Nebraska started the season against Stanford!

A picture of the Husker Sport Network announcers. From left to right Greg Sharpe (Announcer for Husker Football and Baseball) Matt Davison (Announcer for Husker Basketball and Husker Football), Janet Boehler, John Boehler, and Lane Grendel (Announcer for Husker Baseball, Husker Football, and Sports Nightly)

Earlier this spring (2/22/08), this writer and his wife were able to go on a trip to watch the Stanford baseball games with the Husker Sports Network group. We stayed in San Fransisco and the trip was great.

Greg, Matt, and Lane were interesting and fun to visit with. You couldn't find a nicer bunch to be with than the Husker Sports Network group. Jim Rose was also on the trip to San Fransisco and he is as nice a guy as you will find. This writer hopes he can get back into announcing soon in some fashion. Nebraska is fortunate to have such a great group of announcers!!

The Nebraska baseball team started its season against a Stanford team that is in the final four of the College World Series! Nebraska lost the first game of the Friday night doubleheader 7-17 but came back and won the second game behind Johnny Dorn 9-2. Jeremy Bleich, the ace for Stanford, gave up one hit in six innings in the first game.

2008 Stanford Baseball
Nebraska at Stanford (Game 1)
02/22/08 at Stanford, CA (Sunken Diamond)

Nebraska 7 (0-1)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Belfonte, DJ rf/cf....... 5 1 2 1 0 0 9 0 0
Mort, Jake 3b............ 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 1
Opitz, Jake 2b........... 4 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0
Neer, Cody 1b............ 5 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 2
Tezak, Jeff dh........... 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Sowers, Brett ph........ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Abeita, Mitch c.......... 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
Nimmo, Bryce cf.......... 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
Stewart, David rf....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cuno, Clay lf............ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Sullivan, Nick lf....... 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
Kline, Ben ss............ 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0
Weber, Thad p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Hatasaki, Joe p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mariot, Michael p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 36 7 9 7 4 5 24 7 7

Stanford 17 (1-0)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Cord Phelps 2b........... 4 2 2 4 1 0 3 1 0
J.J. Jelmini 2b......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Brendan Domaracki lf/rf.. 4 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 0
Kirk Erickson ph........ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Giuliani rf........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sean Ratliff cf.......... 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
Wande Olabisi cf........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Castro c........... 5 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 4
Ben Clowe c............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Molina dh.......... 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Toby Gerhart ph......... 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kellen Kiilsgaard ph.... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jonathan Kaskow pr/dh... 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austin Yount 3b.......... 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Zach Jones ph/3b........ 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0
Brent Milleville 1b...... 5 1 2 1 0 0 10 0 0
Jeff Whitlow rf.......... 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0
Joey August ph/lf....... 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Jake Schlander ss........ 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 1
Adam Gaylord ss......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Jeremy Bleich p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Michael Marshall p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blake Hancock p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Vernon p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rex Petrill p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 39 17 16 16 5 1 27 11 6

Score by Innings R H E
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Nebraska............ 000 000 304 - 7 9 2
Stanford............ 503 045 00X - 17 16 1
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E - Belfonte, D.(1); Neer, C.(1); Marshall(1). DP - Nebraska 1; Stanford 1.
LOB - Nebraska 7; Stanford 6. 2B - Belfonte, D.(1); Mort, J.(1); Castro(1);
Molina(1); Yount(1); Milleville(1); Schlander(1). 3B - Castro(1). HR -
Abeita, M.(1); Phelps 2(2); Jones(1). HBP - Mort, J.; Domaracki; Ratliff. SH
- Yount(1). SB - Opitz, J.(1).

Nebraska IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Weber, Thad......... 3.0 8 8 8 2 1 15 18
Hatasaki, Joe....... 2.0 4 4 4 2 0 10 13
Mariot, Michael..... 3.0 4 5 4 1 0 14 16

Stanford IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Jeremy Bleich....... 6.0 1 0 0 3 4 18 22
Michael Marshall.... 0.2 2 3 1 0 1 5 5
Blake Hancock....... 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 5 5
Billy Vernon........ 0.2 4 4 4 1 0 6 7
Rex Petrill......... 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2

Win - Bleich (1-0). Loss - Weber, T. (0-1). Save - None.
HBP - by Bleich (Mort, J.); by Hatasaki, J. (Ratliff); by Mariot, M.
(Domaracki). PB - Castro(1). Inherited runners/scored: Hancock 1/1; Petrill 1/0.
Umpires - HP: Joe Burleson 1B: Bill Speck 3B: Kelly Gonzales
Start: 2:03 pm Time: 2:53 Attendance:
Weather: 53F, N-NW 13mph, mostly cloudy
Game notes:
BATTERIES: NEB - Weber, Hatasaki (4), Mariot (6) and Abeita. STAN - Bleich,
Marshall (7), Hancock (7), Vernon (9), Petrill (9) and Castro, Clowe (9).
HRs: STAN - Phelps 2 (1st, solo in 1st; 2nd, 3-run in 6th), Jones (1st,
solo in 5th); NEB - Abeita (1st, solo in 7th).
Game: 022208


2008 Stanford Baseball
Nebraska at Stanford (Game 2)
02/22/08 at Stanford, CA (Sunken Diamond)

Nebraska 9 (1-1)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Belfonte, DJ rf.......... 6 0 4 4 0 1 4 0 0
Mort, Jake 3b............ 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
Opitz, Jake 2b........... 3 0 1 0 3 0 2 3 3
Neer, Cody 1b............ 5 1 1 0 0 0 6 1 6
Tezak, Jeff dh........... 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Johnston, Dan pr/lf..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Abeita, Mitch c.......... 5 1 2 1 1 1 10 0 1
Nimmo, Bryce cf.......... 4 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
Sullivan, Nick lf........ 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Kline, Ben ss............ 4 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 2
Dorn, Johnny p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Nesseth, Mike p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Herr, Zach p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 39 9 13 7 7 5 27 6 16

Stanford 2 (1-1)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Cord Phelps 2b........... 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 1
Joey August lf........... 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0
Sean Ratliff cf.......... 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0
Jason Castro 1b.......... 2 0 0 0 1 2 7 0 0
Randy Molina dh.......... 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Toby Gerhart ph......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Austin Yount 3b.......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
Colin Walsh 3b.......... 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Brent Milleville c....... 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0
Zach Jones c............ 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jeff Whitlow rf.......... 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Brendan Domaracki ph/rf. 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ben Clowe ph............ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jake Schlander ss........ 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0
Erik Davis p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Sandbrink p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alex Pracher p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cory Bannister p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Will Krasne p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Stilson p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 31 2 6 1 2 10 27 10 7

Score by Innings R H E
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Nebraska............ 043 010 010 - 9 13 2
Stanford............ 100 000 001 - 2 6 0
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E - Neer, C.(2); Abeita, M.(1). DP - Nebraska 1. LOB - Nebraska 16; Stanford
7. 2B - Belfonte, D.(2); Abeita, M. 2(2); Walsh(1). HBP - Mort, J. 2; Neer,
C.; Tezak, J.; Kline, B.; Phelps; Castro. SH - Sullivan, N.(1). SF -
Ratliff(1). SB - Belfonte, D.(1); Nimmo, B.(1); Phelps(1).

Nebraska IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Dorn, Johnny........ 6.0 3 1 0 1 7 20 24
Nesseth, Mike....... 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 5 6
Herr, Zach.......... 1.2 2 1 1 0 2 6 6

Stanford IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Erik Davis.......... 2.2 8 7 7 1 4 16 19
Danny Sandbrink..... 2.1 2 1 1 2 0 9 12
Alex Pracher........ 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 8 10
Cory Bannister...... 1.0 1 1 1 3 0 3 7
Will Krasne......... 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Tom Stilson......... 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Win - Dorn, J. (1-0). Loss - Davis (0-1). Save - None.
WP - Nesseth, M.(1); Davis 2(2); Sandbrink(1); Pracher(1); Krasne(1). HBP - by
Dorn, J. (Phelps); by Davis (Tezak, J.); by Davis (Mort, J.); by Sandbrink
(Kline, B.); by Dorn, J. (Castro); by Pracher (Mort, J.); by Krasne (Neer, C.).
PB - Milleville 2(2). Inherited runners/scored: Herr, Z. 2/0; Sandbrink 1/0;
Stilson 1/0.
Umpires - HP: Bill Speck 1B: Kelly Gonzales 3B: Joe Burleson
Start: 5:37 pm Time: 3:40 Attendance: 1618
Weather: 51F, NNW7 mph, mostly cloudy
Game notes:
BATTERIES: NEB - Dorn, Nesseth (7), Herr (8) and Abeita.
STAN - Davis, Sandbrink (3), Pracher (6), Bannister (8), Krasne (9),
Stilson (9) and Milleville, Jones (7). HRs: None.
Game: 022208-2