Michigan
11-9, 0-1
Nebraska
15-6, 1-0
Michigan Falls to Huskers in Big Ten Lidlifter
3/20/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 20, 2015
Site: Lincoln, Neb. (Hawks Field at Haymarket Park)
Score: Nebraska 14, Michigan 3
Records: U-M (11-9, 0-1 Big Ten), NEB (15-6, 1-0 Big Ten)
Attendance: 3,809
Next U-M Event: Saturday, March 21 -- at Nebraska (Lincoln, Neb.), 2:05 p.m. CDT
LINCOLN, Neb. -- The University of Michigan baseball team saw Nebraska plate runs in the first four innings, including a five-spot in the opening frame, in a 14-3 loss in the Big Ten opener Friday night (March 20) at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park.
Sophomore Brett Adcock retired the first Husker in the bottom of the first but walked the next three to load the bases. Ben Miller brought in the first run with an infield single. After a fielder's choice retired Blake Headley at home, three straight singles brought in four Nebraska runs. The Cornhuskers scored an unearned run in the bottom of the second, and Ryan Boldt's two-run home run highlighted a three-run Nebraska third inning.
Nebraska made it 11-0 in the fourth on a sacrifice fly from Headley and a run-scoring infield single by Tanner Lubach. The Wolverines got on the board in the fifth as junior Jacob Cronenworth doubled and scored on senior Jackson Glines' triple down the right-field line. Nebraska put three runs on the board in the bottom of the sixth with Michigan answering with a pair in the top of the seventh. Senior Eric Jacobson led off the frame with a single to left. He went to second on Cronenworth's walk. A Glines groundout moved both runners up 90 feet. Junior Cody Bruder brought in Jacobson with a single to center, and freshman Jake Bivens' groundout scored Cronenworth.
Glines was 3-for-5 on the night, while Bivens had two hits and drove in a run. Adcock was saddled with the loss, allowing six runs (five earned) on five hits in 1.2 innings pitched.
Michigan and Nebraska continue the three-game series Saturday afternoon (March 21) at 2:05 p.m. CDT at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park.
Communications Contact: Kent Reichert (734) 763-4423
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Sinclair, Chance (3-3)
L: Adcock, Brett (2-3)
Batting:
2B: Cronenworth, Jacob 1 ; Bivens, Jake 1
3B: Glines, Jackson 1
RBI: Glines, Jackson 1 ; Bruder, Cody 1 ; Bivens, Jake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cronenworth, Jacob 2 ; Jacobson, Eric 1
HBP: Bivens, Jake 1
Batting:
2B: Headley, Blake 1 ; Miller, Ben 1
HR: Boldt, Ryan 1
RBI: Boldt, Ryan 2 ; Headley, Blake 2 ; Lubach, Tanner 1 ; Miller, Ben 2 ; Darby, Austin 3 ; Meyers, Jake 1 ; Reveles, Steven 1
SF: Headley, Blake 1 ; Miller, Ben 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Boldt, Ryan 3 ; Placzek, Jake 1 ; Headley, Blake 2 ; Lubach, Tanner 3 ; Miller, Ben 1 ; Schreiber, Scott 1 ; Darby, Austin 1 ; Reveles, Steven 2
HBP: Schreiber, Scott 1 ; Dilday, Elijah 1
