RE 152LEA YEARSSE NO. OF 8 - TRADITION WEEK 6 35 BIG TEN TITLES 7 CWS APPEARANCES MICHIG2007 NCAAAN B REGIONALASEBALL GCHAMPIONSAME NOTES 152 YEARS OF TRADITION 35 BIG TEN TITLES 7 CWS APPEARANCES 2007 NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONS Michigan Athletic Communications Katie Gwinn-Hewitt Baseball Contact 813.748.5293 phone 734.647.1188 fax 2018 MICHIGAN BASEBALL [email protected] MGoBlue.com 152 YEARS OF TRADITION 35 BIG TEN TITLES 7 CWS APPEARANCES 2007 NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONS 2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS WEEK 6: BIG TEN OPENER | HOME-AND-HOME WITH MSU FEBRUARY 16 Army Port St Lucie, Fla. W, 12-6 17 Army Port St Lucie, Fla. L, 4-3 18 Army Port St Lucie, Fla. W, 7-3 23 vs. San Diego# San Diego, Calif. L, 5-1 24 vs. Arizona# San Diego, Calif. L, 9-5 25 vs. Cal Poly# San Diego, Calif. L, 8-1 26 @ San Diego State San Diego, Calif. L, 4-3 MARCH GAME 21 GAME 22 GAME 23 2 @ #8 Stanford Stanford, Calif. L, 7-0 VS. MICHIGAN STATE at MICHIGAN STATE VS. MICHIGAN STATE 3 @ #8 Stanford Stanford, Calif. L, 3-2 Friday, Mar. 23 Saturday, Mar. 24 Sunday, Mar. 25 @ #8 Stanford Stanford, Calif. W, 5-0 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 @ #8 Stanford Stanford, Calif. L, 7-4 Wilpon Complex East Lansing, Mich. Wilpon Complex 9 @ Lipscomb Nashville, Tenn. W, 16-11 10 @ Lipscomb Nashville, Tenn. L, 7-4 » The University of Michigan baseball team will ride its five-game win streak into the Big Ten Conference home 11 @ Lipscomb Nashville, Tenn. L, 4-2 opener this weekend, as the Wolverines take on Michigan State in the traditional home-and-home series. The 13 Oakland Wilpon Complex postponed three-game series will begin on Friday (March 23) at 4 p.m. at the Wilpon Complex, home of Ray Fisher Stadium, 14 Lawrence Tech Wilpon Complex L, 8-3 and Saturday’s game (March 24) will take place at Michigan State. The series will wrap up at Ray Fisher Stadium 16 Bowling Green Wilpon Complex W, 8-6 on Sunday (March 25). 17 Bowling Green Wilpon Complex W, 10-7 18 Bowling Green Wilpon Complex W, 5-4 » Friday’s contest will wrap a seven-game home stand for the Wolverines after Michigan spent the first 14 games 20 Oakland Wilpon Complex W, 10-3 of the 2018 season on the road or at neutral sites. The Maize and Blue is now 5-1 on the home stand, and will 21 Western Michigan Wilpon Complex W, 7-6 start another seven-game home stand when the Wolverines return home Sunday (March 24) for the weekend 23 Michigan State* Wilpon Complex 4 p.m. finale against Michigan State. In total, Michigan is set to play 24 home games this year. 24 @ Michigan State* East Lansing, Mich. 1 p.m. 25 Michigan State* Wilpon Complex 1 p.m. » The Wolverines are currently 5-1 at home after dropping their home opener to Lawrence Tech (March 14) 28 Central Michigan Wilpon Complex 4 p.m. and responding with five-straight wins over Bowling Green (March 16-18), Oakland (March 20), and Western 30 Delaware Wilpon Complex 4 p.m. Michigan (March 21). Through six games played at the Wilpon Complex, the Wolverines have compiled a .311 31 Delaware Wilpon Complex Noon team batting average and out-scored their opponents 43 runs to 34. Delaware Wilpon Complex 3 p.m. » Junior Ako Thomas is back to his ways after compiling a 38-game reached-base streak last season. The infielder has safely reached base in all 20 contests so far this year as Michigan’s lead-off man, and leads the APRIL Wolverines in runs (17), doubles (8), and on-base percentage (.402). Thomas also recorded the two-out, bases 1 Delaware Wilpon Complex 1 p.m. loaded game-winning hit for a 7-6 walk-off victory over Western Michigan on Wednesday (March 21). 4 Toledo Wilpon Complex 4 p.m. 6 @ Northwestern* Evanston, Ill. 3 p.m. CT » Junior outfielder Jonathan Engelmann currently leads Michigan’s everyday starters at the plate with a .295 7 @ Northwestern* Evanston, Ill. 2 p.m. CT batting average through 20 games started. He is tied with Thomas for a team-leading 23 hits. 8 @ Northwestern* Evanston, Ill. 1 p.m. CT 13 Maryland* Wilpon Complex 4 p.m. » Freshman lefty pitcher Ben Dragani made his first career start last weekend against Bowling Green and will 14 Maryland* Wilpon Complex 2 p.m. remain in the starting rotation this weekend against Michigan State. In his start against the Falcons, Dragani 15 Maryland* Wilpon Complex 2:30 p.m. tossed a career-high 7.0 innings and scattered just five hits while allowing one run (unearned). He also struck 20 Penn State* Wilpon Complex 4 p.m. out a career-high six in the effort. 21 Penn State* Wilpon Complex 2 p.m. 22 Penn State* Wilpon Complex 1 p.m. » Sophomore Tommy Henry will return to his starting role this Friday to kick off Big Ten Conference play. 27 @ Iowa* Iowa City, Iowa 6:05 p.m. Through five starts and 30.0 innings pitched, the lefty ace boasts a 2-0 record with a 3.90 earned run average. 28 @ Iowa* Iowa City, Iowa 2:05 p.m. He’s also surrendered just 13 earned runs and struck out 26 batters. 29 @ Iowa* Iowa City, Iowa 1:05 p.m. » Michigan State enters the weekend with a 6-13 record and currently sits at the bottom of the Big Ten Conference through non-conference action The Spartans are on a two-game losing streak but recently split a MAY 1 Eastern Michigan Wilpon Complex 6 p.m. 2 @ Eastern Michigan Ypsilanti, Mich. 6 p.m. PROBABLE WOLVERINE STARTERS 4 @ Rutgers* Piscataway, N.J. 3 p.m. Pos. No., Player 5 @ Rutgers* Piscataway, N.J. 1 p.m. C #35 Brock Keener (S/R, 6-1, Sr.) Jonathan Engelmann 6 @ Rutgers* Piscataway, N.J. 1 p.m. 1B #9 Matthew Schmidt (R/R, 6-2, Jr.) 8 @ Central Michigan Mount Pleasant, Mich. 4 p.m. 2B #4 Ako Thomas (R/R, 5-8, Jr.) 9 @ Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. 3 p.m. SS #18 Jack Blomgren (R/R, 6-0, Fr.) Jesse Franklin Miles Lewis 11 Illinois* Wilpon Complex 6 p.m. 3B #10 Blake Nelson (R/R, 6-1, Jr.) 12 Illinois* Wilpon Complex 2 p.m. LF #42 Jordan Nwgou (R/R, 6-3, Fr.) Jack Blomgren Ako Thomas 13 Illinois* Wilpon Complex Noon CF #2 Jonathan Engelmann (R/R, 6-3, Jr.) 17 @ Purdue* West Lafayette, Ind. 6 p.m. RF #3 Miles Lewis (S/R, 6-1, R-Jr.) 18 @ Purdue* West Lafayette, Ind. 6 p.m. DH #13 Dominic Clementi (L/R, 6-1, So.) Blake Nelson Matthew Schmidt 19 @ Purdue* West Lafayette, Ind. 1 p.m. Possible Starting Pitchers (Alphabetical Order) #21 Ben Dragani (L/L, 6-5, Fr.) Big Ten Tournament #47 Tommy Henry (L/L, 6-3, So.) 23 Big Ten Tournament Omaha, Neb. TBA #37 Karl Kauffmann (R/R, 6-2, So.) 24 Big Ten Tournament Omaha, Neb. TBA #19 Alec Rennard (R/R, 6-3, Sr.) 25 Big Ten Tournament Omaha, Neb. TBA #22 William Tribucher (L/L, 6-3, Jr.) Brock Keener 26 Big Ten Tournament Omaha, Neb. TBA #20 Jayce Vancena (R/R, 6-5, Sr.) 27 Big Ten Tournament Omaha, Neb. TBA JUNE 1-4 NCAA Regional Campus Sites TBA 8-11 NCAA Super Regional Campus Sites TBA 16-27 College World Series Omaha, Neb. TBA Home games in BOLD and played at Wilpon Complex/Fisher Stadium # denotes Tony Gwynn Legacy tournament 21 47 37 19 22 20 * denotes Big Ten Conference contest BEN DRAGANI TOMMY HENRY KARL KAUFFMANN ALEC RENNARD WILLIAM TRIBUCHER JAYCE VANCENA All game times subject to change BROOKFIELD, WIS. PORTAGE, MICH. BLOOMFIELD, MICH. SANTA ROSA, CALIF. SAN CLEMENTE, CALIF. MILLBURY, OHIO RECORD: 1-0 RECORD: 2-0 RECORD: 2-2 RECORD: 1-2 RECORD: 1-2 RECORD: 1-3 MICHIGAN BASEBALL GAME NOTES PAGE 1 152 YEARSYEARS OF TRADITIONTRADITION 35 BIGBIG TENTEN TITLESTITLES 7 CWS APPEARANCESAPPEARANCES 2007 NCAANCAA REGIONALREGIONAL CHAMPIONSCHAMPIONS 152 YEARS OF TRADITION 35 BIG TEN TITLES 7 CWS APPEARANCES 2007 NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONS PLAYER & TEAM NOTES four-game series against Niagara in Michigan State’s MICHIGAN QUICK FACTS home opener this past weekend. In spite of a tough » Michigan opened the 2018 season with a three- Name ................................................University of Michigan start to the season, the Spartans are led offensively by game series against Army in Port St. Lucie, Florida, and Nickname ............................................................Wolverines sophomore Justin Antoncic, who boasts a .322 batting returned to Ann Arbor having won two of the three City/Zip ...............................................Ann Arbor, MI, 48109 average through 17 games, including six extra-base contests. The series marked the third straight year that hits. Redshirt freshman Mason Erla is Michigan State’s Michigan opened up its season at Tradition Field, as Founded ........................................................................1817 go-to starting pitcher with a 2.15 earned run average the Wolverines have played a series at the home of the Enrollment ...............................................44,718 (Fall 2016) and a perfect 3-0 record. Mets’ High-A affiliate every season since 2007. School colors ....................... Maize and Blue (PMS 282, 116) Fight Song .........................................................“The Victors” » The Wolverines boast a 198-106-2 all-time record » A total of 14 Michigan players have made their Conference ............................................................... Big Ten over the Spartans, with the teams’ first meeting debuts so far this season, including red-shirt freshmen occurring in 1884.