April 10, 2006
(vol. 116, iss. 109)
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… Rebekah Milian. When a pitch hit freshman Teddi Ewing, Bercaw scored. Her run was the first of the inning - an inning that would prove to be explo- sive. The Wolverines kept their bats firing throughout the…
…- 21) a 3-1 lead after the first inning, and the Wolverines didn't put up a fight until the last two innings. Purdue pitcher Melissa Burns deserved much of the credit for Michigan's offensive struggles…
… in game two. She consistently threw first pitches for strikes and kept Wolverine hitters con- fused by mixing up her pitches. "She had a great change-up," senior third baseman Grace Leutele said. "She…
… got us a few more times than we would've liked, but I think that we got better as the game went on." Michigan's offensive improvement didn't show until the sixth inning, when the Wolverines loaded the…
… bases with one out, but failed to score. Down four runs, Michigan mounted a seventh-inning rally. Suddenly, the bats came alive. The Wolverines scored on an RBI dou- ble by sophomore Samantha Findlay and…
… third. Instead of taking the easy out at first, Haas threw it home. The throw was late, a run scored and the Wolverines failed to record an out. Purdue's two unearned runs proved to be the difference as…
… games. Most notably, Michigan's 12-game win- ning streak came to a screeching halt with Sunday's loss to Purdue. And despite beating Indiana 4-2 on Fri- day, the Wolverines's six-game shutout streak was…
…, including nine in the second. Eleven players collected hits, and each of Michigan's four pinch hitters reached based. I DEFENSE Sure the Wolverines posted two shutouts this weekend, but the defense looked…