http://www.omaha.com/huskers/baseba...cle_3aaf26b9-1b10-5beb-9ffb-f0cf67a842c0.html
Nebraska baseball loses late lead to Cal Poly; drops first home opener in 40 years!!!
LINCOLN — The solemn team meeting in left field was short and to the point on a chilly late Thursday afternoon at Haymarket Park. And the conversation was decidedly one-sided.
The message from Nebraska coach Darin Erstad to his players: This is not how we play. This is not how we’re supposed to play.
The biggest disappointment in the Huskers’ 14-8 loss to Cal Poly — NU’s first defeat in a home opener since 1978 — wasn’t offensive trouble or even the steep learning curve an inexperienced bullpen continues to navigate. On this day, three late-inning errors helped turn the tide as the Mustangs outscored the Huskers 10-0 in the final three innings while the hosts managed just a single base runner during that closing stretch.
“We pride ourselves on playing very well defensively,” Erstad said. “Had a couple chances to make a couple plays and get out of some innings and we didn’t do that. And then, after that, when you stop throwing strikes and you walk a lot of guys — and especially when it’s cold out — it gets very difficult to play defense because you lose the flow of the game. And then you have to really be concentrated. We did not take care of the baseball at all after that and it got very sloppy. And I’m not going to see that again.”
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Nothing in this article came close to what really happened:
Brison Cronenbold was atrocious at ss, today. And, I have to say, Darin should have pulled or switched his position in the mid or late innings, if not earlier! Brison was so out of sorts, he allowed Cal Poly to continuously keep men on base; he was sloppy, to say the least, at shortstop.
Darin, you could see, he was not ready to play shortshop on Thursday; he was unable to take care of the ball, period!
He is not the player to take responsibility at shortstop; find someone else, please. Sadly, every time the ball went to Brison, an incomplete play occurred,or a disaster occurred!!
Hey, sit his butt down this weekend, o.k? He is not ready, as of this time!!!
Sure, others goofed, but he kept Cal Poly in the game, every time he handled the ball!
:Redface::Redface::Redface:
