Michigan Softball/Baseball open thread
Michigan softball vs Northwestern and Michigan baseball vs. MSU
Go Blue! Score tons of runs…
Softball lost to Northwestern last night 4-3 in a thrilling 11 inning game. They will try to bounce back today. Today is also the day when the Carol Hutchins Stadium will be officially unveiled! Go Blue!
Michigan chases the msu pitcher in the 1st 4-0 good guys
Flores hit by a pitch in the bottom of the first, exchanges words with the Spartan bench, both teams have been warned by the umpires that ejections are coming if it happens again
It seems that these teams don´t like each other much
I wouldn't want it any other way
It wasn't the Spartan pitcher's fault. The tunnel leading into the dugout is too narrow.
Softball's up to 9-0 in the third with two Tholl home runs and Langford's first as a collegiate.
Go Blue!
Doing #44 proud. Hammerin' Hank, Reggie...Indy! Go Blue! Take the series tomorrow!
Holy crap! 11 runs in the bottom of the 3rd?!?!?
LFGB!
[Edit] Now 12!
Softball team's killing it. Up 15 -0 bottom of the 4th with bases loaded and 1 out.
Go Blue!
Baseball up 4-3 in the middle of the sixth.
Baseball threatening again up 5-3 in the 6th.
Michigan up 7-3 now in the 7th
Softball closes out a 15-0 mercy victory and Northwestern drops to 14-2 in Big Ten play. Michigan is 10-6 and fourth in the conference.
Derkowski's no-hitter was spoiled in the top of the fifth, but, more importantly, less wear on a very thin pitching staff heading into tomorrow's rubber match.
The softball team should have spent a couple of those runs last night instead of spending them all this afternoon. A nice win for a team that has struggled to find its offense.
They had it, too. If you get the opportunity to review that 10th inning, there were fundamental how-the-game works baserunning/strategy issues. That needs attention, maybe there are coaching consultants out there that can work with the staff. It's simply a game that should have been a W.
Thanks for the birthday present softball team. Now win the rubber match tomorrow on my sister’s birthday.
Michigan beats MSU 8-3
That's a series win, and Michigan goes for the sweep tomorrow afternoon at 1:00. Very impressive complete game from Connor O'Halloran. Iowa beat Nebraska yesterday and again today, and Michigan is now alone in second place--they started the weekend in 5th.
1. Indiana (9-3)
2. Michigan (9-5)
3. Nebraska (7-4)
4. Purdue (8-5)
5. Maryland (6-4)
6t. Iowa (6-5)
6t. Rutgers (6-5)
6t. Michigan State (6-5)
9. Minnesota (4-6)
10. Illinois (5-8)
11. Penn State (3-7)
12. Northwestern (3-8)
13. Ohio State (3-10)
It's a 24-game schedule. After finishing the series against Michigan State tomorrow, they will host Oklahoma State in a difficult non-conference series, then they finish out the Big Ten schedule at Minnesota, hosting Northwestern and at Ohio State. It's a very favorable schedule and it's weird to say but a win tomorrow and they have to start thinking that the conference championship is not outside the realm of possibility.
Wow! Another great day to be a Mich-eee-gan Wol-verrr-ine!
Michigan is feverish on the basepaths!
April 23rd, 2023 at 10:27 AM ^
I was amused when, Friday morning, Staudt on Sponsors was licking his chops at the prospect of Staee sweeping UM this weekend in baseball, with the teams trending in opposite directions this season. His producer noted that Tim's prediction was likely the kiss of death for the Sparties. Perhaps he should stick to covering Laingsburg girls middle school JV kickball.
April 23rd, 2023 at 11:58 AM ^
Go Blue! Take the series.
Softball goes down 3-0 in the rubber match. Derkowski dominated for six innings before giving up three in the seventh. The Wolverines apparently rallied in the sixth, but had some differences with the umpire, which meant no rally at all. Tholl is now 1/4 of the way to matching Hutch's career thrown-out-of-ballgames mark.
It's encouraging that Michigan held its own against a top-ten (21st in voted ranking) team, outscoring them 18-7 by virtue of that 12-run inning yesterday. The pitching was their strength, but the bats were more impressive this weekend than maybe all season to date. They need to maintain this going into next weekend's series with Indiana.
This may have been the first softball series where two players named after states faced off. We have Indiana Langford, and Northwestern has a player named Kansas Robinson.
I suppose Georgia and Virginia have met a few times. There might be more Montanas these days than either. But probably not Idaho, because that would be kind of cruel.
For Michigan, I think Friday is the pink game, so Indiana will get a new jersey when she plays against Indiana.