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No. 16 Florida State baseball outclassed by Nebraska, drops two of three in Arlington
No. 16 Florida State (4-2) struggled mightily in its final game in the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series, falling to Nebraska 10-1 with only two hits.
Almost nothing went FSU’s way on Sunday as Link Jarrett received only one out from his starter, Payton Manca, the offense continued to sputter, and the defense lacked the savviness the head coach expects. Today was an example of what the worst version of Seminole baseball could look like this year: an unproven team that lacks high-end talent struggling against veteran rosters that punish mistakes.
The Noles immediately fell behind the eight-ball in the top of the first, as Payton Manca recorded only one out in his second start of the week while allowing three earned runs. After Chris Knier settled the game down with a 1-2-3 second, the Cornhuskers tacked on two more in the third, putting Florida State behind 5-0.
Jarrett’s team did not record a hit the first time through the lineup and had only one baserunner, Noah Sheffield, who was hit by a pitch. Myles Bailey finally put FSU in the hit column and on the board in the bottom of the fourth as he blasted his second home run of the year to left-center, but the homer did not provide the spark FSU hoped it would, as the HR was Florida State’s only extra-base hit of the game.
The only silver lining from Sunday’s finale in Texas was the season debut of Trey Beard. Beard fell ill last weekend and was scratched from his start. Jarrett said on Saturday he would be available in some capacity today, and the FAU transfer entered the game in the fourth. The lefty needed just eight pitches to retire Nebraska in order before posting a strikeout as part of a 1-2-3 top half of the fifth. Unfortunately, his outing came apart in the sixth as NU tagged him for three runs and chased him after 2 1/3 IP out of the bullpen, but his struggle may have come from fatigue. Beard provided enough positives to see why the coaching staff was so high on him, mainly his ability to use multiple secondary pitches, including the devastating changeup.
Trailing 8-1 in the bottom of the sixth, the top of the FSU lineup, Brayden Dowd, Sheffield, and Bailey each struck out as the awful day at the plate continued. Nebraska pushed out in front 10-1 in the seventh and locked the game down by allowing only one hit in the latter innings. Florida State fell 10-1 on Sunday and will have multiple questions to answer heading into a season-long nine-game homestand.
The future of data centers in Nebraska took center stage at a North Omaha town hall Thursday evening.
The event was hosted by State Sens. Terrell McKinney and Ashlei Spivey, who alongside Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh sponsored a bill in the Nebraska Legislature that looked to help regulate data centers.
Parts of their bill were adopted and passed in LB1010, which requires reports on annual power usage, water usage and ownership.
“Having this passed in a package showed a lot of bipartisan work,” Spivey told a crowd of attendees at Nelson Mandela Elementary School.
The proposed regulations were shaped in part by Bold Nebraska, an advocacy group focused on eminent domain and clean energy. Jane Kleeb, chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party and founder of Bold Nebraska, said before the bill passed there were “zero laws on the books” to address a boom in data centers.
“If one is coming into the community, we wanted to make sure that there were some basic transparency things in place,” Kleeb said.
Political discussions around data centers heated up in recent months following reporting by the Flatwater Free Press that showed Google is considering a data center in Nebraska that could require more than three times the amount of power the entire city of Lincoln uses at peak demand in the summer.
The Nebraska Legislature recently passed another bill, LB1261, that allows private developers to build and own power plants to serve a large industrial customer, including data centers. That bill was proposed by the governor’s office and celebrated by Gov. Jim Pillen.
“Our state is once again taking a bold and strategic step – one that will create an environment that attracts business and multibillion dollar investment, while legally preserving Nebraska’s unique and consumer-friendly public power model,” Pillen said at the time.
At Thursday’s town hall, McKinney called LB1261 “the bogeyman bill.”
“It’s a bill that the governor pushed through the legislature to allow for data centers to create their own power,” McKinney said. “It’s a bill that I stood on the floor and said this is going to harm our communities.”
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – Hundreds of people are without power in southeast Nebraska after a severe storm passed through Thursday morning.
The Lincoln Electric System outage map showed 115 customers without power across the city at 11:36 a.m.
Norris Public Power District’s outage map also shows 45 customers affected by the storm. As of 11:36 a.m., there were nine active outages.
According to the Nebraska Public Power District outage map, 657 customers were affected by the storm. Most of the affected customers were near Plattsmouth in southeast Nebraska. As of 11:37 a.m., 27 customers remain without power.
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Mandatory evacuations have been ordered near Crawford, including Fort Robinson State Park, as the South Fork Fire continues to spread in western Nebraska.
According to the City of Crawford, evacuations are currently underway for an area north of Crawford that includes the area south of Dodd Road, west of Dodd Road, and FF Street.
Fort Robinson has also been evacuated.
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission said Fort Robinson State Park and Peterson Wildlife Management Area have been temporarily closed due to the fire.
The fire has burned approximately 9,000 acres and is currently 0% contained, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
Nebraska Game and Parks said the park and the WMA will remain closed until further notice to support firefighting operations and protect public safety.
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