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TWO FOR THREE

n Michigan shook off a Friday loss 
and came back to win a three-game 
series at Nebraska. Page 3B

STEINBERG AND BO

The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | April 11, 2016

n A new team philosophy has put 

Michigan on a dramatic turnaround. 

SportsMonday Column, Page 2B

Gophers overwhelm 
‘M’ in Friday twin 
bill; weather cancels 

Sunday’s finale

By ETHAN WOLFE

Daily Sports Writer

The Michigan baseball team 

suffered both its first home 
losses and its first Big Ten losses 
of the season Friday afternoon 
against Minnesota.

After shutting out Bowling 

Green 
on 
Wednesday, 
the 

17th-ranked Wolverines (3-2 Big 
Ten, 21-8 overall) struggled to 
get going on offense and keep 
the Golden Gophers off the base 
paths, losing both games, 8-1 and 
5-3, respectively.

“We’ve definitely got some 

things we’ve got to work on,” 
said senior left-handed pitcher 
Evan Hill. “You’ve got to put 
these losses behind you as 
fast as possible. After the first 

game, we didn’t do a good job of 
forgetting. We have to be able to 
erase that from our memory as 
fast as possible.”

Game 
one 
of 
Friday’s 

doubleheader 
started 
as 
a 

pitchers’ 
duel 
through 
six 

innings, 
until 
Minnesota’s 

offense heated up in the seventh 
to run away with the victory. 
Though the margin of victory 
was sizable for the Golden 
Gophers (4-1, 18-10), they tied 
the Wolverines with 11 hits.

Michigan 
sophomore 
left-

hander 
Oliver 
Jaskie, 
who 

entered the game with a 2.60 
earned-run average, continued 
to pitch well despite picking up 
the loss. He tossed 4.1 innings, 
allowing two runs off of five hits.

The Golden Gophers’ only 

offense off of Jaskie came in 
the second inning. Left fielder 
Jordan Smith cracked a single to 
right field to score a run, and first 
baseman Toby Hanson followed 
suit in the next at-bat to put 
Minnesota up, 2-0.

Freshman southpaw William 

Tribucher relieved Jaskie in the 
fifth inning to pitch two innings 
and shake off his forgettable 
start on Tuesday against Notre 
Dame. The only run Tribucher 
gave up was from a base runner 
that junior righty Mac Lozer 
inherited in the seventh inning.

Lozer couldn’t escape the 

inning 
without 
additional 

damage though. With the bases 
loaded, a sacrifice fly and a 
single extended the Golden 
Gophers’ lead to 5-1.

With the help of two errors, 

Minnesota 
scored 
three 

insurance runs in the ninth 
inning to add to its cushion.

“We had a very disappointing 

day,” said Michigan coach Erik 
Bakich. “Minnesota is a good 
team, but there were a lot of 
breakdowns fundamentally. We 
had some uncompetitive at-bats 
and issued too many free passes.”

The 
Wolverines’ 
batting 

order struggled to find a rhythm 
throughout game one. Their lone 
run came in the third inning. 

Minnesota 5, Michigan 3

OU T
C O L D

Minnesota 8, Michigan 1

See BASEBALL, Page 4B

MATT VAILLIENCOURT/Daily

Photos by MATT VAILLIENCOURT/Daily

