Stories by Max Cohen
Baseball
Baseball clinches spot in Big Ten Tournament
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BY MAX COHEN
The Michigan baseball team’s playoff picture became clear within a span of a few minutes Saturday afternoon — the final day of the regular season.
With a win against Nebraska or a Michigan State loss against Penn State, the Wolverines would earn a bid to the Big Ten Tournament. If the they lost and the Spartans won, Michigan’s season would end in Nebraska.
Baseball
With season hanging in balance, Wolverines set to host Purdue
- Patrick Barron/Daily
BY MAX COHEN
Michigan (10-8 Big Ten, 25-22 overall) faces the Boilermakers (5-13, 16-28) as it begins its final push to make the Big Ten Tournament. Despite Purdue’s recent struggles, the Wolverines’ task could become more difficult if they have to play without center fielder Patrick Biondi.
Baseball
Michigan baseball to face challenge at Indiana
BY MAX COHEN
Though the Hoosiers (8-4 Big Ten, 31-8 overall) are currently tied with Michigan (8-4, 22-17) for third place in the Big Ten standings, the teams have performed very differently throughout the majority of the season. Indiana boasts the statistics of a top team in the country, ranking No. 6 in team ERA and No. 12 in team batting average through April 21.
Michigan baseball drops series to Northwestern
- Paul Sherman/Daily
BY MAX COHEN
Michigan baseball coach Erik Bakich frequently preaches that pitching and defense are the keys behind all winning teams. Never did that seem more apparent than this weekend, as the Wolverines dropped two games in a three-game series against Northwestern.
Ballantine inspires baseball team even when he can’t be there
- Max Cohen/Daily
BY MAX COHEN
“I grabbed (his jersey) from his locker,” said fifth-year senior right-hander Chad Jasman. “He always sits in front of me on the bus, so I wanted to see his jersey hanging in front of me on the bus if he couldn’t be there.”
Baseball earns second consecutive Big Ten sweep
- Paul Sherman/Daily
BY MAX COHEN
After going five years without a Big Ten series sweep before sweeping Michigan State last weekend, Michigan (7-2 Big Ten, 20-14 overall) repeated the feat, as it handled Penn State in three consecutive games, 5-1, 3-2 and 8-1. With the sweep, the team has won nine games in a row.
Bakich looking forward to winning, not rivalries
- Paul Sherman/Daily
BY MAX COHEN
In his first year at the helm of the Michigan baseball program, coach Erik Bakich hasn’t focused on his team’s rivalries. With a series against Michigan State on the horizon, Bakich knows the in-state Big Ten series will mean a lot to his players, but to him, it will just be another chance to earn Big Ten victories.
Baseball offensive outburst sandwiched between offensive struggles
- Paul Sherman/Daily
BY MAX COHEN
Despite an offensive outburst in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader that led to an 11-3 victory over the Golden Gophers (2-1 Big Ten, 17-12 overall), the Wolverines received little offensive output in the other two games of the series, losing 3-1 on Friday and 2-1 in the second game Saturday.
2013 Baseball Preview
Promise to dying coach fuels Bakich
- Mgoblue.com
BY MAX COHEN
In July 2006, Lynn LeClair put Erik Bakich on speakerphone as her husband Keith fought the final days of his five-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a debilitating condition which leads to the progressive degeneration of one’s motor neurons, leading to immobilization generally followed by death.
THE REST OF THE 2013 BASEBALL PREVIEW:
POSITION BY POSITION PREVIEW: Michigan's starting lineup
BIG TEN PREVIEW: Can the Conference break the streak?
WEEKEND ADVANCE: Michigan takes on Minnesota
Wrestling
Disappointing end to the Wolverines' season at NCAA Championships
BY MAX COHEN
For only the second time since 1991, no Wolverine wrestler earned All-American status by finishing in the top eight of his weight class. one-hundred-and-sixty-five-pound freshman Taylor Massa was the only wrestler who made it to the round of 12 to have a chance to qualify. Without any wrestlers placing and numerous early exits, Michigan finished 33rd in the tournament.
