Michigan
6-7
Miami (Fla.)
18-8
Defending National Champs Snap U-M Win Streak
3/17/2000 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Miami (18-7) snapped Michigan's (6-7) four-game winning streak, scoring three times in the second inning and adding four more in the fourth to chase Michigan starter and loser Vince Pistilli (Highland, Ind./Highland HS), whose record fell to 1-2. Hurricane senior RHP David Gil (4-0) collected the 18th straight win of his Miami career as he worked the first five innings, allowing a run on three hits.
Michigan took a 1-0 lead in the second inning as junior catcher David Parrish (Yorba Linda, Calif./Esperanza HS) walked to lead off the inning and scored from first on a double to right-center by tri-captain Rob Bobeda (DeWitt, Mich./DeWitt HS).
Miami tied the game on a two-out homer by Kevin Mannix, and a two-out single by catcher Mike DiRosa later in the second inning proved to be the game-winning hit. Miami DH Kevin Howard knocked in three runs and 3B Lale Esquivel added his team-leading eighth homer of the year to pace the Miami attack.
Trailing 12-1, the Wolverines batted around in the ninth inning, scoring four runs on four hits with redshirt freshman OF Mike Sokol (Sterling Heights, Mich./DeLaSalle HS) collecting his second pinch single of the season.
Bobeda, freshman 3B Brock Koman (Pueblo, Colo./South HS) and freshman RF Gino Lollio (Cape Coral, Fla./Mariner HS) each added ninth-inning singles, the second hit of the game for all three.
Sophomore RHP Bobby Wood (Englewood, Colo./Cherry Creek HS) made his second appearance of the season and fanned six in 3.1 innings.
Michigan plays Miami again Saturday night (March 18, 7 p.m.), with either senior LHP Bryan Cranson (Bronson, Mich./Bronson HS) or freshman RHP Tim Leveque (Northridge, Calif./Crespi HS) on the mound. Cranson is 2-1 (5.15 ERA) while Leveque is 0-0 (0.00 ERA).
N O T E S
Tri-captain Kevin Quinn (Midland, Mich./Midland HS) extended his career-best hit streak to six games the hard way on Friday night at Miami with a pinch single in the eighth inning. Tri-captain Rob Bobeda moved his streak to five games. Freshmen Brock Koman and Gino Lollio have four-game streaks.
Brock Koman, who had reached base eight consecutive at bats heading into Friday's game vs. defending NCAA champ Miami, was called out on strikes in the first inning. Koman went 2-for-5 in the game, his team-leading seventh multiple-hit game of the season. Koman leads the Wolverines in hits (23), doubles (8) and batting average (.434) and he shares the RBI lead (11) with catcher David Parrish.
Among regulars with at least 25 at bats, Brock Koman (23-for-53) leads the Wolverines in hitting with a .434 batting average. He is followed by David Parrish (.298, 14-for-47), Gino Lollio (.290, 9-for-31), Kevin Quinn (.280, 7-for-25) and Rob Bobeda (.271, 13-for-48).
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: David Gil (4-0)
L: Pistilli, Vince (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Bobeda, Rob 1
RBI: Tousa, Scott 1 ; Quinn, Kevin 1 ; Bobeda, Rob 1 ; Lollio, Gino 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Parrish, David 1 ; Bobeda, Rob 1 ; Cantalamessa, Jordan 1 ; Sokol, Mike 1 ; Dines, Jay 1
SB: Tousa, Scott 1
CS: Dombos, Dan 1
Batting:
2B: Mike Rodriguez 1
HR: Lale Esquivel 1 ; Kevin Mannix 1
RBI: Mike Rodriguez 1 ; Kevin Howard 3 ; Manny Crespo 2 ; Danny Matienzo 1 ; Lale Esquivel 1 ; Kevin Mannix 1 ; Kris Clute 1 ; Mike DiRosa 1 ; Greg Lovelady 1
SF: Kevin Howard 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mike Rodriguez 3 ; Kevin Howard 1 ; Lale Esquivel 1 ; Kevin Mannix 1 ; Marcus Nettles 1 ; Kris Clute 1 ; Javy Rodriguez 2 ; Mike DiRosa 1 ; Greg Lovelady 1
CS: Mike Rodriguez 1
HBP: Kris Clute 1
