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Photos by Mark Billingsley
Story by Paul Huscher
The Nebraska Cornhusker baseball team
took advantage of six home runs to sweep
a pair of games from the Creighton Blue
jays Wednesday at Buck Beltzer Field.
The Huskers raised their record to 174
while Creighton dropped to 4-11-1. Ray
Tromba (2-2) was the winning pitcher and
Gary Nolting earned a save in the 10-8 first
game. Tim Pettit and Cliff Faust combined
for a seven-hitter as the Huskers. routed the
Bluejays 15-3 in the nightcap.
Senior Bob Gebler, the Husker's design
ated hitter socked two home runs and
knocked in five of Nebraska's ten runs in
the opener. Third baseman Jeff Hunter, a
sophomore transfer from UNO added a
pair of homers and drove in four runs in
the second game.
Gebler said the homers were his second
and third of the season.
"My job is to get on base, but I'll take
the home runs when they come," he said.
Hunter said a bruised bone in his wrist
has caused him to change his swing. He said
he usually averages about 13 homers a
year, adding that he had been wondering
when the home runs would start coming
this year.
Coach John Sanders said the games were
very important for the Huskers because the
team has been idle since Friday and needed
some games to get the kinks out before Ne
braska opens their Big Eight season in
Colorado this Saturday.
Sanders said Gebler and Hunter were
given the two game balls for their home
runs. He also praised the Huskers' pitching
staff.
"We didn't give up many walks,"
Sanders said. "This is what we want our
pitchers to do."
He said the Huskers looked good but
the team has to cut down on both mental
and physical errors.
The Huskers are working on a double
header for Thursday which will start at
1:30.