4B — April 11, 2016
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
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With junior designated hitter 
Carmen Benedetti and senior 
centerfielder Cody Bruder at the 
corners, Bruder got caught in a 
pickle trying to steal second, and 
Benedetti took advantage of the 
back-and-forth to run home.

Freshman second basemen 

Ako Thomas was a bright spot in 
the lineup that game, collecting 
a career-high three hits in four 
at-bats.

Game two of the doubleheader 

started just like the first, except 
it was junior left-hander Brett 
Adcock and Minnesota’s Dalton 
Sawyer 
who 
were 
tossing 

scoreless innings back and forth.

Adcock pitched five scoreless 

innings, getting out of bases-
loaded jams in the second, third 
and fifth. Adcock walked eight 
batters but allowed just three hits.

But Adcock was not pleased 

with how he pitched.

“I didn’t have the best day,” he 

said. “I didn’t trust the defense 
as much I needed to. I needed to 
attack the zone more, and I’ve got 
to focus on throwing more strikes.”

On the other side, Sawyer 

stymied the Michigan offense. 
He continued pitching into the 
sixth inning without giving up 
a run, fanning 10 batters along 
the way.

The Wolverines encountered 

trouble in the sixth inning. 
Junior lefty Carmen Benedetti 
gave up the game’s first run in 
relief for Adcock, and gave way to 
sophomore right-hander Bryan 
Pall with a runner on second and 
one out. Pall loaded the bases, 
but managed to come out of the 
inning unscathed.

As in game one, the Golden 

Gophers’ 
offense 
opened 
the 

floodgates in the seventh inning. 
After scoring a run on a wild 
pitch, Minnesota strung together 
back-to-back-to-back RBI hits to 
increase their lead to 5-0.

In the bottom of the seventh, 

the Golden Gophers put Brian 
Glowicki on the mound, and 
Michigan attacked immediately. 
After a walk and a single, junior 
right 
fielder 
Johnny 
Slater 

singled to right field to score a 
run and avoid the Wolverines’ 
first scoreless game of the 
season. Glowicki was removed 
without recording an out in favor 
of Lucas Gilbreath. With loaded 
bases, a hit batter and fielder’s 
choice scored two more runs to 
ease the deficit, 5-3.

“They had a sense of urgency,” 

Bakich said. “Minnesota had 
put up the four spot in the 
seventh. I think the guys had 
had enough and saved some of 
their most competitive at-bats in 
the seventh and eighth innings. 
Unfortunately it was just too 
little, too late.”

Hill, who was slated to start 

Sunday’s game, came out of the 
bullpen for the final two innings, 
in which he struck out six batters. 
His performance sparked the 
Wolverines’ offense in the eighth 

inning, but not enough to take 
the come-from-behind win.

Michigan had two runners in 

scoring position in the eighth to 
potentially tie the game, but an 
attempted suicide squeeze by Slater 
turned into a double play. Slater’s 
bunt was a short pop-up out to the 
catcher, and first baseman Drew 
Lugbauer was tagged up at third to 
end the inning.

“After a day like today, I got 

to look in the mirror and make 
sure I’m doing everything I 
can to make sure these guys 
are 
prepared 
and 
playing 

fundamentally sound so we don’t 
ever have another day where 
we have as many breakdowns,” 
Bakich said.

Though 
its 
record 
does 

not jump off the stat sheet, 
Minnesota proved to be the 
toughest competitor that the 
Wolverines have faced thus far. 
Michigan will have to improve 
in Big Ten play if it hopes to 
go 
for 
another 
conference 

tournament title.

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MATT VAILLIENCOURT/Daily

Junior left-hander Brett Adcock walked eight in five innings Friday afternoon.

