Postgame Notes: Michigan 4, IPFW 2
3/24/2012 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 24, 2012
• Senior RHP Brandon Sinnery (1-2, 4.50 ERA) allowed one hit in seven innings, allowing an unearned run with four strikeouts. Sinnery's win is his first of the season and evened his career record at U-M at 9-9.
• Freshman RHP James Bourque (1-0, 3.00 ERA, two saves) collected the final two outs to earn his team-leading second save of the season.
• Wolverine pitchers senior RHP Brandon Sinnery, freshman LHP Trent Szkutnik, senior RHP Travis Smith and freshman RHP James Bourque combined for the one-hitter. The lone IPFW hit was a single by Kristian Gayday leading off the seventh inning vs. Sinnery.
• Sophomore RF Michael O'Neill, who is hitting .371 (33-for-89), was 1-for-4 with a run scored, a HBP and a stolen base.
• O'Neill, who has hits in 61 of his 76 games as a Wolverine, has 42 career stolen bases.
• Senior catcher/DH Coley Crank, who is hitting .189 (14-for-74), was 1-for-3 with a run-scoring single and a bases loaded walk for two RBI. Crank has 18 RBI this season and 126 in his U-M career.
• Junior co-captain CF/2B Patrick Biondi, who is hitting .263 (21-for-80), was 2-for-3 with a stolen base as he extended his hitting streak to five games.
• Biondi, who has six multi-hit games this season and 45 for his U-M career, has scored 19 times this season and has scored 124 runs in 133 games in his Wolverine career.
• Biondi, who leads the Wolverines with 14 stolen bases, collected his 70th career steal. Biondi ranks third on U-M's career stolen base list as he chases former Wolverine LF Jim Durham (74 steals, 1986-89) in second place. The record is 90 stolen bases set by CF Eric Rose (2004-07).
• Sophomore catcher Cole Martin, who is hitting .250 (10-for-40), was 1-for-3 with a walk to extend his U-M career-best hitting streak to five games.
