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Michigan |
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Minnesota |
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Friday 7:00pm ET |
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| Bobby Brosnahan | vs | TJ Oakes | ||||
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Notes: Michigan is 85-86 all time. Minnesota is 1-0 in the tourney. |
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Season Series |
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7-14 |
4-5 |
2-1 |
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Michigan defeated Iowa in an absolutely dominating performance, winning 18-4. With the win, Michigan moves on in the winner's bracket to face the #1 seed Minnesota Golden Gophers. For Iowa recap and a look at Minnesota, follow the jump.
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Michigan |
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Thursday 3:35pm ET |
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| TBA | vs | TBA | ||||
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Notes: Michigan is 101-45 all time. Iowa is 1-0 in the tourney (not reflected above) |
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2-5 |
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7-5 |
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Michigan will open up their portion of the Big Ten Baseball Tournament Thursday against Iowa. The winner advances to the semi-finals of the championship round, the loser falls into a pit of despair also known as the loser's bracket.
Iowa owns a 2-1 record against the Wolverines, but they've already thrown their ace Jarred Hippen in order to get to this game. Michigan comes in fully rested and with all its pitchers at Rich Maloney's disposal.
A brief review of the regular season meeting and some thoughts on the tournament after the jump.
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Michigan (29-18, 10-8) |
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Northwestern (21-27, 10-8) |
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| Alan Oaks (4-5, 3.75 ERA) | vs | Eric Jokisch (4-5, 4.59 ERA) | |||
| Stats | Audio (WCBN) | BTN.com ($) | |||
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Notes: Michigan is 108-27 all time, Last year: 1-2 series loss. Jokisch is a LHP. |
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Michigan |
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Northwestern |
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| Bobby Brosnahan(5-4, 4.64 ERA) | vs | Francis Brooke (5-3, 4.28 ERA) | |||
| Stats | Audio (MGo) | BTN.com ($) | |||
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Michigan |
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Northwestern |
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| Stats | Audio (MGo) | BTN.com ($) | |||
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It's the first round of Big Ten Elimination as we've reached the final two weeks of regular season Big Ten baseball. Michigan faces one of the three other teams tied for the Big Ten lead in the Northwestern Wildcats, a team with a solid pitching staff and a surprisingly decent offense that came together just in time for conference play. This is also a series for revenge as Northwestern was the team to knock Michigan out of the Big Ten Tournament in 2009. Vengeance must be had.
Quick look at the midweek game against Michigan State, as well as a preview of Northwestern after the jump:
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