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RELEASE 153 YEARS NO. OF 31 TRADITION -- COLLEGE WORLD35 SERIES BIG TEN TITLES 8 CWS APPEARANCES MICHIGAN2007 NCAA BASEBALL REGIONAL GAMECHAMPIONS NOTES 153 YEARS OF TRADITION 35 BIG TEN TITLES 8 CWS APPEARANCES 2007 NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONS Michigan Athletic Communications Kurt Svoboda Baseball Contact 734.615.0331 phone 734.647.1188 fax 2019 MICHIGAN BASEBALL [email protected] MGoBlue.com 153 YEARS OF TRADITION 35 BIG TEN TITLES 8 CWS APPEARANCES 2007 NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONS 2019 SCHEDULE/RESULTS WEEK 18: COLLEGE WORLD SERIES | OMAHA, NEB. FEBRUARY 15 Binghamton Port St. Lucie, Fla. W, 10-0 GAME 67 16 Binghamton Port St. Lucie, Fla. W, 5-4 VS 17 Binghamton Port St. Lucie, Fla. W, 12-2 MICHIGAN (46-20) . TEXAS TECH (44-18) 22 @ The Citadel Charleston, S.C. W, 2-0 Saturday, June 15th - 1 p.m. CT 23 @ The Citadel Charleston, S.C. W, 9-1 24 @ The Citadel Charleston, S.C. W, 6-3 T.D. Ameritrade Park (Omaha, Neb.) MARCH Live Stats: MGoBlue.com 1 @ CSUN Northridge, Calif. W, 2-1 2 @ CSUN Northridge, Calif. Postponed 3 @ CSUN Northridge, Calif. W, 4-2 WOLVERINE BITES 3 @ CSUN Northridge, Calif. L, 5-2 5 @ Long Beach State Long Beach, Calif. L , 8-7 » Michigan is 10-4 in neutral site games 6 @ UC-Irvine Irvine, Calif. Cancelled » Following a stunning 4-2 victory over the No. 8 @ UCLA # Los Angeles, Calif. W, 7-5 1-seeded UCLA Bruins in the winner-take-all this year, including 3-2 when playing at TD 9 @ USC # Los Angeles, Calif. L, 4-1 game of the Los Angeles Super Regional on Ameritrade Park during the Big Ten Conference 10 vs. Oklahoma State #^ Los Angeles, Calif. L, 3-2 (10 inn.) Sunday (June 9), the University of Michigan Tournament. The Wolverine offense is hitting at 14 Manhattan Wilpon Complex W, 5-1 baseball team (46-20) advanced to the NCAA 15 Manhattan Wilpon Complex W, 23-2 a combined .300 clip in neutral games, while the 16 Manhattan Wilpon Complex W, 16-7 College World Series and is set to face Texas pitching staff boasts a 3.69 earned run average. 17 Manhattan Wilpon Complex W, 4-0 (7 inn.) Tech in the opening game. 19 Western Michigan Wilpon Complex W, 12-5 21 @ Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas L, 11-2 » Michigan is returning to the College World » The No. 1 -ranked Bruins evened the NCAA 22 @ Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas L, 10-3 Series for the eighth time in program history. Super Regional series on Saturday (June 8) as 23 @ Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas L, 8-5 UCLA upended Michigan, 5-4, in a 12-inning vs. Stetson Lubbock, Texas W, 16-6 Owners of two national championships (1953, 27 San Jose State Wilpon Complex W, 1-0 (7 inn.) 1962), U-M also advanced to Omaha, Nebraska, affair, but Michigan won the winner-take-all 27 San Jose State Wilpon Complex W, 3-0 (7 inn.) in 1978 (fifth place), 1980 (fifth), 1981 (seventh), contest on Sunday (June 9) with a 4-2 victory to 29 @ Michigan State* East Lansing, Mich. W, 6-3 1983 (third) and 1984 (seventh). advance to the College World Series. 30 Michigan State* Wilpon Complex W, 16-2 31 @ Michigan State* East Lansing, Mich. Postponed » The Super Regional berth marked Michigan’s » Michigan defeated UCLA, 3-2, in the weekend APRIL second in program history (modern format) opener on Friday evening (June 7) behind 3 Toledo Wilpon Complex W, 8-2 and first since 2007. Prior to the three-game a combined pitching effort from junior Karl 5 Minnesota* Wilpon Complex L, 6-4 set at UCLA, Michigan was 0-2 all-time in Super 6 Minnesota* Wilpon Complex W, 5-3 Kauffmann and sophomore Jeff Criswell. 7 Minnesota* Wilpon Complex W, 8-0 Regional games. The Wolverines are now 2-3 Sophomore outfielder Jesse Franklin gave 9 Indiana State Wilpon Complex L, 8-7 (10 inn.) all-time. 10 Indiana State Wilpon Complex W, 6-4 (6 inn.) Michigan the lead with a 2-RBI single in the 12 @ Ohio State* Columbus, Ohio L, 10-5 » Michigan owns an all-time NCAA Tournament third inning, and sophomore designated hitter 13 @ Ohio State* Columbus, Ohio L, 10-4 record of 66-49 (.574), including a 52-34 Jordan Nwogu drove in the eventual game- 14 @ Ohio State* Columbus, Ohio W, 6-2 winning run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth. 17 Bowling Green Wilpon Complex W, 10-5 (.605) mark during regional play, and a 2-3 20 Northwestern* Wilpon Complex W, 4-1 mark (.400) during super regional action. The 22 Northwestern* Wilpon Complex W, 3-1 Wolverines have advanced to the College 21 Northwestern* Wilpon Complex W, 10-1 World Series seven times previously, most 26 Rutgers* Wilpon Complex W, 8-3 recently in 1984, and won national titles in ALL-TIME HISTORY VS. TEXAS TECH 27 Rutgers* Wilpon Complex W, 10-1 28 Rutgers* Wilpon Complex W, 4-1 1953 and 1962. vs. Texas Tech: 0-7 MAY » The Wolverines faced the Red Raiders First meeting: L, 4-2 -- Feb. 20, 2019 3 @ Maryland* College Park, Md. W, 10-7 earlier this season in a three-game series in Last win: Never 4 @ Maryland* College Park, Md. W, 10-4 Lubbock, Texas prior to the start of conference 5 @ Maryland* College Park, Md. W, 13-1 play. Texas Tech swept Michigan during the Last meeting: L, 8-5 -- March 23, 2019 7 Michigan State Wilpon Complex W, 7-0 Last postseason meeting: Never 8 Eastern Michigan Wilpon Complex W, 10-1 weekend series and out-scored the Wolverine 10 Indiana* Wilpon Complex L, 10-4 offense by 19 runs. 11 Indiana* Wilpon Complex L, 10-8 12 Indiana* Wilpon Complex W, 6-5 (11 inn.) 14 @ Kentucky Lexington, Ky. L, 7-4 16 @ Nebraska* Lincoln, Neb. L, 5-2 PROBABLE WOLVERINE STARTERS 17 @ Nebraska* Lincoln, Neb. L, 7-0 Pos. No., Player 17 @ Nebraska* Lincoln, Neb. W, 10-8 C #0 Joe Donovan (R/R, 5-11, So.) Jesse Franklin 1B #15 Jimmy Kerr (L/R, 6-2, Sr.) Big Ten Tournament 2B #4 Ako Thomas (R/R, 5-7, Sr.) 22 Ohio State $ Omaha, Neb. L, 2-1 Christan Bullock Jordan Brewer 23 Illinois $ Omaha, Neb. W, 5-4 SS #2 Jack Blomgren (R/R, 5-10, So.) 24 Maryland $ Omaha, Neb. W, 10-4 3B #10 Blake Nelson (R/R, 6-0, Sr.) 25 Nebraska $ Omaha, Neb. W, 18-8 LF #5 Christan Bullock (L/L, 5-10, Jr.) Jack Blomgren Ako Thomas 25 Nebraska $ Omaha, Neb. L, 7-3 CF #7 Jesse Franklin (L/L, 6-1, So.) NCAA Tournament RF #22 Jordan Brewer (R/R, 6-1, Jr.) Blake Nelson Jimmy Kerr 31 Creighton& Corvalis, Ore. W, 6-0 DH #42 Jordan Nwogu (R/R, 6-2, So.) JUNE *based on last series 1 Cincinnati & Corvallis, Ore. W, 10-4 2 Creighton & Corvallis, Ore. L, 11-7 Probable Starting Pitchers 3 Creighton & Corvallis, Ore. W, 17-6 #37 Karl Kauffmann (R/R, 6-2, Jr.) 7 @ UCLA % Los Angeles, Calif. W, 3-2 #17 Jeff Criswell (R/R, 6-4, So.) 8 @ UCLA % Los Angeles, Calif. L, 5-4 (12 inn.) Joe Donovan 9 @ UCLA % (if necessary) Los Angeles, Calif. W, 4-2 #47 Tommy Henry (L/L, 6-3, Jr.) College World Series 15 Texas Tech ! Omaha, Neb. 1 p.m. CT 17 Fla. State / Arkansas ! Omaha, Neb. TBA Home games in BOLD and played at Wilpon Complex/Fisher Stadium * denotes Big Ten Conference contest WOLVERINES ON THE WEB: Game recaps, # denotes Dodgertown Classic tournament statistics, interviews, quotes and much more available on ^ denotes played at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.) MGoBlue.com, the official website of Michigan Athletics. $ denotes Big Ten Conference Tournament at T.D. Ameritrade Park (Omaha, Neb.) & denotes NCAA Regional at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field (Corvallis, Ore.) 37 17 47 % denotes NCAA Super Regional at Jackie Robinson Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.) ! denotes NCAA College World Series at T.D. Ameritrade Park (Omaha, Neb.) KARL KAUFFMANN JEFF CRISWELL TOMMY HENRY All game times subject to change BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MICH. PORTAGE, MICH. PORTAGE, MICH. RECORD: 10-6 RECORD: 7-1 RECORD: 10-5 MICHIGANMICHIGAN BASEBALL BASEBALL GAME GAME NOTES NOTES PAGEPAGE 1 1 153 YEARS OF TRADITION 35 BIG TEN TITLES 87 CWS APPEARANCES 2007 NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONS 153 YEARS OF TRADITION 35 BIG TEN TITLES 8 CWS APPEARANCES 2007 NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONS PLAYER & TEAM NOTES » Prior to the Super Regional, Michigan was one » Jordan Nwogu hit his third leadoff home run MICHIGAN QUICK FACTS of just nine teams with a win over UCLA this of the year on Saturday (June 1) vs. Cincinnati in Name .................................................... University of Michigan season (March 8), and the Bruins have been the second game of the Corvallis Regional. The Nickname ................................................................Wolverines ranked No. 1 in numerous Division I baseball sophomore designated hitter has 12 homers on City/Zip ...................................................Ann Arbor, MI, 48109 polls for the majority of the 2019 campaign. the season and leads the Wolverines with a .456 Founded ............................................................................1817 After winning the Super Regional over the No. on-base percentage. Enrollment .................................................. 46,710 (Fall 2018) 1-seeded Bruins, Michigan is the only team School colors ........................Maize and Blue (PMS 282, 7406) this season to defeat UCLA more than once. » A shutout win over Creighton (May 31) was Additionally, the Bruins lost just two games all the ninth in Michigan NCAA Tournament history, Fight Song .............................................................“The Victors” year to a left-handed starter, and both losses with the last coming on May 22, 1987, against Conference ....................................................................Big Ten came at the hands of junior Tommy Henry.