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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN BASEBALL 2006, 2007 & 2008 BIG TEN CHAMPIONS u-m ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Matt Fancett Assistant Director 734.647.1726 phone 734.647.1188 fax 2009 MICHIGAN BASEBALL [email protected] MGoBlue.com 143 YEARS ... 35 BIG TEN TITLES ... 7 CWS APPEARANCES ... 2007 NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONS 2009 SCHEDULE/RESULTS FEBRUARY 20 vs. South Florida ! W, 6-5 21 vs. Purdue W, 4-3 (10 inn.) 21 vs. Cincinnati ! W, 6-1 22 vs. St. John’s ! W, 4-2 25 at North Florida W, 9-8 27 vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee ^ L, 11-19 Michigan (20-14, 4-5 Big Ten) vs. Michigan State (12-21, 3-6 Big Ten) • (April 17-19) 28 at Jacksonville ^ W, 21-3 28 at Jacksonville ^ L, 10-2 MARCH 1 vs. Akron ^ W, 10-7 (8 inn.) michigan’S PROBABLE STARTING LINE-UP 6 vs. Siena W, 11-3 Pos. No. Player Notable 7 vs. Siena W, 12-3 1. 2B 19 Kevin Cislo Big Ten leader with 39 runs scored. 7 vs. Siena W, 19-6 2. LF 13 Kenny Fellows Second on team with .352 average. 8 vs. NY Mets (EX) L, 18-7 3. CF 4 Ryan LaMarre Team leader with 44 RBIs. 13 at Arizona L, 2-0 4. 1B 7 Mike Dufek Team leader with 11 HRs. 14 at Arizona L, 9-7 5. DH 5 Jake McLouth Fourth on squad with four HR. 15 at Arizona L, 14-0 6. RF 14 Alan Oaks Third on squad with five HRs. 17 at Eastern Michigan W, 11-3 7. C 10 Chris Berset Made return to lineup vs. EMU after injury. 20 IPFW W, 4-2 8. 3B 6 John Lorenz Only true freshman in starting lineup. 21 IPFW W, 4-1 9. SS 16 Anthony Toth Has hits in 18 of his last 19 games. 22 IPFW W, 9-2 24 EASTERN MICHIGAN L, 3-1 27 at Iowa * W, 4-3 THE MICHIGAN-MSU SERIES HISTORY 28 at Iowa * L, 2-1 Michigan and Michigan State renew a rivalry that INSIDE THE SERIES 29 at Iowa * W, 7-5 31 BOWLING GREEN L, 8-3 began in baseball with the first meeting in 1884. Since then, MIchigan has owned a 188-95-2 all- Television: ..............................................................None APRIL time series lead and has won the last nine games Live Stats: ............ Gametracker on MGoBlue.com 1 OAKLAND W, 14-3 in a row including a four-game sweep of the Radio: .......... Sat. & Sun. games via MGoBlue.com Spartans last season. 4 PENN STATE * (DH) L, 6-4/W, 9-5 Series: ................................Michigan leads 188-95-2 5 PENN STATE * L, 16-5 Last Year: .......................Michigan swept series, 4-0 MICHIGAN vs. MSU (U-M leads, 188-95-2) Streak: ..........................................................................W9 8 CENTRAL MICHIGAN L, 10-2 LAST FIVE MEETINGS 10 ILLINOIS * W, 4-2 4/29/07 W 21-9 East Lansing, Mich. 11 ILLINOIS * L, 10-8 GAME 1 PROBABLES 4/18/08 W 8-3 Ann Arbor, Mich. 12 ILLINOIS * L, 11-5 4/19/08 W 10-4 East Lansing, Mich. Michigan: ............Chris Fetter (RHP, 5-1, 2.35 ERA) 15 E. MICHIGAN (DH) W, 4-3/L, 11-5 MSU: ..................Nolan Moody (RHP, 4-4, 3.25 ERA) 17 at Michigan State * 3:05 p.m. 4/19/08 W 7-1 East Lansing, Mich. 4/20/08 W 27-6 Ann Arbor, Mich. 18 MICHIGAN STATE 1:05 p.m. GAME 2 PROBABLES 19 at Michigan State * 1:05 p.m. Michigan: ........ Eric Katzman (LHP, 5-2, 3.07 ERA) 21 NOTRE DAME 6:35 p.m. MICHIGAN QUICK HITS 22 at Notre Dame 6:05 p.m. • The Wolverines are coming off their second MSU: ........................A.J. Achter (RHP, 1-3. 3.49 ERA) 24 INDIANA * 6:35 p.m. straight Big Ten series loss, dropping two of three 25 INDIANA * 1:05 p.m. games at home to Illinois. GAME 3 PROBABLES 26 INDIANA * 1:05 p.m. Michigan: .................................................................. TBA • Michigan’s game Tuesday with Toledo was MSU: ............................................................................ TBA MAY canceled due to rain. No reschedule date has 1 at Ohio State * 7:00 p.m. (BTN) been set. 2 at Ohio State * 1:00 p.m. (BTN) BY THE NUMBERS • Michigan (19-13, 4-5 Big Ten) remained in a tie 3 at Ohio State * 1:00 p.m. (BTN) MICHIGAN MICHIGAN STATE 5 at Western Michigan 3:05 p.m. for sixth place in the conference race despite los- RECORD 20-14 (4-5) 12-21 (3-6) 6 WESTERN MICHIGAN 6:35 p.m. ing to Illinois (21-8, 6-3 Big Ten), 11-5, in the series AVG .299 .267 8 MINNESOTA * 6:35 p.m. finale on Sunday (April 12). RUNS 226 169 9 MINNESOTA * 1:05 p.m. HITS 345 292 10 MINNESOTA * 1:05 p.m. • Sophomore CF Ryan LaMarre, who leads the HR 38 15 12 BALL STATE 6:35 p.m. Wolverines with a .385 (45-for-117) average in 2B 75 49 14 at Northwestern * 3 p.m. (CDT) overall action continued his excellent series 15 at Northwestern * 3 p.m. (CDT) 3B 4 5 against Illinois on Sunday, going 2-for-3 with a 16 at Northwestern * 1 p.m. (CDT) RBI 206 154 20-24 Big Ten Tournament TBA hit-by-pitch. LaMarre was 4-for-6 with four walks, SB-SBA 38-62 41-57 two sac flies, five runs scored and three RBI against FIELDING PCT. .965 .965 * - Denotes Big Ten Conference games the Fighting Illini, and he reached base 10 times ERA 5.19 4.87 ! - Denotes Big East/Big Ten Challenge games in the series. LaMarre extends his current team- K 278 172 ^ - Denotes Jacksonville University Tournament leading hitting streak to seven games and added BB 123 140 (EX) - Denotes exhibition contest his team-leading 15th multi-hit game. OPP BA .296 .286 Home games in BOLD CAPS WOLVERINES ON THE WEB: Game recaps, statistics, notes, quotes and much more available on MGoBlue.com, the official website of Michigan Athletics. 1 MAIZE & BLUE GAME DAY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN BASEBALL HEAD COACH RICH MALONEY MALONEY RICH COACH HEAD 2009 BIG TEN CONFERENCE STANDINGS (as of 4/16/09) CONFERENCE GAMES ALL GAMES W L PCT Streak Last 10 W L PCT Streak Last 10 1. Minnesota 6 2 .750 W4 6-2 22 10 .688 W6 8-2 Indiana 6 2 .750 W3 6-2 16 17 .485 W4 8-2 3. Ohio State 6 3 .667 W3 6-3 26 8 .765 L1 6-4 RICH MALONEY, HEAD COACH Illinois 6 3 .667 W2 6-3 21 10 .677 L2 5-5 7TH SEASON 5. Purdue 5 3 .625 W1 5-3 16 15 .516 W2 6-4 6. Michigan 4 5 .444 L2 4-5 20 14 .588 L1 4-6 Overall Record Penn State 4 5 .444 L1 4-5 20 14 .588 W1 6-4 513-283-1 (14 years) 8. Michigan State 3 6 .333 L3 3-6 12 21 .364 W1 5-5 9. Iowa 2 7 .222 L5 2-7 11 21 .344 L8 1-9 GAME NOTES GAME Education 10. Northwestern 1 7 .125 L6 1-7 9 23 .281 W2 4-6 Western Michigan University, 1986 Head Coaching Experience Ball State University (1998-2002) -- THE LATEST ON MALONEY -- MICHIGAN IN THE 2009 POLLS Overall Record: 256-144-1 (.640) BA CB ESPN NCBWA Conference Record: 141-60 (.701) NUMBER 250 AT U-M Pre NR 30 RV 28 Feb. 23 NR 28 RV 28 Saturday’s (March 21) 4-1 victory over IPFW was March 2 RV 28 RV 28 University of Michigan (2003-present) Rich Maloney’s 250th win as Michigan’s head March 9 RV 28 RV 25 Overall Record: 257-140 (.647) coach. He is 250-131 in his seven seasons at March 16 NR NR NR NR Conference Record: 122-64 (.656) March 23 NR NR NR NR Michigan. It marked his 506th overall win in his March 30 NR NR RV NR Career Highlights 14 seasons as a head coach, including 256 wins April 6 NR NR NR NR April 14 NR NR NR NR • In his seventh season as head coach at Michigan. in seven seasons at Ball State (1998-2002). • Hired May 31, 2002, as 18th head coach in school 500 AND COUNTING history. With a 10-7 comeback win over Akron on March 1, BIG INNINGS (4+ RUNS) • Ranks 27th on list of top 50 active NCAA DI head coach Rich Maloney notched his 500th career MICHIGAN coaches in wins. win in 14 seasons. Maloney is just the second U-M DATE OPPONENT INN. RUNS RESULT • Won 500th career game with 10-7 victory over coach to go over 500 career victories, joining Ray 2/25 North Florida 4th 6 W, 9-8 2/28 Jacksonville 2nd 6 W, 21-3 Akron (March 1, 2009). Fisher (1921-58) who finished with a 636-295-8 2/28 Jacksonville 6th 8 W, 21-3 • Won 250th game at U-M with 4-1 victory over career mark, all while at U-M. IPFW (March 21, 2009). 3/1 Akron 8th 5 W, 10-7 3/6 Siena 5th 4 W, 11-3 • Named 2007 and ‘08 ABCA Region Coach of the BEST START IN MALONEY ERA 3/7 Siena (G1) 6th 6 W, 12-3 Year Saturday’s (March 7) game one win over Siena 3/7 Siena (G2) 4th 5 W, 19-6 • Named 2007 and ‘08 Big Ten Coach of the Year pushed U-M’s overall record to 9-2 matching the 3/7 Siena (G2) 6th 4 W, 19-6 • Has led Michigan to three consecutive (2006, ‘07, best start for the Wolverines since the 1987 team 3/17 E.