Huskers Step Back into Big Ten Action at Ohio State

NEBRASKA at OHIO STATE
April 1-3, 2022
Bill Davis Stadium | Columbus, Ohio
 
Friday, April 1 – 5:05 p.m. (CT)
Pitching: RHP Shay Schanaman (1-3) vs. LHP Isaiah Coupet (2-2)
TV/Streaming: B1G+
Radio: Huskers Radio Network – Lincoln (1400 AM), Omaha (590 AM), Huskers.com, Huskers App
 
Saturday, April 2 – 2:05 p.m. (CT)
Pitching: RHP Koty Frank (2-0) vs. RHP Nate Haberthier (0-2)
TV/Streaming: B1G+
Radio: Huskers Radio Network – Lincoln (1400 AM), Omaha (590 AM), Huskers.com, Huskers App
 
Sunday, April 3 – 12:05 p.m. (CT)
Pitching: RHP Dawson McCarville (2-3) vs. RHP Wyatt Loncar (1-2)
TV/Streaming: B1G+
Radio: Huskers Radio Network – Lincoln (1400 AM), Omaha (590 AM), Huskers.com, Huskers App

Nebraska returns to Big Ten action this weekend, as the Huskers travel to Ohio State for a three-game series on Friday-Sunday, April 1-3 at Bill Davis Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.

 

First pitch on Friday is scheduled for 5:05 p.m. (CT), followed by a 2:05 p.m. start on Saturday and a 12:05 p.m. first pitch on Sunday.

 

All three games this weekend will be broadcast live on B1G+, with Tyler Danburg and Caleb Spinner on the call. Fans can also listen to Greg Sharpe and Ben McLaughlin call all of the action this weekend on the Huskers Radio Network. All three games will be carried on KLIN (1400 AM) in Lincoln and KXSP (590 AM) in Omaha. Every game this season can be heard for free on Huskers.com and the Official Nebraska Huskers App for both iOS and Android devices.

 

Last Time Out

Nebraska fell 3-2 in a midweek matchup at Creighton on Tuesday night at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha. Garrett Anglim began the second with a double to right center and later scored on Core Jackson’s RBI single up the middle to open the scoring. The Bluejays responded with two runs on three hits in the bottom of the second to take a 2-1 lead. Creighton capitalized on a two-out fielding error by the Huskers in the fifth to extend its lead to 3-1. Nebraska tacked on a run in the seventh and had runners on first and third with no outs in the eighth but couldn’t get another run home to tie the game. 

 

Scouting the Ohio State Buckeyes

• Ohio State is 8-13 on the season and 0-1 in Big Ten play after falling vs. Toledo on Wednesday night.

• Marcus Ernst has started all 21 games this season, hitting a team-best .429 with three doubles, two triples, a home run and 10 RBI. Zach Dezenzo leads the Buckeyes with seven homers and 21 RBI this year, followed by Drew Reckart with five home runs.

• Isaiah Coupet is 2-2 on the season with a 5.40 ERA and 45 strikeouts in 28.1 innings. Nate Haberthier is 0-2 with a 5.47 ERA, while Wyatt Loncar has a 5.49 ERA with a record of 1-2 this year.

• As a team, Ohio State is hitting .266 with 187 hits, 35 doubles, four triples, 25 home runs and 135 runs through 21 games.

• The Buckeye pitching staff has a team ERA of 5.22, while allowing 132 runs, 104 earned, and striking out 207 in 179.1 innings.

• Head coach Greg Beals is in his 12th season at Ohio State and holds a record of 333-271-1 with the Buckeyes. Beals is in his 20th season overall as a head coach and has a career record of 576- 473-1.

 

The Series

• The Huskers and Buckeyes have met 29 times on the diamond, with Nebraska holding a 16-13 record in the all-time series.

• The two teams played each other four times last season, twice in Minneapolis and two times in Bloomington, Ind.

• Nebraska and Ohio State split two games in U.S. Bank Stadium in March, while the Huskers swept the Buckeyes with victories of 11-9 and 9-0 in May.

 

Quick Hits

• Garrett Anglim is hitting a team-best .358 at the plate, followed by Griffin Everitt (.298) and Luke Jessen (.271).

• Everitt leads the Huskers with five home runs and 17 RBI, while Max Anderson has scored a team-high 17 runs this season.

• Brice Matthews has a team-high nine stolen bases on the season and is second on the team with six doubles, two home runs and 12 RBI.

• Emmett Olson and Tyler Martin have made a team-high 10 appearances on the mound this season, followed by Mason Ornelas and CJ Hood with eight appearances.

• As a team, Nebraska is hitting .242 with 182 hits, 36 doubles, seven triples, 13 homers and 118 runs.

• The Husker pitching staff has a team ERA of 5.05, while allowing 140 runs, 110 earned, and striking out 197 in 196 innings.

 

Brice on Base

• Brice Matthews enters this weekend’s series with a 17-game on-base streak dating back to the final game of the TCU series on Feb. 27.

• In the 17-game stretch, Matthews is hitting .297 with five doubles, two home runs, eight RBI and 14 runs.

• Matthews has tallied five multi-hit games during the streak, including a three-hit performance in the home opener vs. Omaha.

 

Freshmen Making an Impact

• 11 freshmen have made their collegiate debut this season for the Huskers.

• The six freshmen pitchers have combined for 31 appearances on the mound, including two starts, while the five other freshmen have totaled 78 games played, including 60 starts.

• The freshmen are responsible for 30.1 of the 196 innings pitched by the Husker pitching staff this season and 34 of the 197 strikeouts this season.

• At the plate, the freshmen have recorded 54 hits, 32 RBI and 27 runs through the first 23 games, which is 28.3 percent of Nebraska’s offensive production in runs, hits and RBI this season.

 

Ninth-Inning Thrillers

• Nebraska has had six games this season decided in the ninth inning, going 3-3 in those six games.

• The Huskers suffered walk-off losses at UT Arlington and Omaha before posting three walk-off wins in a four-game stretch against Omaha, New Mexico State and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

• The largest deficit Nebraska has overcome in the ninth is three after scoring four in the bottom of the ninth in the 13-12 win over Texas A&M-CC.

• The Big Red suffered its third loss in the ninth inning this season in last weekend’s series vs. Michigan. The Huskers climbed back to tie the game at six in the bottom of the eighth before allowing two runs in the top of the ninth in an 8-6 loss vs. the Wolverines.