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Final: WSU 10, SIU 0.

WSU 10, SIU 0 after six: Musgrave has thrown 79 pitches, according to pressbox pitch counter Ed Lomax. 55 strikes, 24 balls. Six strikeouts.

WSU 9, SIU 0 bottom of the fourth: Shockers scored seven on four hits and an error in the third. WSU has seven stolen bases. Dusty Coleman and Tyler Weber each with 2 RBIs. SIU is going to its bullpen after starter Cody Adams threw 87 pitches in three innings.

WSU will stick with a lineup similar to the one it used Tuesday at Nebraska. Kenny Williams stays in the No. 2 spot and Ryan Jones is batting cleanup. Kyle Sisney is playing second. Bret Bascue is in the DH spot. Take out Tyler Weber, WSU’s starting catcher, and the DH is 1 for 12 in the past four games.

Josh Workman isn’t in the lineup tonight, although he may be placed on the weekend roster with hopes of him playing later in the weekend.

WSU 9, MSU 5. Womack closes it out, although not without a few nervous moments. He struck out Mantle, with two on, to end the game. Read More »

MSU 7, WSU 4 in 10 innings. The Bears scored all seven runs in the final four innings. Ben Carlson did a lot of the damage. He hit an 0-2 pitch for a go-ahead home run in the ninth and an 0-2 pitch for the winning run in the 10th. Read More »

Final: WSU 7, KU 3. Shocker pitching holds KU to three hits and no run over the final eight innings. WSU wins its 18th straight.

WSU 6, KU 3, going to bottom of seventh: Hey, the top of the order lives. Tyler Weber drove in Dusty Coleman with a two-out double. The bottom four spots in WSU’s batting order scored four of WSUs first five runs and drove in two.

WSU 5, KU 3 after six: Logan Hoch is on in relief of Kelley. Kelley looked sharp after the first. He went five innings and did not give up an earned run. After the first, when he gave up a two-run homer, he kept the ball down and moved it around. KU bounced into seven outs.

Will WSU’s lack of a big hit haunt it in the late innings? KU went to Paul Smyth, who was their guy out of the bullpen last season. He struggled early but looks good now.

WSU 4, KU 3 bottom of the fourth. WSU takes the lead but again lets a KU pitcher off easy. The Shockers had them loaded with no outs. Gillaspie bounced out to drive in the go-ahead run. Coleman and Weber struck out. WSU is sending Kelley back out for what may be his last inning.

WSU 3, KU 3 after three: Shocker starter Tim Kelley settled down after giving up three runs in the first. KU starter Shaeffer Hall struck out the side in the first. WSU started to get some good swings in the second. In the third, back-to-back doubles started a three-run inning. WSU had the bases loaded with no outs, so it could have done more damage. Gillaspie and Coleman drove in runs with groundouts.

We’re about 20 minutes from game time at Hoglund Ballpark. This is my first trip here in several years and the improvements are nice. It looks like a legit college stadium. Nothing awe-inspiring, but solid. The scoreboard is nice. WSU needs a big screen that size so fans can read the words. The one negative to KU’s park is Steve Jeltz’s name no longer adorns the outfield wall. When you’ve got an alum like Jeltz to your credit, let people know.

There are probably about 30 Shocker fans here. KU is represented by its softball team, which is waiting for its bus to get fixed so it can go to Omaha to play Creighton on Wednesday. A few other KU fans are here, probably hoping to catch a glimpse of Mario Chalmers.

While we’re waiting on the first pitch, here’s a story about future Shocker Cobey Guy.

Tonight’s Nebraska-Creighton is postponed due to cold until April 23.

• Nebraskans are wimps. If WSU called every game when the temperature fell into the 30s…
• When will NCAA members clue in and move the season to the summer? Creighton and Nebraska shouldn’t be put in this position. Start the season in April and finish in early July. It makes sense for fans and players.