Postgame Notes: Michigan 11, Siena 3
3/6/2009 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Senior RHP Chris Fetter pitched a personal season-high seven innings and matched his career best with 11 strikeouts.
Fetter becomes the ninth pitcher in U-M history to record 200 career strikeouts and finished the game with 202 career Ks to pull into eighth place all-time at U-M, ahead of Ross Powell (201 strikeouts, 1987-89). Fetter also moves ahead of Zach Putnam (194, 2006-08) and Steve Howe (196, 1977-79). Fetter's previous best was 11 Ks vs. Pittsburgh on March 9, 2008. Next on the U-M strikeouts list, in seventh place, is LHP Gary Wayne (205, 1981-84).
Fetter moved his season record to 2-0 with a 2.00 ERA and 24 strikeouts in 18 innings. For his career, Fetter (23-7) moved into a tie for sixth on U-M's career wins list with former teammate Putnam (23-7, 2006-08). Next on the U-M win list is Wayne (24 wins, 1981-84).
Junior OF Alan Oaks made his 2009 debut with a splash, hitting a two-run, pinch-hit homer in the ninth inning. It is the ninth career homer for Oaks and the third pinch homer in his career. It is U-M's first pinch homer since Oaks beat Vanderbilt's College Player of the Year and top draft pick David Price with a 10th-inning blast to win the regional title game against the top-ranked Commodores on June 4, 2007. Oaks hit his first career homer as a pinch hitter at Northwestern on April 1, 2007.
Sophomore CF Ryan LaMarre, who leads the Wolverines in hitting with a .419 (18-for-43) average, was 2-for-5 with his team-leading sixth multi-hit game of the season. LaMarre also extended his hitting streak to six games.
Junior RF Nick Urban was 2-for-4 with his first career homer, a three-run blast in U-M's four-run fifth inning. Urban notched his fourth multi-hit game of the season and is hitting .341 (14-for-41) while leading the team with six extra-base hits.
Junior/sophomore SS Anthony Toth was 2-for-4 and his two-out, two-run single in the fourth inning snapped a 2-2 tie and proved to be his first career game-winning RBI. Toth has four two-hit games this season and five for his career.
Senior co-captain 2B Kevin Cislo was 1-for-5 with a ninth-inning RBI single to extend his team-leading hitting streak to six games. He is tied with LaMarre for the longest current hit streak on the squad.
Senior co-captain Tim Kalczynski made his first career start as a catcher for the Wolverines and went 2-for-4 for his first career multi-hit game and his first two-run game. Kalczynski also notched his first career stolen base.
Freshman 3B John Lorenz collected his first career home run with a two-run shot in the second inning to give UM a 2-1 lead.
