Tempe: Nebraska Strikes First

By Jason Owens - June 01, 2007

We're underway here in Tempe and no. 3 seed Nebraska jumped out in front in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead over no. 2 seed UC-Riverside. Riverside starter James Simmons, owner of a 10-3 record and 2.32 ERA, almost got out of the first unscathed, but with two outs and two strikes against Andrew Brown, he put up an offering that found too much of the plate. Brown, a .316 hitter with nine home runs, crushed the offering over the centerfield wall to give Nebraska the edge.

Meanwhile, Nebraska's Luke Wertz ((4-0, 2.05 ERA) gave up a hit but nothing else in the bottom of the inning.