After playing their first 10 games of the 2012 season on the road, the Nebraska baseball team opens a stretch of 17 consecutive home games this afternoon when they welcome former conference rivals Kansas State to Hawks Field. The Huskers are 6-4 to start the year after finishing 2-1 at the Dairy Queen Classic in Minneapolis last weekend, and have won six of seven since being swept in the season’s opening weekend by still-unbeaten Gonzaga. The visiting Wildcats are off to a 5-5 start. Jon Keller will get the start on the mound for the Huskers, his second in four days after working just an inning and a third in Saturday’s win over New Mexico State. The Big Red will be putting a 33-year winning streak in home openers on the line today in Lincoln. First pitch is scheduled for 2:05.