U-M Set for Rematch with EMU, This Time in Ypsilanti

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan baseball team (15-12) will head down the road to Ypsilanti for a rematch against Eastern Michigan (13-11) on Tuesday (April 1) at 4 p.m. at Oestrike Stadium. The game will stream live on B1G+.

Notes

• Michigan is 15-12 and is coming off a series win over Penn State, taking the weekend's final two games. The Nittany Lions won the series opener, 12-5, but U-M responded with an 8-7 win on Saturday behind a strong day from Brayden Jefferis. Kurt Barr led the Wolverines to the series win on the mound with seven strikeouts in seven innings in Sunday's game.

• Over the past 10 games, Colby Turner has found his swing and is hitting .395 with 15 hits and a team-leading 15 RBIs. Against Penn State, he tallied five hits with three doubles and scored three runs. Turner is up to a .313 season average with 11 runs and 22 RBIs.

• After a home run in the series finale, Cole Caruso now leads the team with seven this season. He totaled seven home runs in his previous three collegiate seasons and has matched it through 27 games this season. He has also improved his batting average compared to last season, hitting .270 and adding 18 runs and 24 RBIs.

• Mitch Voit leads the team in most offensive categories and ranks among the conference's top 10 in many as well. He holds a .706 slugging percentage and a .504 on-base percentage -- which are both top 10 in the Big Ten. He leads U-M in hits and is seventh in the conference with 40 this season.

• Jefferis tallied five hits over the series against Penn State with three runs, and two RBIs and drew two starts in center field. He had a four-hit day on Saturday (March 29) and accounted for half of the team's runs in the 8-7 win, scoring two and bringing home two. He is just one of four freshmen to earn starts this season.

• Leading the team in batting average, Benny Casillas has tallied 36 hits this season. He holds a .404 average and a .509 on-base percentage, both leading the team. Casillas has reached base in all 26 starts this season and is second on U-M with 24 runs scored.

• Two-way player Will Rogers has contributed on both sides this year. Among the four qualified pitchers, he leads the team in ERA with a 3.54 and is fourth among all pitchers. Rogers has pitched 28 innings with 22 strikeouts, scattering 24 hits and 12 runs in 11 appearances. At the plate, Rogers is hitting .279 with 12 hits and two home runs.

• Eastern Michigan is 13-11 and is coming off a series win over Ohio. Earlier this season, EMU lost a midweek contest to Ohio State and won a series against Western Michigan. All-time, U-M holds a 125-65-2 record over the Eagles. EMU has won two of the last three, including a win last week.