Michigan Baseball: Stetson, Coastal Carolina Invitational
Michigan (6-5)
To begin the season Michigan has a win over a pretty good Long Beach State team. 4 wins against awful Sienna, and one from a not very good Tennessee Tech team.
In the national picture their hitting ranks 62nd in average and has been good enough to keep them in most of their games. Pitching hasn't been as bad as the numbers indicate, but since we're so early in the season the 7 run outing against Long Beach State and 16 in two games against TTU make them look worse than they are.
Players Of Note
- Jacob Cronenworth: 1st baseman and closer. Bats leadoff, holding opponents to a .077 average with 1 hit allowed.
- Jackson Glines: The team's best hitter and leader in most stat categories. Hits the ball a lot, gets on base and is driven in more than anyone else on the team
- Cody Bruder - Carmen Benedetti: RBI leaders. Middle of the order run producers
- Keith Lehmann: Starting pitcher. 5 walks, 13 stikeouts, 2.13 ERA
- Eric Jacobson: Cleanup hitter, Michigan's only consistent bottom of the order bat.
Team Hitting
| Average | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | SLG% | OBP% |
| .291 | 368 | 58 | 107 | 54 | 36 | 79 | .378 | .374 |
Individual Hitting
Batting order lists most recent lineup position.
| Name | Bats | Order | Position | AVG | R | H | RBI | BB | SLG% | OBP% |
| Jacob Cronenworth | L | Leadoff | 1B | .310 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 6 | .378 | .392 |
| Jackson Glines | L | 2 | CF | .524 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 8 | .595 | .600 |
| Travis Maezes | L | 3 | 3B/DH | .250 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .500 | .400 |
| Carmen Benedetti | L | 4 | DH/OF | .314 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | .514 | .351 |
| Cody Bruder | R | 5 | LF | .310 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 2 | .405 | .370 |
| Jake Bivens | L | 6 | 2B | .310 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | .379 | .447 |
| Kevin White | R | 7 | RF | .250 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .321 | .290 |
| Kendall Patrick | R | 7/8 | C | .192 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .269 | .323 |
| Harrison Wenson | R | 8 | C | .111 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .273 |
| Drew Lugbauer | L | 8 | 3B | .111 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | .111 | .238 |
| Eric Jacobson | R | Cleanup | 2B/SS | .325 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | .350 | .357 |
Team Pitching
| ERA | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | AVG |
| 3.36 | 91.0 | 72 | 43 | 34 | 56 | 87 | .222 |
Individual Pitching
Pitchers below 3 innings not charted
| Name | R/L | Position | W-L | ERA | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | AVG |
| Keith Lehmann | R | Starter | 1-1 | 2.13 | 12.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | .178 |
| Ryan Nutof | R | Starter | 0-1 | 2.14 | 14.0 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 12 | .214 |
| Brett Adcock | L | Starter | 1-1 | 3.60 | 15.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 14 | .146 |
| Jayce Vancena | R | Starter | 0-0 | 4.70 | 7.2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .300 |
| Bryan Pall | R | RP | 1-0 | 1.12 | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .200 |
| Michael Hendrickson | L | RP | 0-1 | 3.68 | 7.1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | .296 |
| Jackson Lamb | R | RP | 1-0 | 0.00 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .182 |
| Jacob Cronenworth | R | RP | 1-0 | 2.25 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .077 |
| Donnie Eaton | R | RP | 1-0 | 4.50 | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | .143 |
| Matt Ogden | R | RP | 0-0 | 10.80 | 3.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .429 |
| TJ Shook | R | RP | 0-1 | 9.00 | 3.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .200 |
At Stetson Hatters (7-5)
Tuesday, March 3rd, 6:30PM
The Hatters have played every game save one at their home field in Florida, hosting CMU, LaSalle, FIU and Penn.
Since dropping 2-of-3 to LaSalle to open the year. Stetson is 6-3 and they've been tearing the cover off the ball.
Players Of Note
- Patrick Mazeika: A .250 hitter so far this year who doesn't stike out with 12 walks, 4 home runs and has been plunked 4 times. Mazeika was an All-American two years ago as a freshman and hit .382 last season.
- Josh Powers-Vance Vizcaino: Leading run producers, high average hitters
- Kevin Fagan: Hitting .288 with 9 batted in. Freshman All-American in 2013
- Brooks Wilson: 4-0 record as a starter, 2.76 ERA.
UMBC (1-2)
Friday, March 6th, 3:00pm
I know nothing about this team because they have had 5 games cancelled and 2 postponed. UMBC plays in the America East conference and has finished at or near the bottom for the last 5 years.
Toledo (3-7)
Saturday, March 7th, 11:00AM
The Rockets have played like your average midwest team trekking through the south. Their pitching staff gave up 33 runs in 3 games to start the season, then 11 against Winthrop, 9 to open their series against VT and another 9 to finish it. They haven't particularly hit well either.
Players Of Note
- AJ Montoya - Ryan Callahan - Matt Hansen - John Martillotta
All four players have 4 RBI, which is the most on the team.
Coastal Carolina (7-4)
Saturday, March 7th, 3:00PM
The tournament host, CCU has wins over Georgia Tech, NC State and an assortment of northern teams. Bad losses to Kent State, Illinois and Canisius. They can hit but stikeout a lot. Pitching has been shaky.
Players Of Note
- Connor Owings: A .351 hitter on the year with 10 batted in, 2 home runs and 8 walks. 1st Team All-Big South a year ago.
- Anthony Marks: Team leader in OBP (.487), 7 RBI, .295 average
- Michael Paez: Low average hitter. Leads the team in runs scored (10) and in doubles (5). 7 RBI.
- Alex Cunningham: Coming off elbow surgery, has started 2-0 with a 2.89 ERA. 17 strikeouts, 5 walks, holding batters to a .185 average.
Akron (5-4)
Sunday, March 8th, 11:00AM
The Zips aren't off to a bad start. They took 2-of-3 from Furman and 2-of-3 from Charlotte, before going 1-of-3 at the Mercer Baseball Classic with a win over Belmont and losses to Notre Dame and Mercer.
They started the season hitting well but have cooled off. Pitching is alright.
Players Of Note
- Dom Iero: .313 hitter with more RBI than hits, .400 OBP
- Daulton Mosbarger: Hitting .303 with 3 doubles, 1 home run and 8 batted in. Leads the team in walks (6) and OBP (.439)
- Jon Pusateri: Lowest ERA of the Akron starters with a 3.00, 9 strikeouts, 3 walks in 15.0 innings thrown.