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Mizzou Takes Series Opener With Nebraska, 2-1
5/6/2005 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 6, 2005
LINCOLN, Neb. - - Mizzou sophomore Max Scherzer recorded the team's first complete game this season, going the distance in a 2-1 win for No. 17 Missouri over No. 4 Nebraska on Friday night in Lincoln, Neb.
Scherzer struck out nine batters, allowing just one run on four hits in nine innings, improving to 7-2 on the year. He lowered his Big 12 Conference leading ERA to 1.32.
Mizzou (32-14, 12-7 Big 12), which had scored just one run in each of Scherzer's previous two starts, jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead with a pair of runs in the top of the first inning. Junior Derek Chambers drove in both runs on a single to right, scoring junior Zane Taylor and sophomore Hunter Mense.
Scherzer faced the minimum through four innings, with the only NU hit in the first four frames being a single by Joe Simokaitis in the first inning. He was erased when Alex Gordon lined into a double play.
The first two Huskers were retired in the fifth inning, before two singles sandwiched around a walk produced the first Nebraska run. Trey Adams scored on a single by Jesse Boyer to cut the Missouri lead in half.
Scherzer struck out the side in the ninth inning and fanned the final four Nebraska batters in the game to seal the win.
With his nine strikeouts on Friday night, Scherzer moves into a tie for fifth place on the MU season strikeouts chart with 107 on the year.
Game two of the three-game set will get underway at 2:05 p.m. on Saturday and the series will conclude at 1:05 p.m. on Sunday in Lincoln.
Saturday's game will be broadcast on College Sports Television (CSTV, Ch. 610 on DirectTV).
