The Fordham baseball team entered its series with Michigan as the Division I all-time leader in wins, with 4,026.

And at weekend's end, the Rams still had 4,026.

The Wolverines completed a sweep of the Rams in the first meeting between the two programs, playing the set at the New York Mets’ spring training facility in Port St. Lucie, Fla. It was the team’s first successful sweep since besting Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne almost exactly a year ago (the Mastodons will also be Michigan’s opponent for next weekend’s series).

If Michigan (9-9) had its way, it would probably never leave the friendly confines of the Tradition Field Sports Complex — it has now won 12 straight times at the Mets’ spring training home.

Entering the series, Michigan coach Rich Maloney had been stressing the importance of playing a complete game. While the team’s fielding has been consistent, in most games, either the offense or pitching has failed to show up. Against Fordham (4-14), everything finally came together for an entire series.

“No question,” Maloney said. “This was the first time. We think it’s there, we just haven’t been consistent enough in those areas. For this weekend, we played much better baseball. Hopefully, this will be our turning point.”

The Wolverines' offense exploded during Saturday’s doubleheader, scoring 33 combined runs in its 13-2 and 20-0 victories. The latter saw the most runs the team has scored this season, also the highest margin of victory in Maloney’s tenure.

Senior right-hander Alan Oaks ensured that all the offensive production was unnecessary with his performance in the first game. The White Lake, Mich. native went seven and a third strong innings, allowing only two runs and striking out a career-best ten hitters.

Oaks (2-3) had been somewhat of a hard-luck loser so far in the 2010 campaign. In his three losses, he had gone at least six strong innings but left the game each time with no runs behind him in support.

The nine runs he had this time were a welcome change.

“We expected that he’d compete for a Friday night job, and he’s certainly earned that,” Maloney said. “He’s lived up to his billing and the goal he set for himself. Now he’s got to continue but he’s been by far our best pitcher, no question.”

Senior catcher and captain Chris Berset tripled, driving in two runs in the bottom of the first inning to get the Wolverines on the board. Two innings later, redshirt sophomore leftfielder Garrett Stephens performed the same feat with the bases loaded to push the Wolverines’ lead to an insurmountable 9-1 advantage.

The second game of the day saw Michigan’s best offensive performance to date, but the bigger story involved redshirt freshman lefthander Bobby Brosnahan.

Brosnahan, who sat out all of last season while recovering from Tommy John surgery on his elbow, started the game and collected his first career victory. He went for a career-long seven innings, shutting out the Rams and allowing only five hits.

“It was real exciting,” Brosnahan said. "I’ve been trying to get (my first win in) a couple starts, but I finally got to get it. The whole week, (pitching coach Bob) Keller and I worked on … throwing the fastball low in the zone because the only time you get in trouble is when you get the ball up. Saturday, I was able to keep the ball down, and we got all our outs.”

Friday’s game was more difficult. Michigan found itself on the wrong side of the scoreboard twice, but battled back and took the lead on both occasions, notching its first comeback victory of the season with its 8-6 result.

Sophomore designated hitter Coley Crank led the charge, going 3-for-5 on the day with three RBI. With his team down 5-4 in the bottom of the seventh, Crank tripled off of the right-field wall to drive in two runners and retake the lead for good. The Pinole, Calif. native finished a home run short of the cycle.

To close out the weekend, the Wolverines took on the host New York Mets in an exhibition event that has become an annual affair. The big-league team easily took the 8-1 victory, but Maloney did not approach the game as he would any other.