Erik Bakich sees a lot of benefits to practicing outside in the wintertime. Even in Michigan.
Aidan Woutas
Daily Sports Writer
Baseball
“The storyline of this team, I think, is guys who have been patient in our program that have waited their turn, so to speak,” said Michigan coach Erik Bakich. “I don’t envision a whole lot of newcomers emerging on the scene like we had last year. Last year the situation presented itself. We led the nation in draft picks the year before, after the 2017 season. We had 11 guys drafted, seven of them were juniors, all seven juniors signed. So the opportunity was there for freshmen to earn starting jobs.”
Thanks to a strong debut from Ben Dragani, Michigan beat Bowling Green, 5-4.
Adcock was selected in the fourth round at pick No. 127 in the MLB draft.
Michigan finished 36-21, losing seven of its last eight regular season games.
Michigan will face off against Ohio State on Wednesday to begin the Big Ten Tournament.
The Wolverines have lost five games in a row.
The loss extended the Wolverines' losing streak to five games.
Michigan sits in second place by half a game in the Big Ten standings.