The Colorado Rockies scored early and scored late, but did not score enough in a 7-6 loss to the Miami Marlins last night. For the second straight night the Rockies jumped on the Marlins early, scoring three runs in the top of the first inning. But the lead only lasted three frames, as the Marlins touched up Rockies starting pitcher Juan Nicasio for six runs in his five innings of work. Trailing 7-4 in the eighth, the Rockies pushed two runs across, and got the leadoff runner aboard in the ninth inning with the heart of the order due up, but Todd Helton struck out looking to end the game. The beatings go on for the Rockies, who have lost six in a row and fifteen of eighteen. The Rockies and Marlins conclude their three-game series in Miami tonight. ESPN Radio 1410 has the game for you, with pregame coverage at 5:30 and first pitch at 6:10.
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OL Samuelson is Huskers’ Eighth 2013 Commitment
The Husker football team has their eighth commitment for the recruiting class of 2013. Offensive lineman Dan Samuelson from Plymouth, Indiana pledged to the Huskers yesterday. Samuelson had previously verbally committed to Pittsburgh, but changed his mind after visiting Lincoln last weekend. He rates as a three-star prospect according to both Scout and Rivals.com.
Husker Women Will Host Maryland in Big Ten/ACC Challenge
The Husker women’s basketball team has drawn Maryland as their opponent for the Women’s Big Ten/ACC Challenge this coming season, as two NCAA Tournament teams from the 2011-2012 campaign will meet in the yearly showdown. The Terrapins reached the Elite Eight last season, and could potentially be the highest ranked non-conference foe the Huskers have hosted in program history when they come to the Devaney Center on November 28.
Storm Pick High-Scoring Gamez With Eighth Overall Selection in USHL Entry Draft
The Tri-City Storm selected forward Garrett Gamez with their first round pick in the USHL’s Entry Draft yesterday. Picking eighth overall, the Storm tabbed the seventeen year-old Gamez, who had 27 goals and 28 assists in 40 games for the Los Angeles Jr. Kings U16 team this past season. The Storm drafted 11 players in the Entry Draft, giving them 30 protected players for the 2012-2013 season. The USHL’s main training camp takes place in Las Vegas in June.
State Golf Opens Today
The state golf tournaments open up today, with action taking places at four courses statewide, including at North Platte’s Rivers’ Edge Golf Club, site of the Class D tournament, where Sutherland’s Riley McConnell will tee it up. North Platte’s Matt Schartz is the lone Bulldog playing in the Class A tournament in Lincoln. The St. Patrick’s team qualified en masse for the Class C tournament at the Kearney Country Club.
Rockies Slammed by Stanton, Marlins (LISTEN LIVE TONIGHT on ESPN Radio 1410)
An early lead dissolved into the same old story for the Colorado Rockies, who lost their fifth straight game 7-4 to the Miami Marlins last night in the first game of a three-game series at Marlins Park. The Rockies struck for four runs in the top half of the first inning, thanks to a two-run double by Michael Cuddyer and a two-run homer by Troy Tulowitzki, but they would manage just one more hit the rest of the game. The Marlins took the lead for good when Giancarlo Stanton belted a two-out grand slam off of Jamie Moyer in the fourth inning, capping a five-run frame for the home team. The Rockies have now lost nine of their last ten and fifteen of their last nineteen games. They’ll try again to turn it around tonight in Miami. ESPN Radio 1410 has the ballgame for you, with pregame coverage at 5:30 and first pitch at 6:10.
Manning Sharp in Broncos First OTA
The Denver Broncos opened organized team activities at their Dove Valley facility in suburban Denver yesterday, and newly acquired quarterback Peyton Manning returned to the practice field for the first time in more than 16 months. Manning reportedly was sharp in the voluntary workout, firing darts to his receivers in drills and in offensive sets. He showed no visible ill effects from the neck surgeries that caused him to miss the entire 2011 season when with the Indianapolis Colts. The Broncos were missing a pair of players from the first OTA workout of the summer – defensive tackle Ty Warren, whom the Broncos are trying to get to accept a pay-cut, was a no-show, as was linebacker D.J. Williams, who was in court facing trial on a DUI charge. Williams’ case ended on a mistrial before the jury could be selected.
Former Husker Williams Joins UNL Athletic Department Staff
Former Husker football standout Jamie Williams has joined the Nebraska athletic department as the Associate Athletic Director of Diversity and Leadership Initiatives. Williams, who played 12 seasons in the NFL after his Husker career, spent the last six years at Academy of Art University in San Francisco, where he built a Division II athletic department from scratch as the school’s athletic director.
Quote from Jamie Williams:
“First of all, I bleed Husker Red! Secondly, I am forever grateful to the Stephens family for providing me the blank canvas to build an NCAA Division II athletic program at their amazing Academy of Art University and I feel good about the continued success of that program. Leaving the heart of downtown San Francisco, the Urban Knights and the magically creative folks of this wonderful art institution was emotionally tough. It would take my alma mater and my uncanny former coach, Tom Osborne, to pull me away from a program where I continually led a young staff into ‘Nietzsche’s abyss,’ where men fear and fail. I’m proud to leave them as ‘young leaders’ unafraid of today’s innate chaos in athletics.
“For the record, T.O. can still recruit like any great wizard. I owe him and the University much. I thank Dr. Tom Osborne, his staff and Chancellor Perlman for facilitating my return to Lincoln. Red nostalgia fills my mind, including clear visions of the unique, but home-grown, pageantry of home football games. It’s been awhile but I still envision Valentino’s pizza, Abel Dormitory, red helium balloons, rocky mountain oysters, fat inner tubes floating coeds down an endless creek, friendly smiles, great fishing, bald eagles along the Platte River and, of course, a volleyball hitting an opponent in the face! They call this ‘The Good Life’ and I agree. I feel like the prodigal son. More importantly, I built an intercollegiate athletic program that none thought could happen, based on the principles I received through UNL, Coach Osborne and Gene Huey. This standard of integrity, higher education, discipline, creativity and winning has become my “tattoos.” Winning ‘the right way’ is a mantra for Nebraska. I’m hoping to propagate that guiding principle as an athletic administrator and educator. My task now is to help elevate Nebraska Athletics within the Big Ten Conference and nationally. I am absolutely up for the challenge. Let’s Go Big Red!!”
Rockies Lose Fourth Straight (LISTEN LIVE TONIGHT on ESPN Radio 1410)
The Colorado Rockies’ freefall continues. The Rockies were swept at home by the lowly Seattle Mariners over the weekend, with Seattle taking a 6-4 victory in the finale on Sunday afternoon. Rockies starter Jeremy Guthrie gave up all six runs in his six innings of work, including five in the first three innings as the Rockies dug a deep hole early. Down by four runs in the ninth, the Rockies got a pinch-hit homer from Dexter Fowler and an RBI single from Carlos Gonzalez to get close and had the tying runs on base before Todd Helton struck out to end the rally and the game. The Rockies have lost four straight games and are now 4-14 for the month of May. They make their first visit to brand new Marlins Park in Miami for a three-game series starting tonight. ESPN Radio 1410 has the action, with pregame coverage at 5:30 and first pitch at 6:10.
First Nationals Seniors, Juniors Open With Splits
The North Platte First Nationals seniors opened their 2012 campaign by splitting a pair of games in Scottsbluff on Saturday. The First Nationals defeated Twin Cities 10-3 in their opener before falling to the Gillette, Wyoming Roughriders 5-2 in their second game. The juniors also split a doubleheader on Saturday, taking one of two from the Westco Zephyrs. The home opener for the juniors and seniors is a doubleheader tomorrow night against McCook, with the first game starting at 5:30.