Tempe: Nebraska Pitching Wilting

By Jason Owens - June 01, 2007

It looks like the Husker pitchers are the first to succumb to the heat. Riverside has taken command of this game after backing up a three-run third with a four-run fourth. After walking Kyle Barrat and Jeff Dunbar to load the bases, Nebraska starter Luke Wertz faced Carl Uhl, who had homered in the third inning. Uhl didn't clear the fences this time, but a line-drive double was good enough to score two more runs.

Wertz then walked Joey Gonzalez to bring Jaime Pedroza to the plate with the bases loaded and one out. Pedroza, like Uhl, had already homered off of Wertz, so the Huskers went with the pitching change, bringing in Dan Jennings from the bullpen. It didn't do much good as Pedroza picked up his third and fourth RBI with a blooper to short left field. The big inning gives Riverside a 7-1 lead going into the fifth.