Baseball Postgame Notes

May 20, 2000

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With the win over Oklahoma, Nebraska improves to 8-1 in Big 12 Tournament play and 26-31 in Big Eight/Big 12 Tournament action. Oklahoma falls to 9-7 in the Big 12 Tournament and 47-42 in Big Eight/Big 12 tournament action.
Oklahoma has reached the semifinals in three of the last four Big 12 Tournaments.
Four of the last five games in this year's tournament have been decided by two runs or less.
This game marks the first if necessary game since expanding the field to eight teams in 1999.
Nebraska's R.D. Spiehs has pitched 22.0 consecutive innings without allowing a walk.
This was the first time the Huskers have hit two triples in a single game since 1997. Adam Shabala's two triples also set a tournament record for triples hit in one game.
Nebraska is currently third in the Big 12 with 121 stolen bases on the year.
After 13 games, the total attendance for the Big 12 Phillips 66 Tournament is 129,334. This total is just 11,010 shy of the NCAA conference tournament attendance record that was set at last year's tournament.
Tomorrow's championship game between Baylor and Nebraska will be the first time that the same teams have played in the championship game for two consecutive years in Big 12 Tournament history.

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