The Husker baseball team will take on Michigan State in the first round of the Big Ten Conference baseball tournament on Wednesday afternoon in Columbus, Ohio. Nebraska finished the season with a 14-10 record in conference play to secure the number four seed in the tournament. It’s the Huskers’ first postseason appearance since making the Big XII tournament in 2008. The Huskers and Spartans play at 11:05 on Wednesday afternoon.

The Husker baseball team has punched their ticket to the Big Ten tournament after demolishing Michigan 15-2 in Ann Arbor last night. The victory ensures that Nebraska will finish in the top six in the conference, qualifying them to head to Columbus for the conference tournament next weekend. The Huskers banged out 20 hits on their way to the victory, with each starter getting at least one hit. Rich Sanguinetti led the offensive charge with four hits and four RBI. Austin Darby had three hits and two RBI, and Kash Kalkowski drove in three runs. On the mound for the Huskers, Kyle Kubat earned his third straight win, working six innings and allowing just two runs while striking out six. The Huskers and Wolverines are back at it tonight as the Big Red aims for a series win. First pitch is set for 5:05.

A collective pitching meltdown led the Colorado Rockies to a 9-7 defeat at the hands of the Arizona Diamondbacks at Coors Field yesterday afternoon. Rockies pitchers walked nine batters and threw three wild pitches on their way to letting a three-run lead slip away. The Diamondbacks scored four times in the eighth inning to take their first lead of the game at 7-4, but the Rockies rallied back to tie the game at seven in their half of the eighth. But Justin Upton hit a two-run homer with two out and two strikes in the ninth off Colorado’s Rafael Betancourt, and the Rockies could not score after loading the bases with none out in their last at-bat. The Rockies begin interleague play tonight with the first of three games against the Seattle Mariners in Denver. ESPN Radio 1410 has the action, with pregame coverage at 7:05 and first pitch at 7:40.

Nebraska senior pitcher Ashley Hagemann earned second-team All-Midwest Region honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association for the second straight season. Hagemann started 38 of Nebraska’s 55 games this season, posting a 23-17 record with a 2.62 ERA. Her 320 strikeouts ranks sixth nationally and gave her 988 in her career, a program record. The Elkhorn graduate was also a second-team All-Big Ten pick.

Jamie Moyer did it all for the Colorado Rockies in their 6-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first of their two-game series at Coors Field. The forty-nine year old lefty earned his second win of the season, allowing just one run in six and a third innings while striking out five. Moyer also contributed to the offense, as his dribbler up the first base line with two outs in the fourth inning ended up an infield single that scored both Jordan Pacheco from third and a hustling Dexter Fowler from second. Fowler and Pacheco combined to drive in three runs and score three runs for the Rox in the victory. The Rockies have won back to back games for the first time since April 27. They look for a two-game sweep of Arizona this afternoon. ESPN Radio 1410 has the action, with pregame coverage at 1:30 and the first pitch at 2:10.

Six Husker softball players were honored by the Big Ten conference in their postseason awards handed out yesterday. Three players were named second-team All-Big Ten: second baseman Courtney Breault, outfielder Brooke Thompson, and pitcher Ashley Hagemann. Third baseman Gabby Banda and utility player Tatum Edwards were named third-team All-Big Ten. Ashley Guile was recognized as Nebraska’s Sportsmanship Award winner.

Marco Scutaro’s solo home run in the top of the ninth inning was the difference in the Colorado Rockies’ 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants last night. The Rockies snapped a four-game losing skid and ended a woeful road trip on a high note with the victory, but it did not come easily. The Rockies took a 4-1 lead into the seventh inning, but relievers Josh Outman and Matt Belisle allowed the Giants to score three times to tie the game. The Giants loaded the bases in the eighth inning as well but were unable to score. Scutaro led off the ninth with his first homer of the season, and Rafael Betancourt shut the door in the bottom half for his seventh save. The Rockies return home tonight to begin a brief two-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks. ESPN Radio 1410 has the action, with pregame coverage at 7:05 and the first pitch at 7:40.

The Husker baseball team was blown out in their final home game of the regular season, as visiting Wichita State jumped out in front early and never looked back in a 13-2 victory. The Shockers scored twice in the first inning and four times in the third inning, and stayed on the gas pedal on their way to banging out nineteen hits against six different Husker hurlers. Starting pitcher Zach Hirsch took the loss for the Big Red, allowing a pair of runs in his two innings of work. Nebraska managed nine hits on the evening, but only one went for extra bases. Michael Pritchard and Josh Scheffert each had an RBI in the game. The Huskers drop to 32-20 overall with the loss. They conclude their regular season with a trip to Ann Arbor for a three-game Big Ten Conference Series against Michigan, with game one set for Friday night.