Lincoln – The No. 23 Nebraska baseball team (23-10, 3-0 Big Ten) is scheduled to play its fifth straight road game on Tuesday night when it visits Manhattan, Kan., for a 6:35 p.m. meeting with the Kansas State Wildcats (13-16, 2-7 Big 12) at Tointon Stadium. It will be the first of two games between the two teams this season, with the Wildcats scheduled to visit Hawks Field on Tuesday, April 21.
Tuesday night’s game will be broadcast in Nebraska and Kansas on Time Warner Sports. It will be carried in Nebraska on Time Warner Cable, including in Lincoln on TWCSC HD 1310 and TWCSC SD 310. The game will also be video streamed on K-StateHD.TV (subscription required).
After playing two midweek games each of the past four weeks, the Huskers lone midweek game this week will be against the Wildcats, before NU gets back into Big Ten play this weekend with a visit from the Minnesota Golden Gophers.
The Huskers have been dominant at home this season, posting a 15-1 record, but have struggled when having to play away from Lincoln. Nebraska is 8-9 in games away from Hawks Field, including a 4-6 record in road games. The Wildcats enter Tuesday with a 7-4 record at Tointon Stadium and are coming off a home series loss to West Virginia, where they won the series opener before dropping the final two games of the series. The Wildcats started the year 4-0 at home, but have since gone 3-4.
The Huskers are scheduled to start freshman Garett King, who is coming off a season-high 8.0-inning outing against Creighton last week, a game the Huskers won 5-1. The right hander struck out five and didn’t issue a walk for the second straight start. King was perfect through the first four innings, before Harrison Crawford led off the fifth with a triple down the right-field line. Following the triple, King went on to retire 12 of the final 13 Jays he faced.
Kansas State is scheduled to start junior Kyle Halbohn, who is 2-2 with a save on the year. The 6-8 right hander has a 3.94 ERA in seven appearances, including three starts. Halbohn has thrown 16.0 innings, allowing 10 runs (seven earned) on 19 hits and four walks, while striking out 12. A Pawley’s Island, S.C., native, Halbohn spent his freshman season at San Jacinto College. He then transferred to Spartanburg Methodist and redshirted the 2013 season before pitching for the Pioneers in 2014.
Tuesday, April 7 (6:35 p.m.)
Probable Starters: RHP King (3-0) vs. RHP Halbohn (2-2)
TV: Time Warner Cable Sports
Audio Stream: Huskers.com | Video Stream: K-StateHD.TV
Radio: Husker Sports Network