Michigan Falls in Extra Innings to Buckeyes on Barry Larkin Night

Saturday, May 1

Ann Arbor, Mich.

6:00 PM

Michigan

26-15, 0

Ohio State

24-14, 0

Ohio State

Michigan

Michigan Falls in Extra Innings to Buckeyes on Barry Larkin Night

5/1/2010 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

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By: Ryan Sosin

Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Wilpon Baseball Complex)
Score: Ohio State 3, Michigan 2 (10 innings)
Records: U-M (26-15, 8-6 Big Ten), Ohio State (24-14, 8-6 Big Ten)
Attendance: 2,263
Next U-M Event: Sunday, May 1 -- vs. Ohio State (Wilpon Baseball Complex), 1:05 p.m.

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- On the day the University of Michigan baseball program retired former Wolverine great Barry Larkin's No. 16, the team gave fans an extra gift -- free baseball -- but fell 3-2 in 10 innings to Ohio State on Saturday night (May 1) at the Wilpon Baseball Complex, home of historic Ray Fisher Stadium. It was only the second extra-inning game of the season for U-M, which defeated Indiana, 16-10, on April 2.

Riding the arm of junior reliever Tyler Burgoon (Defiance, Ohio/Defiance), who struck out seven of the first nine batters faced after coming into the game in the seventh, the Wolverines knotted the game at 2-2 in the eighth inning on a run-scoring single from junior Ryan LaMarre (Jackson, Mich./Lumen Christi) and sent the game into extra innings. U-M was unable to manufacture a run in the ninth or 10th innings as the Buckeyes finally caught up to Burgoon in the 10th. Burgoon gave up his second and third hits of the game, a double and a run-scoring single to take his first loss in relief this season.

Senior Alan Oaks (White Lake, Mich./Divine Child) went 6.1 solid innings in the start, striking out six and giving up just five hits before leaving the game.

Sophomore third baseman John Lorenz (Frankfurt, Ill./Lincoln-Way East) pushed Michigan's other run across the plate in the second, driving a ball up the middle to score senior catcher Chris Berset (Vienna, Va./Heights School) from second to make it 1-0 Wolverines. Berset and sophomore Coley Crank (Pinole, Calif./Pinole Valley) each finished the day 2-for-4.

Michigan's defense helped protect the pitchers' stat sheets in the fifth and sixth innings when freshman centerfielder Patrick Biondi (Woodhaven, Mich./Divine Child) made a full-speed running catch to rob OSU first baseman Matt Streng of extra bases to lead off the fifth and senior/junior second baseman Anthony Toth (Lorain, Ohio/St. Ignatius) started a slick 4-6-3 double play in the sixth to end the inning.

The Wolverines will look for a win in the rubber match of the three-game series with the Buckeyes on Sunday (May 2) at 1:05 p.m. Following the conclusion of the game, the entire Michigan baseball team will sign autographs for fans.

N O T E S

• Michigan (26-15, 8-6 Big Ten) dropped into a three-way tie for first place with the 3-2 loss. U-M, OSU and Northwestern are tied at 8-6, with four teams tied for fourth at 7-7.

• Prior to Saturday's game, former Wolverine shortstop Barry Larkin had his No. 16 jersey retired. Former U-M player and coach Don Lund was the lone member of the Wolverine six-man retired baseball number club on hand.

• Larkin's coach Bud Middaugh was at the game along with former U-M teammates Rich Bair, Casey Close, Dan Disher, Hal Morris, Chuck Froning, Scott Kamieniecki, Greg Everson, Jeff Jacobson, Chris Gust, Ken Hayward, Derek Kerr, Paul Wenson, Kourtney Thompson, Kevin Gilles and Dan Sygar. Ed Hood, captain of the 1962 NCAA championship team, was there as was former Larkin era assistant coach Terry Hunter and his son Scot, who served as a batboy in the early 1980s.

• Sophomore C/DH Coley Crank, who is hitting .356 (57-for-160), was 2-for-4 with a pair of singles. Crank has 19 multi-hit games this season and 22 for his U-M career.

• Senior C Chris Berset, who is hitting .400 (62-for-155) to lead the Wolverines in overall action, was 2-for-4 with a pair of singles.

• Berset leads the Wolverines with 24 multi-hit games this season and has 47 in his U-M career.

• Junior RHP Tyler Burgoon (6-2, 3.16 ERA, seven saves) took the loss Saturday, working the final 3.2 innings and allowing one run on three hits.

• Burgoon, who leads the Wolverines with 61 strikeouts, had seven strikeouts to match his season best K total

• Junior OF Ryan LaMarre, who entered the weekend with a .500 batting average, collected his first hit of the weekend with two outs in the eighth inning. The RBI single tied the game at 2-2 and sent it into extra innings.

• LaMarre, who has hits in 20 of his last 22 games, is hitting .461 (35-for-76).