Michigan Magic After Midnight: Wolverines Pound Maryland – University of Michigan Athletics

» Michigan chased Maryland starter and Massive Ten wins chief Ryan Ramsey within the fourth inning after taking a 10-4 lead, handing Ramsey his first loss after 10 wins.
» Matt Frey and Riley Bertram mixed for seven hits and 7 RBI.
» Willie Weiss threw 3.0 spectacular innings of aid to earn the win.

OMAHA, Neb. — The College of Michigan baseball staff put up a number of crooked innings Friday (Might 27) , because the Wolverines took down Massive Ten regular-season champion Maryland by a rating of 15-8 within the second spherical of the Massive Ten Event at Charles Schwab Discipline.

The win retains Michigan in an enviable winner’s bracket recreation heading into Saturday’s (Might 28) schedule. The Wolverines will play at roughly 5 p.m. CT in opposition to the winner of an elimination recreation between No. 3 seed Iowa and No. 6 seed Penn State. That recreation will happen at 9 a.m. CT with the winner needing to defeat Michigan twice to advance.

The story on Friday was Michigan’s relentless offense and the well timed aid pitching of senior Willie Weiss, who quieted Maryland’s vaunted offense for 3 innings. The Wolverines scored 4 instances within the third inning and 5 instances within the fourth and seventh innings to open a tense recreation and win going away.  

After starter Jacob Denner despatched Maryland down so as within the first inning, Michigan went to work as Clark Elliott walked, stole second, and got here round on a check-swing double from Matt Frey, who despatched a tender liner contained in the third base bag. 

Within the second inning, Maryland scored a run with two outs as Max Costes doubled and got here round on a single up the center from Bobby Zmarzlak. The Terps took the lead the subsequent inning as Kevin Keister led off the third with a solo homer in opposition to reliever John Torroella.

Michigan responded within the backside of the body, taking a 5-2 lead, on a combination of base operating threats and well timed hitting that was enabled by an error. Elliott walked once more within the inning, stole second once more, and went to 3rd on an errant pickoff try. Frey delivered Elliott with one other opposite-field single, and the inning then acquired prolonged on a throwing error that scored the go-ahead run. Riley Bertram then greeted a first-pitch fastball, lacing a two-run double to offer U-M a three-run lead.

Michigan chased Maryland’s Ryan Ramsey within the fourth inning as Frey laced one other hit, a bases-loaded, two-run single, earlier than Jimmy Obertop despatched an RBI double to the wall in left area as Michigan took an 8-4 lead. Maryland was pressured to the bullpen, however Michigan added two extra runs, together with an RBI double from Bertram, who joined Frey with three hits to that time.

Ramsey entered the sport because the Massive Ten’s wins chief at 10-0, and just one staff had scored greater than 5 runs in opposition to him. Michigan completed the feat twice.

Michigan’s pitching employees struggled to maintain Maryland at bay because the Terps scored thrice within the fifth, with U-M finally getting three consecutive outs out of the bullpen by Weiss, who got here in and acquired a pair of strikeouts to settle issues.

Weiss labored his method via the seventh inning, yielding solely a solo homer run that was rapidly answered by Tito Flores, who lined a solo homer of his personal to start out the seventh inning and provides U-M an 11-8 lead. Jake Marti then plated Bertram (single) with an ideal suicide squeeze earlier than Elliott launched a 420-foot dwelling run via a stiff wind to proper area. Joe Stewart then reached base on an infield single and scored after three wild pitches as Michigan all of a sudden took a 15-8 lead. 

Weiss gave U-M simply what it wanted, with 3.0 innings of two-hit, three-strikeout aid in opposition to Maryland’s potent offense to earn the win. Cameron Weston threw the ultimate two innings, putting out the aspect within the ninth, to seal the win.  

Left-handed hitters Frey and Bertram led the way in which offensively, combining for seven hits and 7 runs, with Frey driving dwelling 4 runs and Bertram main all hitters with 4 hits (two doubles).