Huskers Head to Iowa this Weekend

NEBRASKA at IOWA
April 21-23, 2023
Duane Banks Field | Iowa City, Iowa
 
Friday, April 21 – 6:05 p.m. CT
Pitching: LHP Emmett Olson (5-1, 3.35 ERA) vs. RHP Brody Brecht (3-2, 3.20 ERA)
TV/Streaming: B1G+
Radio: Huskers Radio Network – Lincoln (1400 AM), Omaha (590 AM), Huskers.com, Huskers App

Saturday, April 22 – 2:05 p.m. CT

Pitching: RHP Jace Kaminska (5-2, 3.98 ERA) vs. RHP Marcus Morgan (1-1, 5.34 ERA)

TV/Streaming: B1G+

Radio: Huskers Radio Network – Lincoln (105.3 The Bone), Huskers.com, Huskers App

Sunday, April 23 – 1:05 p.m. CT

Pitching: TBD vs. RHP Ty Langenberg (3-2, 4.87 ERA)

TV/Streaming: B1G+

Radio: Huskers Radio Network – Lincoln (1400 AM), Omaha (590 AM), Huskers.com, Huskers App

Nebraska continues Big Ten play this weekend, as the Huskers travel to Iowa for a three-game series at Duane Banks Field in Iowa City, Iowa.

Friday’s series opener is set for 6:05 p.m., while Saturday’s first pitch is scheduled for 2:05 p.m. The series finale between the Huskers and Hawkeyes is set for 1:05 p.m. on Sunday.

All three games of this weekend’s series can be seen on B1G+. Fans can also listen to Ben McLaughlin and Logan Foster call the action on the Huskers Radio Network. The games on Friday and Sunday can be heard on KLIN (1400 AM) in Lincoln and KXSP (590 AM) in Omaha, while Saturday’s game will be carried on 105.3 The Bone in Lincoln. 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. Iowa

• Nebraska and Iowa are locked in a series split through 46 all-time meetings on the baseball diamond. 

• The Huskers and Hawkeyes have played 26 times since the Big Red joined the Big Ten, with Iowa holding a 16-10 advantage. 

• Nebraska is 6-9 through 15 games in Iowa City against Iowa as Big Ten foes.

2-For-.400 

• Nebraska is one of two teams nationally with two everyday starters hitting at least .400 this season at the plate, joining Virginia. 

• Anderson is hitting .417 with 13 doubles, two triples, 13 homers, 45 RBI and 29 runs, while Matthews is adding nine doubles, two triples, 13 home runs, 53 RBI and 41 runs with a .409 hitting clip. 

Anderson, Matthews Join Elite Company 

• Through April 19, Max Anderson and Brice Matthews are two of the six players nationally hitting at least .400 at the plate with 13-plus home runs and 45 or more RBI this season. 

Trio of Huskers Reach 10-HR Mark 

• Through 33 games, Max Anderson, Brice Matthews and Gabe Swansen have reached double-digit home-run totals with 13, 13 and 10 homers, respectively. 

• With the 36 combined home runs from the trio of Huskers, the Huskers have three players with 10-plus homers for the first time since Alex Gordon (19), Curtis Ledbetter (13) and Brandon Fusilier (12) in 2005. 

• NU’s leader in home runs has finished with 10 in each of the last two seasons, while Scott Schreiber’s 18 homers in the 2018 campaign is the last time a Husker surpassed the 10-homer mark for the whole season. 

Burnham on Base 

• Playing predominantly in the No. 9 spot in the lineup and most recently the No. 2 spot through 25 starts, Casey Burnham is third on the team with a .452 on-base percentage. 

• Burnham’s ability to get on base in different ways has been a key component to Brice Matthews’ team-leading 53 RBI this season from the leadoff spot. 

• The Kansas transfer is hitting .329 with eight doubles, a triple, a home run, six walks and 13 hit-by-pitches, while third on the team with 27 runs scored. 

Huskers Boast Top Improved Offense 

• With its improved offensive production, the Huskers are the only school in the country to rank among the 10 most-improved offenses in batting average, slugging percentage, scoring, doubles per game and home runs per game from the 2022 season to the 2023 season. 

• Only two other teams – Northeastern (CAA) and VMI (SoCon) – rank among the 10 most-improved offenses in four of those five categories. The closest a Power Five program comes to matching Nebraska’s improvement is South Carolina (SEC) and Florida (SEC), who each rank among the nation’s 10 most-improved offenses in three of the five categories. 

Huskers Ride Rare 14-Game Home Run Streak 

• Nebraska enters the weekend with Creighton having homered in 14 consecutive games. 

• The 14-game stretch surpassed a 12-game streak set earlier this season, which was snapped against Illinois State. 

• The 14-game streak is the longest single-season streak in program history since 1998, where the Big Red homered in 21 consecutive games. 

• NU has totaled 31 homers in the 14-game stretch, including four games with three-plus home runs. 

Shutting ’em Down From the Pen 

• Over the course of the last 11 games, the Nebraska bullpen has pitched 50.1 strong innings and picked up a pair of saves. 

• In the 11-game stretch, the NU relievers have posted a 1.97 ERA and allowed 11 earned runs, while stifling opponents to a .181 batting average. 

• The Husker bullpen has allowed just five extra-base hits (three doubles and two home runs) while striking out 55 batters and walking 17 in the last 11 games. 

Numbers to Know

2 – Nebraska and Virginia are the only two teams in the country with two everyday starters hitting at least .400 on the season.

3 – With seven home runs vs. Northwestern on Sunday, the Huskers became the third team to homer seven times in a game against a Power Five opponent in 2023, joining Miami and Texas State.

8 – Through 33 games, the Nebraska offense sits eighth nationally with a .556 slugging percentage.

10 – With Brice Matthews (13), Max Anderson (13) and Gabe Swansen (10) leading the home run barrage this season, the Huskers have three players with 10-plus homers for the first time since 2005.

14 – With 186 career hits, Max Anderson is 21 hits shy of becoming the 27th Husker in program history to reach the 200-hit mark in his career at Nebraska.