Nebraska baseball offense bottoms out in first loss

After scoring eight runs in each of its first two games, the Nebraska baseball team hit a bump in the road when it scored just one run Saturday night.

The Nebraska baseball team has gotten off to a fairly good start, even with a Saturday night 8-1 loss to UC Riverside. An offense that is still missing some real power managed to score 16 runs in their first two games.

The loss, the second game against UC Riverside and the second game of the day, could be chocked up to fatigue and the Huskers not having their legs under them just yet. How the offense bounces back is going to be the key.

Junior Angelo Altavilla is the only Cornhusker who had himself a good game on Saturday evening. He tripled to lead off the third inning and had a single in the 7th.

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It’s safe to say that if Altavilla could have been driven in, the game might have had a different feel. Jesse Wilkening’s lack of production was certainly felt.

The starting catcher is hitting .400, despite the 0-3 Saturday night game. If there is a reason to be concerned, it might be how hard the Cornhuskers’ relief pitching was hit in the nightcap of the team’s doubleheader.

After a solid five innings by starting pitcher Nate Fisher (seven strikeouts, no walks, two earned runs) the bullpen took what was a 2-1 deficit and blew it up. Mike Waldron, pitching in his second outing of the season already, managed to go just two-thirds of an inning, while allowing three runs.

He was followed by Byron Hood who allowed a run in 1.1 innings. Andrew Abrahamowicz closed out the game, pitching just one inning and allowing two earned runs.

The good news is that the Nebraska baseball team’s bullpen has been very, very good outside of that game. The possible bad news is the Huskers play their fourth game in three days on Sunday. Anything less than finishing the weekend 3-1 would have to go down as a disappointment.

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