Bluejay Baseball takes on St. Thomas in the Home Weekend series

Omaha, Neb. — Creighton Baseball begins its first home series of the 2023 season when the Bluejays host St. Thomas in a three-game series 1-2. April.

Likely matches (2023 statistics)
Saturday April 1 ERA WL App GS CG SHO IP HR ER BB SO

STT – Walker Retz (Sun-RHP) 4.32 0-1 2 2 0 0 8.1 9 6 4 4 10
CU – Ryan Windham (Jr.-RHP) 2.37 1-1 6 6 0 0 30.1 31 15 8 7 26

Saturday April 1 ERA WL App GS CG SHO IP HR ER BB SO

STT – Kolby Gartner (Jr.-RHP) 3.00 0-2 3 3 1 0 21.0 13 8 7 5 15
CU – Dominic Chancellor (Sr.-RHP) 4.09 0-0 6 2 0 0 11.0 12 8 5 6 16

Sunday April 2nd ERA WL App GS CG SHO IP HR ER BB SO
STT-TBA
WITH – TBA

Series history: Creighton leads St. Thomas 9-0

After playing seven times in the 70s, Creighton and St. Thomas met twice last season. Tommies moved to DI last season.

Previous meetings
4/7/74 St. Thomas (Minn.) W 13-1
4/8/74 St. Thomas (Minn.) W 8-2
4/8/74 St. Thomas (Minn.) W 14-2
4/9/75 St. Thomas (Minn.) P 3-0
9/4/2075 St. Thomas (Min.) K 11-2
4/10/75 St. Thomas (Minn.) W 4-3
4/10/75 St. Thomas (Minn.) W 3-2
4.3.22. St. Thomas (Minn.) W 3-1
6.3.22. St. Thomas (Minn.) P 3-2 (15)

Tommie patrol: 2-13

St. Thomas has been plagued by the weather this season, playing just 15 games. The Tommies ended an 11-game losing streak with a 2-1 win over Kansas State on March 22nd.

Coming into Omaha, the Tommies have a team batting average of .212, but the top four in the lineup are hitting .298 or better. The leader is Colin Lewandowski, who is hitting .375 through five games.

Both have a team ERA of 6.97 in St. Thomas.

Bluejays scout: 9-9

After Wednesday’s loss at Kansas, the Bluejays face St. Thomas in the first of a three-game home series of the season.

The Bluejays won two of three games last week, beating Nebraska (6-5) on Tuesday and splitting a weekend pair with Minnesota.

Creighton enters Wednesday’s contest hitting .247 as a team, incl by Nolan Clifford a team-high .317 and Sterling Hayes at .311. Both Bluejays have a 5.41 ERA.

Baseball announces Cox Kids Game and TV Times

Creighton Baseball continues its tradition of moving the game to an early start in May to allow local schools to participate in the game. The 2023 Cox Kids Day will be Tuesday, May 16 at 11 a.m. against Omaha.

An annual event, the Covid-19 pandemic forced Cox Kids Day to fall by the wayside for the 2020 and 2021 seasons. Last season, the Bluejays faced Butler for Cox Kids Day on Friday, May 13.

In addition, the Bluejays have decisions on four other televised games. In Creighton’s first televised contest, the Bluejays beat Nebraska 6-5 on March 21. That game was broadcast on Nebraska Public Media.

Two additional contests will be televised across the state on Nebraska Public Media as the Bluejays game on Friday, April 7th at 6:00 PM with Villanova and Creighton on Saturday, May 6th at 6:00 PM against Xavier.

The Bluejays have a pair of games televised nationally, with Creighton’s next home game against Nebraska on May 9 on CBSSN and Creighton’s series opener with Connecticut on May 18 on FS1.

Finally, the Bluejays have two games scheduled for the BIG EAST Digital Network on FloBaseball.tv. The full schedule is below.

Televised games in 2023
Friday, April 7 at 6:00 PM — Nebraska Public Media

Villanova at Creighton

Friday, April 28, 3:00 PM — BEDN

at Creighton Butler

Saturday, May 6 at 6:00 PM — Nebraska Public Media

at Xavier Creighton

Tuesday, May 9 at 7:00 PM — CBSSN

Nebraska at Creighton

Thursday, May 18 at 6:00 PM — FS1

Connecticut in Creighton

Saturday, May 20 at 18:00 — Bed

Connecticut in Creighton