Parrish Slugs Pair of Homers in Season-Ending Loss

Sunday, May 14

Ann Arbor, Mich.

1:00 PM

Michigan

20-32-1, 10-18

Iowa

19-35, 11-17

Iowa

Michigan

5/14/2000 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Iowa scored seven runs in the second inning and held on for an 8-5 win over the University of Michigan baseball team in the season finale for both teams on Sunday (May 14) at Ray Fisher Stadium. The Hawkeyes (19-35, 11-17 Big Ten) used the win to break the tie for seventh place with the Wolverines (20-32-1, 10-18 Big Ten) in the Big Ten Conference standings.

The Wolverines opened the scoring in the first inning as junior catcher David Parrish (Yorba Linda, Calif./Esperanza HS) launched his 10th homer of the season, driving in senior/junior SS Bill LaRosa (Rochester, Mich./Adams HS). LaRosa had collected his seventh hit of the weekend series prior to the Parrish homer.

Iowa scored seven times in the second inning off Michigan starter and loser freshman LHP Rich Hill (Milton, Mass./Milton HS). Hill (1-4) retired five batters in the start, collecting four strikeouts. Hill finishes the season with a team-leading total of 53 strikeouts in 40 innings, but he also led the team with 42 walks.

Iowa DH Toby Humes had two singles in the second inning and knocked in two runs. The rally featured three walks, two hit batters, a wild pitch and the singles by Humes, CF Lance Guyer and LF Andy Jansen. Senior LHP Bryan Cranson (Bronson, Mich./Bronson HS) replaced Hill on the mound and worked 6.1 innings allowing just one more run. In the seventh, Humes singled, his third hit of the game, and scored on a single by Guyer.

Iowa RHP Dyson Miguel (2-2) worked the first five innings to get the win as he held Michigan to just 11 hits. Hawkeye bullpen ace Reed Pawelk worked a 1-2-3 ninth inning to record his team-record-tying 12th save of the season.

Parrish closed out the season by going 3-for-4 with a pair of homers as he finished the season leading the team with a .356 batting average. He closed out the Big Ten season with a team-leading .415 average (39-for-94).

Sophomore 1B Jeff Trzos (Farmington Hills, Mich./North Farmington HS) led off the second inning with a long homer to center. It was his third homer of the year and his first career Fisher Stadium homer.

Parrish singled and scored in the third and the Wolverines had runners on second and third with no outs, but Miguel retired Trzos on a foul out to third and struck out the next two batters.

Parrish homered to lead off the fifth and that was the final run of 2000 for the Wolverines.

Iowa LF Andy Jansen provided the defensive keys for the Hawkeyes, saving two runs with his arm. In the first inning he threw out Scott Tousa (Dallas, Texas/Lake Highlands HS) at third just before the first Parrish homer, and in the fifth he threw Trzos out at the plate on a two-out double by senior RF Jay Dines (Albuquerque, N.M./Sandia HS).

N O T E S

• Michigan's three homers on Sunday vs. Iowa marked the third three-homer game for the Wolverines in 2000, and each time there was a Wolverine hitting two of the three. The three games were vs. Miami (Fla.) when senior OF Rob Bobeda (DeWitt, Mich./DeWitt HS) hit two homers (David Parrish had the third); at Eastern Michigan when Jeff Trzos had two (Bobeda had the third); and vs. Iowa when Parrish had two (Trzos had the third).

• Junior 2B Scott Tousa went 2-for-5 in the season finale vs. Iowa (May 14). He singled in the first inning to extend his career-best hitting streak to 17 games, one game shy of the team-best 18 by David Parrish. Tousa finished the season with hits in 25 of his last 26 games. Tousa led the team with 66 hits and finished second with his .337 batting average. He finished the season with a team-best 18-game Big Ten hitting streak.

• Michigan captains 3B Kevin Quinn (Midland, Mich./Midland HS) and OF Rob Bobeda played their final games as Wolverines as did senior OF Jay Dines and LHP Bryan Cranson. Quinn was 2-for-4 with a double in his last at bat, Dines was 1-for-4 with a double and Bobeda was 1-for-4 with a single. Cranson made his 59th career appearance (7th on Michigan's all-time list) and worked 6.1 innings, allowing six hits and one run.

• Parrish led the team in homers (11) and RBI (41), Tousa led in hits (66) and at bats (196), freshman 3B/DH Brock Koman (Pueblo, Colo./South HS) led in doubles (15) and Bobeda led in triples (3) and stolen bases (11).

• Michigan's leading hitters (minimum 110 plate appearances) after Sunday's season finale vs. Iowa include: David Parrish (.356, 62-for-174); junior SS/2B Scott Tousa (.337, 66-for-196); senior OF Rob Bobeda (.306, 57-for-186); senior 3B Kevin Quinn (.286, 38-for-133) and freshman 1B/3B/DH Brock Koman (.283, 51-for-180).

• Sophomore RHP Bobby Korecky (Saline, Mich./Saline HS) led the pitching staff in wins (5), junior LHP Nick Alexander (Alpena, Mich./Alpena HS) led in ERA (3.10) and junior RHP Vince Pistilli (Highland, Ind./Highland HS) led in innings pitched (63).

• Freshman LHP Rich Hill was the toughest pitcher to hit as opponents had a .231 batting average against him. Hill in 40 innings pitched led the team in walks (42) and strikeouts (53).

• The 32 losses for the Wolverines tie the school record for losses set in 1992 (21-32) and the 18 Big Ten losses break a school record that was also set in 1992 (11-17).

Big Ten Conference Standings (Final Regular Season)

 Place, Team          W-L    Pct.
 1. Minnesota        20-8    .714
 2. Penn State       18-9    .657
 3. Purdue           17-11   .607
    Illinois         17-11   .607
 5. Ohio State       15-13   .536
 6. Northwestern     13-15   .464
 7. Iowa             11-17   .393
 8. MICHIGAN         10-18   .357
 9. Michigan State    9-18   .333
10. Indiana           9-19   .321

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