Neb. - USC's Rik Currier knows Rosenblatt Stadium better than most pitchers at the College World Series.
Familiarity is important at a venue where the pitchers have been treated harshly.
Currier's start today against Miami is the fourth in the senior right-hander's career. Pitchers served up 19 homers already. Currier takes a 12-2 record and 2.39 ERA into his 17th start, perhaps his most challenging of the year. He was effective winning at Arizona's Frank Sancet Field, a park where high-scoring games are common. Currier, drafted by the New York Yankees in the eighth round last week, knows the secret to avoid becoming another Rosenblatt casulty.