Falcons Use Three Homers to Topple Wolverines

Tuesday, May 9

Ann Arbor, Mich.

3:00 PM

Michigan

18-29-1

Bowling Green

26-22-1

Bowling Green

Michigan

5/9/2000 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Bowling Green smashed three home runs to battle back for a 9-5 non-conference baseball win over Michigan Tuesday afternoon (May 9) at Fisher Stadium. The Wolverines (18-29-1) had a 4-2 lead after three innings, but the Falcons used a two-run homer by catcher Matt Marcum to tie the game in the fifth inning and a three-run homer by Aric Christman in the seventh inning for the win.

Bowling Green RF Lee Morrison added a two-run homer in the eighth inning for the final margin. Bowling Green (26-22-1) snapped a seven-game losing streak with the victory.

Michigan starter and loser sophomore RHP Bobby Wood (Englewood, Colo./Cherry Creek HS) did not allow a hit until the fifth inning, but he walked the first two batters of the game and then balked. BGSU grabbed a 2-0 first inning lead with a groundball out and a sacrifice fly.

Michigan evened the count in the bottom of the first, also using a pair of walks. Freshman 3B Brock Koman (Pueblo, Colo./South HS) singled in the first run and sophomore 1B Jeff Trzos (Farmington Hills, Mich./North Farmington HS), who walked, scored on a wild pitch.

The Wolverines added two more runs and chased Bowling Green starter Deryck Griffith in the third inning. Junior DH David Parrish (Yorba Linda, Calif./Esperanza HS) walked, Trzos singled and Koman walked to load the bases with one out. Freshman LF Jordan Cantalamessa (Englewood, Colo./Cherry Creek HS) singled in the go-ahead run that knocked out Griffith.

Junior/sophomore RF C.J. Ghannam (Farmington, Mich./Harrison HS) greeted reliever Brad Henry with a sacrifice fly and the lead was 4-2. Henry worked the last 6.2 innings and allowed just one more run on a Koman double and a Ghannam RBI single. The win for Henry was his first at the collegiate level.

Michigan plays a non-league game vs. Central Michigan on Wednesday (May 10, 3 p.m.) with sophomore LHP Kirk Taylor (Farmington Hills, Mich./North Farmington HS) on the mound with his 2-0 record (3.26 ERA).

N O T E S

Junior 2B Scott Tousa (Dallas, Texas/Lake Highlands HS) launched his 12th double of the season to the wall in left-center in the sixth inning to extend his hitting streak to 12 games. Tousa has hits in 20 of his last 21 games.

Senior tri-captain Rob Bobeda (DeWitt, Mich./DeWitt HS) had his streak of games started this season snapped at 47. He was the only player that had started every game heading into the final week of the regular season.

Freshman 3B Brock Koman was 2-for-4 and collected his team-leading 15th double. He pushed his batting average back over the .300 mark (.301).

Michigan's leading hitters (minimum 110 plate appearances) after Tuesday's game vs. Bowling Green include: David Parrish (.363, 57-for-157); junior SS/2B Scott Tousa (.322, 57-for-177); senior OF Rob Bobeda (.312, 54-for-173); freshman 1B/3B/DH Brock Koman (.301, 49-for-163) and senior 3B Kevin Quinn (.292, 35-for-120).

David Parrish has regained a share of the team hit lead with Scott Tousa as each has 57 hits.

Contact: Jim Schneider (734) 763-4423