Creighton baseball has another big week ahead, beginning with a Tuesday night bout with a ranked opponent. The Bluejays will face an in-state rival for a third straight week, hosting No. 19 Nebraska at Charles Schwab Field Omaha today at 6 p.m.
Creighton trails the all-time series with Nebraska 94-57-2. However, the Bluejays have taken 13 out of the last 16 matchups in the series, dating back to the 2018 season. Last season, Creighton took the season series, 2-1.
Something to watch for is a too-comfortable home team – the road team won each game last season. Another is if head coach Mark Kingston and the Bluejays can score a ranked victory. Creighton is 5-19 against Nebraska when the Huskers are ranked.
Tuesday’s game will be streamed live on ESPN+ and the local radio broadcast will be on 1620 AM.
Following Tuesday’s rivalry game, Creighton will head to Storrs, Conn. for a weekend series against UConn and the first Big East action of the season for the Bluejays.
The two programs have met just 15 times, with Connecticut holding a 10-5 advantage. Creighton however, won their first series over UConn last season, 2-1, and defeated the Huskies in the Big East Championship to reach the NCAA Tournament.
While Creighton hasn’t faced a Big East opponent this season, UConn is already off to a hot start, taking Xavier down in a series over the weekend, 2-1. The Bluejays will have no better early-season test than at UConn, where they are 1-5 all-time.
Creighton provides almost a perfect coin flip result in the opening game of Big East play, going 6-5 in the first game of the season since joining the league in the 2013-14 academic year. They are 7-4 in the first Big East away game of the season in that timeframe.
A potential measuring stick for this weekend’s game could be the common opponent that both the Bluejays and Huskies will share by first pitch on Thursday. UConn opened its season with a 12-2 run-rule loss to Nebraska, ending after seven innings.
This weekend’s series will begin on Thursday, April 2, at 5:05 p.m. and each game can be streamed live on ESPN+.
