-5 margin before winning Sunday’s finale, 5-3.

Next Up 
The Huskers return home to continue Big Ten play when they host Iowa for a three-game series at Hawks Field. Friday’s opener is set for 6:35 p.m. (CT) on BTN Plus. Saturday’s game will start at 2:05 p.m. (CT) and be televised on NET. Sunday’s finale begins at 1 p.m. (CT) and will be televised on ESPNU.

Quick Notes

• Jaxon Hallmark enters the week on a season-long reaching base streak (14), which is also the current longest on the team.
• Scott Schreiber enters the week on a nine-game hitting streak, the longest on the team.

Schreiber on Fire at the Plate

• Scott Schreiber continued his hot streak last weekend to earn Big Ten Player-of-the-Week honors on Monday. He has homered in five consecutive games and has seven homers in his last eight games.
• Schreiber leads the Huskers in most offensive statistical categories and is among the Big Ten and national leaders in several categories as well.
  » Team-high .413 batting average: second in the Big Ten and ninth in the nation
  » Team-high 50 hits: leads the Big Ten and 14th in the nation
  » Team-high 34 runs scored: second in the Big Ten and 33rd in the nation
  » Team-high 30 RBIs: fourth in the Big Ten
  » Team-high 10 doubles: tied for third in the Big Ten
  » Team-high 11 home runs: second in the Big Ten and 11th in the nation
  » Team-high 93 total bases: second in the Big Ten and seventh in the nation
  » Team-high .769 slugging percentage: sixth in the nation
• In his last 17 games, Schreiber has gone 37-for-71 (.521) with 10 home runs, 24 RBIs, 25 runs scored
• In the first 13 games of the season, Schreiber went 13-for-50 (.260) with one home run, six RBIs and nine runs scored.
• In Big Ten play (eight games), Schreiber is 21-for-33 (.636) with seven home runs, four doubles, 11 RBIs and 13 runs scored.
• Schreiber became the eighth Husker to reach the 200-hit/30-home run career milestone at Nebraska earlier this season. 

Scouting the Kansas State Wildcats

• Nebraska leads the all-time series against Kansas State, 168-114, dating back to the first meeting between the schools in 1898.
  » Last season, Nebraska swept the two-game series against the Wildcats, winning on March 28 at home, 11-1, before a 6-1 win on the road on April 11.
  » Nebraska is 73-62 on the road against Kansas State
  » Nebraska is 93-51 at home against Kansas State
  » Nebraska is 2-1 at a neutral site against Kansas State
• Kansas State is 15-17 this season after losing to Oklahoma State on Monday afternoon. The Wildcats are 2-7 in Big 12 play with both wins coming against Texas to close out the month of March.
• K-State ranks 12th in the nation in stolen bases (59). Drew Mount ranks 14th in the nation individually with 17 stolen bases.
• Head Coach Brad Hill is 460-377-3 in his 15th season at Kansas State. He is 878-468-3 in his 24th year as a head coach. Hill is assisted by Mitch Gaspard, Tyler Kincaid and Shane Conlon.
• Players to Watch
  » #18 Will Brennan (Sophomore OF): Leads the team in batting average (.368), runs scored (33), hits (49) and doubles (10)
  » #30 Drew Mount (Junior OF): Leads the team in home runs (8), RBIs (33) and stolen bases (17)
  » #9 TK McWhertor (Junior C): Batting .337 with 13 RBIs, 10 runs scored, two doubles and one home run

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