Michigan
22-18, 8-6
Purdue
25-13, 6-6
Michigan Splits Twinbill at Purdue
5/1/2022 9:06:00 PM | Baseball
» Michigan split a Big Ten Conference doubleheader with Purdue on Sunday (May 1), dropping the first game, 12-4, before taking the nightcap by a 13-2 score.
» Chase Allen allowed just one earned run in 8.0 innings of work in the second game of the day and improved to 6-0 on the season.
» Dylan Stanton had a four-hit effort in game two which included his first career home run.
» In game one, Cameron Weston struck out seven batters but was tagged for the loss after allowing six runs.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The University of Michigan baseball team earned a split of a Big Ten Conference doubleheader against Purdue on Sunday (May 1) at Alexander Field. The Boilermakers took game one by a score of 12-4 before Michigan came roaring back in the nightcap to win 13-2.
Following a loss in the first game of the day, Michigan (23-18, 9-5 B1G) responded in the nightcap with a six-run second inning. Dylan Stanton, Ted Burton and Clark Elliott collected RBI singles before Joe Stewart launched a three-run homer well over the left field wall to provide an early cushion.
Michigan opened the game in the fifth with five more runs as Elliott drove home two with a bases-loaded single while Jimmy Obertop, Stanton and Joey Velazquez all added RBI singles.
That was plenty for U-M starter Chase Allen, who improved to 6-0 on the season after allowing just one earned run on five hits in 8.0 innings of work while striking out three. Jacob Denner closed out the win in the ninth. Â Â Â
Stanton capped an impressive weekend with his fourth hit of the night in the ninth inning. The two-run homer to left center -- and his first career home run -- gave U-M a 13-2 lead.
In addition to Stanton's four hits in game two of the twinbill, Tito Flores added three hits for U-M while Elliott and Stewart had two hits and three RBIs each.
Purdue (25-14, 6-7 B1G) claimed the opening game by a score of 12-4. Purdue scored a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the second and jumped out to a 5-0 lead through four innings despite starting pitcher Cameron Weston racking up seven strikeouts in that span.
Michigan scored twice in the fifth inning on a pair of RBI groundouts following a hit batter and an opposite-field double from Jack Van Remortel. Purdue got a run back in the bottom of the fifth, but Velasquez ended the momentum when he cut down a run at home plate following a two-out single.
That momentum was short-lived, however, as Purdue broke open the game in the sixth inning with six runs against the U-M bullpen. Frey led Michigan in the first game of the day with two hits while Riley Bertram contributed a two-run double in the eighth inning, but the deficit was too big to overcome.
Michigan will return to action on Tuesday (May 3) when the Wolverines kick off a six-game home stand with a midweek contest against Youngstown State. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m. at the Wilpon Complex, home of Ray Fisher Stadium. » Buy Tickets
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: WENDELL, Wyatt (4-2)
L: Weston, Cameron (4-3)
S: WEINS, Landon (2)
Batting:
2B: Flores, Tito 1 ; Bertram, Riley 1 ; Van Remortel, Jack 1
RBI: Elliott, Clark 1 ; Bertram, Riley 2 ; Velazquez, Joey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Frey, Matt 1 ; Flores, Tito 1 ; Bertram, Riley 1 ; Van Remortel, Jack 1
HBP: Bertram, Riley 1
Batting:
2B: TOETZ, Paul 2 ; FIRESTONE, Jack 1
3B: BOLTON Jr., Mike 1
HR: VALDEZ, CJ 1
RBI: WASHINGTON, Curtis 2 ; VALDEZ, CJ 1 ; THOMPSON, Cam 1 ; TOETZ, Paul 2 ; VIOLA, Troy 2 ; RAMIREZ, Steve 2 ; BOLTON Jr., Mike 2
SF: THOMPSON, Cam 1 ; RAMIREZ, Steve 1
Base Running:
RUNS: WASHINGTON, Curtis 1 ; ALBRECHT, Evan 1 ; VALDEZ, CJ 3 ; THOMPSON, Cam 1 ; TOETZ, Paul 2 ; VIOLA, Troy 3 ; RAMIREZ, Steve 1
SB: VIOLA, Troy 1
HBP: ALBRECHT, Evan 1 ; THOMPSON, Cam 1
PO: WASHINGTON, Curtis 1
