Nebraska vs. Minnesota Baseball

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Nebraska Broadcasters Association Pinnacle Awards Best Student Television Live Sports Event: “Nebraska vs. Minnesota Baseball,” Ryan Valenta, senior, sports media and communication, from Lincoln, NE

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[00:00:01.660]Hallmark with 16 hits on the season.
[00:00:05.800]Two of them being extra base hits, only home runs.
[00:00:08.630]No doubles or triples to his credit this year.
[00:00:12.890]As he faces a 2-1 count, Fredrickson delivers,
[00:00:16.730]pulls back the bunt, but that's too far outside.
[00:00:19.900]Goes to a hitter's count for Hallmark, 3-1.
[00:00:24.078]Good eye there by Jaxon Hallmark.
[00:00:27.970]Him showing bunt probably helped him lay off that
[00:00:30.180]because that one was close to catching
[00:00:31.700]the outside corner of the zone.
[00:00:39.460]Check over on first on Acker, back in there.
[00:00:47.870]Fredrickson making his first start of the year.
[00:00:51.350]Similar to Husker right-hander Shay Schanaman,
[00:00:54.920]who's been to converted to a starter as well.
[00:00:56.810]You might have to wonder if that's getting into his nerves,
[00:01:00.070]as he walks Hallmark on five pitches.
[00:01:05.130]It's not easy as a reliever going in and starting a game,
[00:01:08.810]especially when you need it,
[00:01:10.230]if it's a spot start, you may not have advance notice.
[00:01:13.400]And you gotta believe that could be playing a factor
[00:01:16.690]into Fredrickson's delivery.
[00:01:19.000]And if you're a reliever too,
[00:01:20.896]you're used to going into games
[00:01:22.557]and not being really worried about that pitch count
[00:01:24.240]because you're not gonna be in there for four, five,
[00:01:26.070]six innings, but here we are.
[00:01:28.180]And that's one extra thing Fredrickson has to worry about.
[00:01:31.240]And the top of this Husker lineup has been very good
[00:01:33.840]about getting on base here in the past couple of innings.
[00:01:37.581]Now batting, Spencer Schwellenbach,
[00:01:39.090]the shortstop.
[00:01:43.530]First game had a hit and a walk in four tries.
[00:01:51.200]Fredrickson had his longest outing of the season
[00:01:53.620]last time against Northwestern, three innings on 43 pitches.
[00:01:59.360]As that off-speed just catches the outside corner.
[00:02:07.573]1-1 to the Husker shortstop.
[00:02:18.470]Takes a look at Acker at second.
[00:02:24.492]And spiked that one.
[00:02:25.325]Great stop by Stanke behind the plate.
[00:02:28.490]That ball was spiked into the left-handed batter's box.
[00:02:33.500]Yeah, it's a great stop by Chase Stanke.
[00:02:35.970]A little bit more of an experienced catcher.
[00:02:37.880]I noticed they had Cody Kelly who's just a freshmen
[00:02:40.810]behind the plate in the first game for a while,
[00:02:43.050]and then they put the junior, Stanke, in there.
[00:02:44.840]So, bet you a little bit of experience has to do
[00:02:47.910]with that really good block.
[00:02:50.530]Acker at second, Hallmark at first
[00:02:52.540]with no outs in the bottom of the first.
[00:02:54.870]Waits on that breaking ball and shoots it to right field.
[00:02:57.030]That's falling fast again,
[00:02:58.900]but over in time to make that is Jack Kelly,
[00:03:01.290]tagging is Acker and going to third.
[00:03:03.160]Slides in safely.
[00:03:07.410]Real smart base running there from Acker.
[00:03:10.020]Notice it was a fly ball over to right,
[00:03:13.220]probably not as deep as he would have liked it to be,
[00:03:15.800]but that's a long throw from that right field line
[00:03:18.650]to third base.
[00:03:19.483]So good base running by Acker, Huskers threatening early.
[00:03:23.780]And especially with nobody out,
[00:03:25.150]you definitely want to go back and tag there
[00:03:27.100]'cause if they catch it, that's,
[00:03:29.580]you're going back to second with still one out.
[00:03:32.340]Now Huskers give Cam Chick an opportunity
[00:03:37.380]with runners at the corner with one out.
[00:03:39.640]Chick, the switch hitter batting from the left side
[00:03:41.710]against the right-hander Fredrickson.
[00:03:46.530]Quick little jump throw over to first, check on Hallmark,
[00:03:51.137]who has four stolen bases already this season.
[00:04:04.440]First pitch to Chick, nubs it foul.
[00:04:11.100]So a single, a walk, and a fly out to move Acker to third
[00:04:15.150]has the Huskers in business with one out.
[00:04:18.730]They've scored in the first inning
[00:04:20.170]in both of the two games so far.
[00:04:25.970]They're looking to continue that trend in game number three.
[00:04:29.570]The 0-1, way outside.
[00:04:40.520]As we mentioned earlier, Chick,
[00:04:41.580]the Big 10 Player of the Week last week, after going 4-8,
[00:04:45.670]with two doubles and two home runs,
[00:04:47.270]including a grand slam against Iowa.
[00:04:51.100]1-1, little excuse me swing back to the pitcher,
[00:04:54.240]Fredrickson and Chick is forced out at first.
[00:04:58.260]Hallmark moves up to second.
[00:04:59.420]Acker stays at third.
[00:05:01.900]Chick didn't mean to swing at that,
[00:05:03.840]but put it in play, nonetheless.
[00:05:06.040]Fortunate there for Chick that
[00:05:07.490]that wasn't a double play.
[00:05:09.600]Soft grounder right back to the pitcher, Fredrickson.
[00:05:11.780]Luckily, Hallmark was ready to run at first.
[00:05:16.410]So Huskers still only with two outs with two men on.
[00:05:21.360]So now, two runners in scoring position,
[00:05:23.210]as Fredrickson goes back to the windup,
[00:05:26.260]off-speed catches that outside corner for Max Anderson.
[00:05:33.820]Couple of hits for him, scored a run.
[00:05:37.920]And he was the second hitter to start the big Husker rally
[00:05:42.450]in the sixth sinning with a single to right field,
[00:05:45.040]and the rest is history.
[00:05:51.720]That single last game,
[00:05:52.930]improving his team-best average to .340,
[00:05:55.640]tied with Hallmark on the team.
[00:05:59.690]Big looping curve ball drops in too low, 2-1 to Anderson.
[00:06:06.470]Anderson had a nice game,
[00:06:08.250]in game one here today, 2-4.
[00:06:11.790]He was 0-3 in the game yesterday.
[00:06:15.670]Good block again there by Stanke,
[00:06:18.516]that off-speed yanked.
[00:06:21.830]3-1 Anderson, as he has the count in his favor.
[00:06:29.550]First game against Purdue, cracked a home run
[00:06:32.880]to start off his career and just been duplicating
[00:06:36.240]that success ever since.
[00:06:38.770]He pops that one up, right field towards the line
[00:06:42.130]goes the right fielder, Kelly,
[00:06:43.710]but it's just out of his reach.
[00:06:46.410]And Anderson will get another go.
[00:06:49.290]Speaking of home runs,
[00:06:50.190]the fact that that ball went that far
[00:06:52.120]into the opposite field is just impressive.
[00:06:54.840]Max Anderson has been a great player for this team,
[00:06:57.180]only a freshman, a local kid.
[00:06:59.720]So he knows how to play this game of baseball.
[00:07:01.690]And he's got the power to play it
[00:07:03.210]at the collegiate level very well.
[00:07:05.720]That wind is blowing out more to right field.
[00:07:09.440]See balls carry more out there, as he takes ball four.
[00:07:13.100]Good eye by Anderson, earns him a walk,
[00:07:15.210]second walk by Fredrickson this inning,
[00:07:18.090]and the bases are loaded for Luke Roskam.
[00:07:22.310]We've heard that before,
[00:07:23.690]a walk to load the bases.
[00:07:25.210]Heard that a lot in the first game.
[00:07:27.520]Fredrickson struggling here already up
[00:07:32.690]near the 20s in pitch count at 21.
[00:07:37.200]Just gotta get one more out here to get out of the inning,
[00:07:39.290]but so far, so good for the Cornhuskers.
[00:07:47.010]The Gophers likely sticking
[00:07:49.800]with Fredrickson as a multiple inning reliever.
[00:07:53.730]Roskam takes that first pitch in the dirt.
[00:07:56.960]Minnesota needing three pitchers
[00:07:59.370]to get through six innings of work last game.
[00:08:05.000]Liffrig was not able to get the last out,
[00:08:06.770]pitching 5 2/3, and six more men came to the plate,
[00:08:12.900]and five of them scored.
[00:08:14.690]Roskam crushes that one to deep right center field,
[00:08:17.940]way back there, and it is gone, to right center field.
[00:08:22.497](crowd cheering)
[00:08:24.770]How 'bout that for a start in game two?
[00:08:28.160]Roskam with an absolute shot to right center,
[00:08:31.170]one of the deepest parts of the park.
[00:08:33.950]And he gives the Huskers off early 4-nothing lead.
[00:08:36.700]A grand slam by the Husker lefty first baseman
[00:08:41.370]and the Huskers replicate their success in the first inning.
[00:08:44.160]4-nothing, Nebraska.
[00:08:48.430]That'll get the fans excited.
[00:08:51.260]2,700 of them at Haymarket Park
[00:08:53.760]as we take another look at this.
[00:08:54.880]An absolute moonshot, right over that 400 sign.
[00:08:58.810]Look out below, Roskam with an absolute dinger
[00:09:03.710]to start it off for Will Bolt and Company.
[00:09:05.750]And that is the deepest part
[00:09:07.240]of the park right there.
[00:09:08.880]400 to that corner in right center field,
[00:09:11.580]and he hit it well over that.
[00:09:14.380]That almost landed in the lap of the fan
[00:09:16.450]sitting a good 15 feet beyond that.

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