Another what appeared to be a bull pen game for Michigan, difference is both teams brought their bats today.
M started Ramos on the mound and he proceeded to throw 8 balls in his first 9 pitches before being relieved by Dylan Vigue. MSu took and early 2-0 lead, but M fought back all day it seemed until the end.
State scored in each of the first 4 innings, but the 4th inning had to be the most disappointing for Vigue. State plated a runner from second when Vigue unleashed a wild pitch which M's catcher Leitgeb could not locate. Later in the same inning Vigue threw yet another wild pitch which allowed yet another MSU runner to walk in from third.
M fought back with 4 homers, unfortunately they needed more.
The strangest play which hurt Michigan occurred in the 6th. With a runner on second and 1 out, Dernedde checked his swing and tapped a ball in front of the plate. MSU's pitcher fielded the ball and threw it over the first baseman's head into right field. The ump called Dernedde out for some strange reason. At first the explanation was interference, but replay showed the Dernedde did not interfere with the catcher attempting to field the ball nor the pitcher. The TV crew offerred little explantion. The only thing I could surmise was that in running to first Dernedde ran outside the baseline, although it didn't look like it was that egregious. Still they called Dernedde out and moved the runner back to second base. It was big, because Rogers came in to pinch hit and promptly homered to right to bring M within 1. Absent that umps call, the score would have been tied at 7 and M would have been batting with 1 out. Sparty added 1 run to make it 8-6 in the bottom of the 6th.
M tied the game in the 8th on a two run homer by Kimm, but once again the pitching could not hold MSU as they scored 4 in the bottom of the 8th. In came Aaron Mishoulam, MSU closer, who overpowered Michigan for the second straight day.
WHat this does is put MSU with 1 game behind Michigan in the standings and in 6th place. Tomorrow's game could be huge in the standings since the top 8 make the B1G tourney and with 6 games to play after tomorrow There is little room for error as they face Purdue (3 way tie for first) and 4th place Indiana (one game behind). Maryland has 3 games remaining is in 8th, but OSU is 1 game behind MSU and could potentially overtake Maryland for the 8th and final position. M needs a victory, as the Purdue and Indian series may be big in whether they will make the B1G field.
Looks like Voit may be on the mound tomorrow for M.
M started Ramos on the mound and he proceeded to throw 8 balls in his first 9 pitches before being relieved by Dylan Vigue. MSu took and early 2-0 lead, but M fought back all day it seemed until the end.
State scored in each of the first 4 innings, but the 4th inning had to be the most disappointing for Vigue. State plated a runner from second when Vigue unleashed a wild pitch which M's catcher Leitgeb could not locate. Later in the same inning Vigue threw yet another wild pitch which allowed yet another MSU runner to walk in from third.
M fought back with 4 homers, unfortunately they needed more.
The strangest play which hurt Michigan occurred in the 6th. With a runner on second and 1 out, Dernedde checked his swing and tapped a ball in front of the plate. MSU's pitcher fielded the ball and threw it over the first baseman's head into right field. The ump called Dernedde out for some strange reason. At first the explanation was interference, but replay showed the Dernedde did not interfere with the catcher attempting to field the ball nor the pitcher. The TV crew offerred little explantion. The only thing I could surmise was that in running to first Dernedde ran outside the baseline, although it didn't look like it was that egregious. Still they called Dernedde out and moved the runner back to second base. It was big, because Rogers came in to pinch hit and promptly homered to right to bring M within 1. Absent that umps call, the score would have been tied at 7 and M would have been batting with 1 out. Sparty added 1 run to make it 8-6 in the bottom of the 6th.
M tied the game in the 8th on a two run homer by Kimm, but once again the pitching could not hold MSU as they scored 4 in the bottom of the 8th. In came Aaron Mishoulam, MSU closer, who overpowered Michigan for the second straight day.
WHat this does is put MSU with 1 game behind Michigan in the standings and in 6th place. Tomorrow's game could be huge in the standings since the top 8 make the B1G tourney and with 6 games to play after tomorrow There is little room for error as they face Purdue (3 way tie for first) and 4th place Indiana (one game behind). Maryland has 3 games remaining is in 8th, but OSU is 1 game behind MSU and could potentially overtake Maryland for the 8th and final position. M needs a victory, as the Purdue and Indian series may be big in whether they will make the B1G field.
Looks like Voit may be on the mound tomorrow for M.
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