Nebraska Set for Tuesday Night Tilt at Creighton

NEBRASKA at CREIGHTON
March 29, 2022
Charles Schwab Field | Omaha, Neb.

Tuesday, March 29 – 6:32 p.m.
Pitching: RHP Jaxon Jelkin (0-0) vs. RHP Dylan Tebrake (3-1)
TV/Streaming: Nebraska Public Media
Radio: Huskers Radio Network – Lincoln (1400 AM), Omaha (590 AM), Huskers.com, Huskers App

The Nebraska baseball team makes the short trip to Omaha for a midweek matchup at Creighton on Tuesday, March 29 at Charles Schwab Field. First pitch between the Huskers and Bluejays is set for 6:32 p.m.

Tuesday night’s game will be broadcast live on Nebraska Public Media, with Larry Punteney, John Bishop and Ana Bellinghausen calling the action.

Fans can also listen to Nick Handley and Ben McLaughlin call the action on Tuesday night on the Huskers Radio Network. Tuesday night’s game 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 won one of three games in last weekend’s opening series of Big Ten play vs. Michigan. The Huskers won 13-9 on Friday night before falling 8-6 on Saturday and 6-1 in the rubber match on Sunday. The Big Red combined for 10 runs in the fifth and sixth innings and were led by Garrett Anglim’s two doubles and six RBI in Friday night’s win. On Saturday, the Huskers climbed back to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth with an RBI double by Max Anderson and RBI singles from Luke Jessen and Core Jackson, before the Wolverines scored two in the top of the ninth to win 8-6 on Saturday. Michigan limited Nebraska to one run on Sunday to take the series with a 6-1 victory in game three.

3/25: Nebraska 13, Michigan 9

3/26: Michigan 8, Nebraska 6

3/27: Michigan 6, Nebraska 1

Next Up

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

Quick Hits

• Garrett Anglim is hitting a team-best .367 at the plate, followed by Griffin Everitt (.309) and Luke Jessen (.286).

• Anglim led the Huskers to a Friday night win vs. Michigan last weekend, going 2-for-4 with a career-high two doubles and six RBI.

• 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 reached base safely in 16 consecutive games.

• Griffin Everitt leads the Huskers with three home runs, 11 RBI and nine runs, while Max Anderson and Brice Matthews are tied with Everitt with a team-high nine runs.

• Jaxon Jelkin will be making his first collegiate start on Tuesday night. Jelkin has made four relief apperances on the year, totaling seven innings and seven strikeouts with a 1.29 ERA.

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

• As a team, Nebraska is hitting .242 with 174 hits, 33 doubles, seven triples, 13 homers and 116 runs.

• The Husker pitching staff has a team ERA of 5.17, while allowing 137 runs, 108 earned, and striking out 190 in 188 innings.

Scouting the Creighton Bluejays

• Creighton enters Tuesday night’s midweek matchup with an 11-7 overall record after winning two of three games in last weekend’s series at Wichita State.

• Alan Roden has a team-high .364 batting average with six doubles, a triple, home run and 12 RBI in 18 starts. Brant Voth leads the Bluejays with three homer and 16 RBI, while Jared Wegner has slugged five doubles, two triples, three homers and 14 RBI.

• Paul Bergstrom has made a team-high nine relief appearances out of the bullpen, followed by Tommy Steier (8) and Marc Lidd (7).

• As a team, Creighton is hitting .263 with 161 hits, 35 doubles, five triples, 14 homers and 114 runs through 18 games.

• The Bluejay pitching staff has a team ERA of 4.10, while allowing 90 runs, 71 earned, and striking out 150 in 156 innings.

• Head coach Ed Servais is in his 19th season at Creighton and holds a record of 598-352-1 with the Bluejays. Servais is in his 27th season overall as a head coach and has a career record of 780- 434-2.

The Series

• The Huskers and Bluejays and have met 143 times on the diamond, with Nebraska holding an 86-55-2 record in the in-state series.

• Creighton has won the last two meetings after posting wins in Omaha and Lincoln in 2019. The last time the Huskers won over the Bluejays was on March 26, 2019 with a 6-3 victory in Omaha.

• In their last 10 meetings in Omaha, each team has won five times.