MU-NU series to resume at 1:15 today

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The Tigers were given a gift last night when game one of the Nebraska series was postponed due to stormy weather in the top of the 5th. Down 3-1, it could just as easily have been an inning later, and official game and possibly an official loss. Instead, the Tigers get to play out the 9 innings and put on display their new found ability to come back and win a ball game.

■ The Weather forecast for Lincoln, NE: Not only rain, but thunderstorms are considered likely over the next 2-3 days for much of the Midwest, including SE Nebraska. The wet and stormy weather will likely continue to affect not only the MU-NU game, but also other Big 12 games in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, tossing the mathematical probabilities and possibilities for Big 12 rankings into a whirlwind.

■ Series opener suspended in fifth inning (Omaha.com)

Nebraska's Mike Anderson warned his baseball team not to arrive at Haymarket Park Friday feeling too comfortable with its early lead in a game suspended due to weather.

The Huskers may have been in control of their series opener through four innings Thursday, but Anderson said Missouri will now have plenty of time to ponder ways to get back into the game. Action is scheduled to resume at 12:05 p.m. Friday, with NU up 3-1 in the top of the fifth.
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Jonah Schmidt led off the fifth inning with a single. Right fielder Blake Brown will be facing a 1-2 count with no outs.

■ NU leads 3-1 in game suspended until Friday afternoon (Husker Extra)

The contest will resume at 12:05 p.m. Friday at Haymarket, with the second game of the series to begin shortly after the first game's conclusion.

"I didn't want to be put in a bind where we play and wait and have a window of opportunity," Nebraska coach Mike Anderson said of the decision to move Game 2 up from its original 6:35 p.m. starting time. "We need the biggest window we can."

■ MU lefty pumps life into career by switching to side arm delivery (Columbia Tribune)

McCormick, himself, went from afterthought to legitimate major league prospect because of a radical change. In order to see his value rise, he dropped down — sidearm.
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“He’s working his tail off to help the team. I think that’s one of the things that gets lost in all the success he’s had. He didn’t do this to get drafted. He was trying to find a way he could get out there and pitch and help the team. His draft status is a byproduct of being a team-first guy.” (Matt Hobbs)