Michigan Splits Two with Dayton to Kick Off Fall Slate
10/20/2019 7:24:00 PM | Baseball
» Michigan defeated Dayton, 10-9, in the first seven-inning exhibition game, then dropped the second, 5-1.
» Jimmy Obertop hit a walk-off solo shot to win game one and finished with three hits on the day.
» Jordan Nwogu had two hits on the afternoon including an inside-the-park home run.
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Wilpon Complex)
Score: Michigan 10, Dayton 9; Dayton 5, Michigan 1 (exhibition)
Next U-M Event: Sunday, Nov. 10 -- at Vanderbilt (Nashville, Tenn.) 10 a.m. CST
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan baseball team kicked off its fall season with a pair of seven-inning exhibition contests against Dayton on Sunday (Oct. 20) at the Wilpon Complex, home of Ray Fisher Stadium. The Wolverines won the first seven-inning game, 10-9, thanks to a walk-off home run from freshman Jimmy Obertop, but dropped game two, 5-1.
After allowing a Dayton run in the top of the first, the Michigan offense set the tone for game one with its first batter. Junior Jordan Nwogu answered with an inside-the-park home run that caromed off the wall in center field and tied the game at 1.
U-M added a run in the second inning, then jumped out to a 9-1 advantage courtesy of a seven-run third. The Flyers scored three runs in the fourth inning to stay within striking distance, added two more in the fifth and eventually knotted the game at 9 in the top of the seventh.
With two down in the bottom half of the seventh inning, Obertop came through in the clutch, launching a home run over the wall in left-center field to give the Wolverines the 10-9 walk-off win.
Game two saw the bats go cold and Dayton get even as the Flyer offense hit two solo home runs in the second inning to grab the lead and never looked back. Michigan's lone run came by way of an RBI single from redshirt sophomore Danny Zimmerman.
The Wolverines return to action Sunday, Nov. 10 in a rematch of the 2019 College World Series championship series when they take on Vanderbilt at Hawkins Field in Nashville, Tennessee, at 10 a.m. CST.
