Postgame Notes: Michigan 9, Purdue 3
4/17/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 17, 2015
• Today's matchup marked the 200th meeting between Michigan and Purdue. U-M leads the all-time series with Purdue, 141-59, and has won six of the last eight meetings.
• Freshman Jake Bivens extended his reached-base streak to 22 games with his single up the middle to lead off the sixth inning.
• Michigan extends its record to 17-6 when scoring first and 9-6 when scoring in the first inning.
• Michigan pitchers combined for 14 strikeouts this afternoon, just one shy of the season high, set on Feb. 21 vs. Davidson in Savannah, Georgia.
• Junior Jacob Cronenworth struck out seven over 4.2 innings, the second-highest total of his career, just behind his nine-strikeout performance vs. Maryland (March 28) this season.
• Cronenworth was also great at the plate, going 3-for-3 with two runs and three runs batted in, marking his 16th multi-hit game, which is tied for the team lead. He also has six multi-RBI games.
• Senior Kendall Patrick set a career high with three hits today, besting his season high of two set six times in his U-M career.
• Michigan had three players contribute three hits today, with Jacob Cronenworth, Kendall Patrick and senior Jackson Glines each notching a trio of safties.
