Baseball: Fordham Preview, Mets Exhibition
Michigan | vs | Fordham | ||
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Friday 2:30pm, Mets Spring Training Complex #7, Port St. Lucie, FL | ||||
Matt Miller (0-2, 4.58 ERA) | vs | J.P. Mack (0-2, 9.58ERA) | ||
Stats | ||||
Notes: This is on field #7, and the first meeting between the programs | ||||
Michigan | vs | Fordham | ||
Saturday 11am, Tradition Field, Port St. Lucie, FL | ||||
Alan Oaks (1-3, 2.73ERA) | vs | Max Krakowiak (0-2, 4.64ERA) | ||
Stats | ||||
Notes: | ||||
Michigan | vs | Fordham | ||
Following Game One, Tradition Field, Port St. Lucie, FL | ||||
Bobby Brosnahan (0-2, 7.71ERA) | vs | Rich Anastasi (0-1, 3.07ERA) | ||
Stats | ||||
Notes: Second game of a double header. | ||||
Michigan | vs | NY Mets | ||
Sunday 11am, Tradition Field, Port St. Lucie, FL | ||||
TBA | vs | TBA | ||
Stats | TICKETS | |||
Notes: Michigan trails 0-1-1 in the all time exhibition history. This game |
I'm still swamped with real life – hence the lack of a Coastal review- so shortened version of the Fordham preview after the jump. No Mets as this game means nothing.
Fordham
The Rams enter the weekend at 4-11 (#136 RPI) with their wins coming from a 3 game sweep (not all in the same weekend) of NYIT and a big mid-week upset of #11 Miami this past Tuesday, and almost upsetting them again on Wednesday – falling 8-9. Despite that big win, they also have a couple of moderately bad losses in Old Dominion and Pittsburgh. They aren't a horrible team, and they should be near the top of the Atlantic 10 again this year.
The starting pitching for Fordham has been subpar on the season, with no regular starter posting an ERA below Krakowiak's 4.64. Krakowiak, a righty, has started 4 games, going an average of 5.1 innings with only 15 Ks.He is also among team leaders in hit by pitch.
In an attempt to get better results, the lefty Anastasi has been promoted to the rotation for this weekend. In 6 appearances, he's thrown 14.2 innings, striking out 12 and allowing only 3 walks. The 6'-5" freshman shouldn't be too imposing on Michigan as we've seen pitchers like him before.
J.P. Mack will be making his 3rd start of the season after starting the year in the bullpen. In his four appearances, he's only thrown 10.1 innings, allowing 18 runs, only 11 of which are earned, and striking out 7. His opponent batting average is .391 and his opponent slugging percentage is .478. That should bode well for Michigan in the opener.
The bullpen has a couple of decent arms in closer Brandon Casalicchi and Jordan Grangard. Casalicchi is 0-1 with 2 saves, posting a 1.04 ERA in 8.2 innings pitched. He's struck out 7 and walked 3 in his time on the mound with one hit batsman. Grangard has thrown 8 innings without a decision while posting a 2.25 ERA. He's struck out 4 and walked 7. The rest of the bullpen has either thrown too few innings or has been bad.
On offense, Chris Walker is their big (only?) bat in the cleanup spot. Walker is batting .362 with a .466 slugging and .397 on base percentage. The junior catcher is leading the team with 13 RBI (next closest is 8), and is tied with the team lead in total bases (27). The only other batter of note is Mike Mobbs. Mobbs is a senior centerfielder, currently sporting a .302 batting average and a team leading .519 slugging percentage. He has 4 doubles, 2 triples, and a home run on the season hitting in the 3-hole. Coincidentally, he's the team leader with 13 runs scored, the same number of RBIs as Walker.
The rest of the team is nothing to write home about, combining for a .293 slugging percentage as a group (minus Walker and Mobbs).
Relevant Reading
Michigan Daily – Wolverines swinging for sweep against Rams, will take on New York Mets in exhibition. Money quote:
“We gotta sweep this series,” Berset said. “It’s kind of needed right now with our record what it is. We’re gonna go down there and that’s what we’re gonna try and do … we’re definitely not overlooking them.”
Outlook
I think we sweep the Rams pretty easily. This should be a bit of a stat padding weekend for our hitters, and hopefully some of our bullpen can get some work in. I have no idea who pitches against the Mets. The way we used Burgoon last week, I have to assume there's something up with him, sick maybe? I don't think we would have started Brosnahan against Coastal if Burgoon would have been fully healthy. So with the potential of another starter, I'm expecting another score like 2009 with a 17-8 or so game. I don't see another tie with Billy Wagner-esque throwing-at-our-batters-type situations from 2008.
Hopefully I'll catch up with all the real life work by the end of the weekend and will have a bit more constructive recap this week.
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