Series Details
- Friday @ 6:30 p.m. // Live Stats // Watch on NET2 // 1620 AM
- Saturday @ 2:00 p.m. // Live Stats // Watch ($) // 1620 AM
- Sunday @ 12:00 p.m. // Live Stats // Watch ($) // 1620 AM
The Mother Nature Report
After this wet week, any extended stretch of dry weather is greatly appreciated. Accuweather.com says rain should hold off Friday and Saturday during game times, with some heavy stuff possible during the Mother’s Day series finale.
- High 60s at first pitch Friday evening
- Low 70s at first pitch Saturday afternoon
- Mid 70s at first pitch Sunday afternoon, with thunderstorms possible
100-ish Words About Nevada
Wolf Pack head coach Jay Johnson knows what he’s doing. Nevada’s nationally ranked & top 50 in RPI, already clinched the Mountain West Conference regular season championship, and boasts one of the fiercest offenses in the country.
Johnson’s team is a band of road warriors, too, a squad unlikely to be phased by playing in the spacious confines of TD Ameritrade Park. Nevada’s only played five home games since April 7, going 12-5 overall in the span and going 8-4 away from Reno.
The Bluejays, by the Numbers
- Record: 27-14 (10-4 Big East)
- RPI: 61 (c/o www.ncaa.com)
Last Time Out
If St. John’s manages to edge out the Bluejays for this year’s regular season Big East baseball championship, Creighton fans might trace the disappointment back to the series opener last weekend in South Orange, New Jersey.
Leading most of the game, Seton Hall turned a 4-2 deficit into a 5-4 win thanks to a four-pitch leadoff walk by David Gerber, two hits, and a dropped fly ball by Kevin Connolly.
Luckily for the Ed Servais, his team showed resiliency and depth to beat the Pirates Saturday (trailed 6-1, won 10-7) and Sunday (ace Matt Warren anchored the staff with 7 innings of 1-run ball) to win the series and remain a single game back of the Red Storm in pursuit of a second consecutive Big East crown.
On the Mound
Projected Starters
- CU’s Rollie Lacy (5-0, 2.05 ERA) vs. Nevada’s Trenton Brooks (4-1, 2.45 ERA)
- CU’s Keith Rogalla (3-1, 4.03 ERA) vs. Nevada’s Christian Stolo (6-1, 2.95 ERA)
- CU’s Matt Warren (5-2, 2.84 ERA) vs. TBD
Creighton
3.22 earned run average (32 nationally)
1.68 strikeout-to-walk ratio (187 nationally)
0.977 fielding percentage (19 nationally)
0.90 double plays per game (69 nationally)
Nevada
3.89 earned run average (88 nationally)
2.01 strikeout-to-walk ratio (116 nationally)
0.973 fielding percentage (60 nationally)
1.06 double plays per game (14 nationally)
All stats according to stats.ncaa.org
At the Plate
Creighton
.267 batting average (184 nationally)
.357 slugging percentage (223 nationally)
.351 on-base percentage (191 nationally)
5.0 runs per game (191 nationally)
Nevada
.316 batting average (4 nationally)
.498 slugging percentage (2 nationally)
.417 on-base percentage (2 nationally)
8.3 runs per game (2 nationally)
All stats according to stats.ncaa.org
