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Michigan to Travel to No. 20 Nebraska for Final Regular-Season Series
5/25/2021 5:39:00 PM | Baseball
Update (5/29/21, 10:15 a.m.): Due to inclement weather forecasted in Lincoln, Sunday's (May 30) scheduled game between Michigan and Nebraska will be played on Saturday (May 29) as a doubleheader beginning at noon CDT, with game two to begin at approximately 4 p.m. CDT.
» Michigan heads to No. 20-ranked Nebraska for a three-game series starting on Friday.
» All three games will start at noon CDT and will be broadcast live on Big Ten Network.
» Nebraska clinched the Big Ten championship last weekend; Michigan is tied with Maryland in second place.
THIS WEEK
Friday, May 28 -- at Nebraska (Lincoln, Neb.), Noon CDT
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Saturday, May 29 -- at Nebraska (Lincoln, Neb.), Noon CDT
TV: Big Ten Network | Live Stats | Live Video
Saturday, May 29 -- at Nebraska (Lincoln, Neb.), 4 p.m. CDT
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan baseball team takes to the road for the final weekend of Big Ten Conference play as the Wolverines battle No. 20-ranked Nebraska in a trio of games at Haymarket Park. All three games will start at noon CDT and will be broadcast live on Big Ten Network.
About the Series
Michigan trails 14-12 in the all-time series with Nebraska, but has won five of the last eight meetings. The teams met five times over the span of eight games to end 2019 with Nebraska taking two of three games in the regular-season finale before two meetings in the Big Ten Tournament. There, Michigan enjoyed an 18-8 victory before Nebraska answered with a 7-3 win.
About U-M
• Michigan (26-15, 26-15 Big Ten) took a rare weekend series loss to No. 25-ranked Maryland last weekend, with the Terrapins winning two of three games in Ann Arbor, including a wild 11-inning affair on Friday night (May 21).
• Michigan will look to Steven Hajjar (4-0, 3.06 ERA, 67.2 IP, 96 K) on Friday (May 28), righty Cameron Weston (6-3, 2.64 ERA, 71.2 IP, 63 K) on Saturday (May 29) and lefty Jacob Denner (4-4, 4.38 ERA, 51.1 IP, 51 K) on Sunday (May 30).
• Opposing teams are batting just .212 against Hajjar and .219 against Weston, the seventh and eighth best marks, respectively, among Big Ten pitchers.
• Steven Hajjar enters the weekend in 12th place on Michigan's single-season strikeouts list with 96 and has several former Wolverines within sight.
6. Fritz Fisher........105 (1962)
7. Rich Hill...........104 (2002)
8. Chris Fetter........103 (2009)
9. Brett Adcock....... 100 (2016)
10. Mike Ignasiak........99 (1987)
11. Ross Powell......... 98 (1989)
12. Steven Hajjar........95 (2021)
• Cameron Weston, owner of the second-lowest earned-run average in the conference (2.64), enters play not having allowed more than one earned run in any of his last three starts. Over those three outings, he has limited teams to eight hits in 19.1 innings while striking out 19 and issuing five walks.
• Michigan's offense is among the most balanced in the nation as eight different players have connected for at least five home runs and seven players with at least six dingers. Michigan has connected for six grand slams this season by five different sluggers.
• Sophomore Ted Burton leads the Big Ten Conference in slugging percentage (.732) while ranking second in batting average (.381). He leads the Wolverines with a .466 on-base percentage and has hit safely in 10 straight games and 16 of his last 17.
• Over his current 10-game hitting streak, Burton is batting .487 (19-for-39), with nine doubles, three home runs, 13 RBI and 12 runs scored.
• Over the past 17 games, Burton is batting .431 (28-for-65), with 10 doubles, one triple, six home runs, 25 RBI and 19 runs scored.
• Benjamin Sems sports a .344 batting average, a .419 on-base percentage and a team-high 51 hits while driving in 30 runs. He carries a 13-game hitting streak into the series and has hit safely in 22 of the past 23 games.
• Tito Flores, a Detroit, Mich., native, enters the weekend on a 13-game hitting streak, during which he has logged five doubles, four homers and 14 RBI. Overall, he stands at .322 with 19 extra-base hits and a team-high 35 runs batted in to go with a .427 on-base percentage.
• Christian Molfetta (.285), Jordon Rogers (.287) and Clark Elliott (.284) follow close behind.
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