#18 Michigan baseball at #22 Oklahoma State — EDIT: 6-3 loss

Submitted by Raoul on March 18th, 2016 at 4:57 PM

Before their home opener next week, Michigan (11-3) has a big three-game series this weekend at Oklahoma State (11-6).

Oliver Jaskie is on the mound today, earning the Friday starting slot after going 3-0 in his first three starts, with a 0.00 ERA. Brett Adcock is scheduled to go tomorrow; Evan Hill on Sunday.

D1 Baseball in their Weekend Preview has a nice overview of Michigan's season to date.

Baseball America's On Campus feature today noted the success so far of Michigan's bullpen-by-committee.

Through four weekends, No. 18 Michigan has five saves, all recorded by different pitchers. Instead of having a definied closer, coach Erik Bakich said he has three pitchers—lefthander Carmen Benedetti and righthanders Mac Lozer and Bryan Pall—who he calls on whenever a key moment arises during the game. “The way we verbalize it to those guys is when they’re pitching, it’s a high-leverage situation,” Bakich said. “That could be in the fifth inning, it could be in the ninth inning. But when they’re pitching, it’s an important situation.” So far, the approach has worked. The Wolverines bullpen is 1-0, 2.17 with 70 strikeouts in 54 innings.

EDIT: Tough loss as Michigan squandered a bunch of scoring opportunities. Oklahoma State wins, 6-3. First pitch tomorrow is scheduled for 3pm ET.

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