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6A - Thursday, March 28, 2013The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom
Defense dooms
Michigan late.
By ALEX TAYLOR infield single, another wild pitch
Daily Sports Writer and another single plated three
more runs for the Broncos, giv-
Michigan's baseball team ing them a 4-2 lead.
seemed to take a trip to the Western Michigan (8-15)
past Wednesday. Wearing their added two runs in the following
throwback inningwhen it started the inning
uniforms W. MICHIGAN 7 with a single followed by a hit
from the MICHIGAN 3 batsman and an error to load
1980s, the the bases. A bases-loaded bloop
Wolverines displayed old-school single by the Broncos scored two
techniques: using steals, bunts more, extending the lead to 6-2.
and situational hitting to push "We have to do a better job
runs across the board. of competing in those spots,"
But so did Western Michigan. Bakich said. "That cost us, that
Despite being accustomed to this led to two big innings for them,
style of play, Michigan (10-12) but that's not acceptable, that's
fell to the Broncos, 7-3, in the not OK, we can't do that."
Wolverines' home opener at Ray The Wolverines and West-
Fisher Stadium. ern Michigan employ similar
The Wolverines played sound- styles of play, with an emphasis
ly for almost the entire game, but on playing very fast, pitching to
their defensive performance in contact and using small ball.
the seventh and eighth innings, "It's the way we play," Bakich
when the Broncos scored six of said. "We play fast, we put pres-
their seven runs, doomed Michi- sure on the defense. They small
gan. balled us, but we're accustomed
"Whether it's two bad to that. That's not anything new.
innings, nine bad innings or no It shouldn't have any effect on
bad innings, the focus is that we anything, we just didn't make
have to play better," said Michi- some of the plays we needed to
gan coach Erik Bakich. "We make."
can't continue to make mistakes Despite M the losing effort,
that cost us ballgames, whether Michigan led for most of the
it's making a bunt play or finish- game. It started the scoring
ing a hitter off when we're on the early, recording a run in the bot-
mound." tom of the second when sopho-
After starting with two more Kevin White led off the
straight singles in the seventh inning with a hit followed by
inning, Western Michigan another hit by sophomore Zach
laid down a would-be sacrifice Zott.
bunt. A fielding error by fresh- Zott started right where he
man first baseman Jack Sexton left off last weekend, when he
allowed a run to score, though, recorded seven hits over the
and allowed the other base run- three-game series. Junior Brett
ners to move to second and third Winger walked to load the bases
with no outs. A wild pitch, an up, bringing Sexton to the plate
SOFTBALL
'M' bats
heat up
brisk day
Mercy-rule win
extends Michigan's
win streak to seven
By ALEJANDRO ZUNIGA
Daily Sports Writer
I
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MARISSA MCCLAIN/Daily
Freshman second baseman Jacob Cronenworth stayed hot Wednesday, hitting two doubles with an RBI in the loss.
with one out. Sexton then hit a
deep sacrifice fly to the center
fielder that allowed Winger to
tag up and score. Zott, tagging
up on second, tried to round
third and score on the play, but
a perfect relay got him thrown
out.
Michigan added another run
inthe third when junior outfield-
er Michael O'Neill laced a ball up
the middle to start off the inning,
followed by a stolen base. This
allowed freshman second base-
man Jacob Cronenworth to come
to the plate with a runner in
scoring position, an opportunity
that he didn't waste as he drove
in O'Neill with an opposite-field
double, his fifth of the year.
"I was just hitting the pitches
that they threw to me," Cronen-
worth said. "I guess I'm just see-
ing the ball well, but we have to
put the whole game together."
Michigan threatened in the
eighth inning when O'Neill
led off with a double and came
around to score off of sophomore
catcher Kevin White's single.
The Wolverines had runners on
first and second with only one
out, but a strikeout and a run-
ner thrown out on the bases cost
Michigan the rally.
A factor in the game was the
strong wind blowing into the
hitters' faces, and it held up sev-
eral fly balls for outs rather than
finding gaps for extra-base hits.
Two bright spots for the Wol-
verines continue to be the play
of O'Neill and Cronenworth.
O'Neil continued his strong start
by scoring two runs, hitting a
two-hop double to the fence and
stealing a base to up his total to
nine on the year. Cronenworth
also continues to swing a hot bat
after hitting two doubles while
recording an RBI.
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As a brisk wind blew into right
field, fans and coaches huddled
under multiple layers of clothing
when the No.14 Michigan softball
team hosted Bowling Green on
Wednesday afternoon. But junior
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sparked an offense that was red
hot, and the Wolverines buried
the Falcons, 9-1.
Last season, Sappingfield was
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Wolverines' MICHIGAN 9
12-2 victory
over the Falcons, driving in five
runs on two hits. On Wednesday,
she again impressed at the plate,
leading rallies in the first two
innings to stretch Michigan's lead
to eight. The Wolverines (3-0 Big
Ten, 25-7 overall) have won seven
consecutive games, the longest
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"We just like to play hard," Sap-
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The Wolverines wasted no time
breaking the game open, sand-
wiching a pair of hits - the first
by Sappingfield - between walks
to bring home a quick run in the
opening frame. After a patient
at-bat that forced Falcons pitcher
Paris Imholz to throw strikes,
freshman designated hitter Sierra
Lawrence laced a shot into cen-
ter field. First baseman Kelsey
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mey added a blooper that squibbed
out of the infield, extending Mich-.
igan's lead to six.
Sappingfield's sharp single to
left field in the second inning led
to a two-run frame that pushed
the lead to eight. The teams
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Michigan has dominated the
all-time series against Bowling
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Sophomore pitcher Haylie
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only one hit through three innings
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Sophomore Sara Driesenga
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left arm by a comeback line drive.
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last two innings - allowing a run
on two hits - but ended the game
with her third strikeout. Hutchins
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