By Matt Weiner (@MattWeiner20) – BSB Beat Reporter
Nebraska Omaha 15 (1-1, 0-0) vs SJSU 0 (1-1,0-0)
The Omaha Mavericks from Friday, who surrendered eight walks and five hit batters during the Spartans 14-run avalanche, were nowhere to be found in the first double header. Possibly in Area-51,but who knows.
Charlie Bell delivered five scoreless innings, allowing only one hit, a seeing-eye single up the middle from Robert Hamchuk.
The offense that was seeing meteors at the plate the day before, was now seeing cantaloupe seeds.
Bell found himself in a comfortable groove by throwing strikes early on and letting the Spartans run into outs on their own.
However, it didn’t just stop at Bell. Tanner Howe relieved him, adding three innings of no-run brilliance and Cooper Prosoki came in for the final three outs of the game.
San Diego State transfer Aaron Eden got the nod for game two and was rocked early and often in his Spartans debut. In 1.2 innings, he allowed four runs, one of which was unearned and six hits.
If it wasn’t for some Spartans flashing the leather, his day would’ve looked much worse.
In the first inning, with Harrison Denk on first, Mike Boeve one hopped the left field wall, putting the speedy Denk on a mission to find home plate. Left fielder Robert Hamchuk picked the ball up on the warning track, fired a bebe to shortstop Theo Hardy who nailed Denk at home.
The last bright moment of the day for the Spartans came in the top of the second on an electric diving catch from Nathan Cadenas, leading to a double play.
At the time, there was a lot of hope that this would swing the momentum in the Spartans favor. However, this couldn’t have been farther from the truth. The Mavericks piled on 14 runs after this and the Spartans didn’t muster up one.
The horses in the pen fared just as poorly as Eden, allowing 11 runs in relief.
When the day was done, the Mavericks hit .452 at the plate and .483 in 28 opportunities.
“Some of those guys have bright futures for us,” said SJSU head coach Brad Sanfilippo. “Starting right now isn’t there time and it will be later this year.”
