The Husker baseball team wraps up the home portion of their Big Ten schedule with a three-game series against Minnesota that begins tonight. The Huskers are hoping to snap a three-game losing streak in tonight’s series opener against the Golden Gophers, who sit a game above them in the Big Ten standings. These two foes have already met once this season – Nebraska beat Minnesota 10-3 back on March 4 in a non-conference game at the Dairy Queen Classic in Minneapolis. Freshman lefty Kyle Kubat takes the mound to start the series, the second straight week he’s received that assignment. Husker coach Darin Erstad has not yet named his starting pitchers for the second and third games of the series. Nebraska currently stands seventh in the Big Ten. The top six teams are invited to the conference tournament. First pitch tonight at Hawks Field is set for 6:35.

The Colorado Rockies have a chance to gain ground on the National League West division leaders this weekend, as they open a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight at Dodger Stadium. Left-hander Jamie Moyer will take the mound for the Rockies, opposed by Los Angeles southpaw Chris Capuano. ESPN Radio 1410 has all the action from Chavez Ravine, with pregame coverage starting at 8:30 and first pitch at 9:10.

There will be a Game Seven in the NBA Playoffs for the Denver Nuggets, thanks to a dominant performance in the Mile High City. The Nuggets routed the Los Angeles Lakers 113-96 to put themselves one win away from erasing a 3-1 deficit in their first round series. The Nuggets sprinted to a dream start, taking a 13-0 first quarter lead and leading by as many as 15 in the first half before taking a 54-45 lead into the locker room. They extended the gap to as wide as 25 points in the third quarter and lead 90-68 after three, making the fourth quarter into a victory lap. Ty Lawson led five Nuggets in double figures with 32 points. Corey Brewer added 18 points off the bench, and Kenneth Faried contributed a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Game Seven in Los Angeles tips off Saturday night.

The North Platte Lady Bulldog soccer team could not find a way through in their first round matchup at the Class A state soccer tournament. The sixth-seeded Lady Bulldogs were shut out by third seed Lincoln Southeast 2-nil in Omaha. The Knights scored both of their goals inside the first 15 minutes of play, but while the Lady Bulldogs were able to hold them off the rest of the way, they couldn’t hit the back of the net themselves. The Lady Bulldogs season ends with a record of 14-4.

A standout big league debut helped the Colorado Rockies snap a five-game losing streak as they defeated the San Diego Padres 6-2 in San Diego yesterday. Rockies starting pitcher Christian Friedrich, the club’s first round draft pick in 2008, earned the win in his first start with the big club. The southpaw allowed just one earned run in six innings while striking out seven. He was backed by two RBI apiece from Chris Nelson and Wilin Rosario, whose two run double in the fifth inning put the Rockies in front to stay. Michael Cuddyer and Jason Giambi also drove in runs for the Rockies in the victory. The win helps the Rockies salvage a game in their three-game visit to San Diego. They’re off today before opening a three-game set in Los Angeles against the National League West Division leading Dodgers tomorrow night.

Husker men’s basketball coach Tim Miles officially announced the signing of Serbian big man Sergej Vucetic to a letter of intent yesterday. Vucetic played last season at AIM Prep in Michigan, where the 7-foot tall lefty averaged 19 points and 12 rebounds per contest. Vucetic is the second signing that Miles has made since taking over as head coach in March. He’s the first 7-footer the Huskers have had in their program since the 1990-91 season.

The Denver Nuggets were all but written off entering Game Five of their first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers, but a 102-99 victory changed the script for the Nuggets, who host Game Six tonight trailing the Lakers three games to two. The Nuggets will try and force a Game Seven, which would be a first for the franchise since the 1994 Western Conference semifinals. Tip-off at Pepsi Center is set for 9:30.

Nebraska sophomore Mara Weekes was honored by the Big Ten Conference on Wednesday after being selected as the Big Ten Track Co-Athlete-of-the-Week. Weekes took home the honor after recording three first-place finishes at the Nebraska Invitational, claiming top honors in the 100-meter dash, 200- meter dash and 4×100-meter relay. Her 100- and 200-meter dash efforts rank third in the Big Ten, while her relay team’s time is seventh in the conference.

The Husker baseball team fell behind early and never recovered in an 8-1 loss to Creighton last night at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha. Husker starting pitcher Tom Lemke allowed three runs in the first inning that would prove to be an opening act for a Blue Jay offensive assault that produced sixteen hits. Eight Blue Jay hurlers managed to scatter eight Husker hits, with an RBI single by Mike Pritchard in the third inning producing the Big Red’s only run. Pritchard extended his hitting streak to 25 games, which ties him for the third longest streak for a Husker since 1958, with his 4-for-4 performance at the plate. Creighton padded their lead with two runs in the sixth inning and three more in the seventh frame. The Huskers drop to 29-19 overall with their third straight loss. They host Minnesota in a three-game Big Ten series starting Friday.