Postgame Notes: Michigan 6, Michigan State 2
4/7/2013 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 7, 2013
• The Wolverines, winners of five straight, collected a Big Ten sweep for the first time since taking three games at Minnesota in 2008 (May 9 and May 11[DH]). The last Michigan sweep of MSU was a four-game sweep in 2008 (April 18, 19 [DH] and 20).
• Sophomore LF Zach Zott, who is hitting .347 (25-for-72), was 2-for-4 with a first inning home run, the first round-tripper of his U-M career, giving him hits in 11 of his last 12 games. He also scored two runs and drove in two runs.
• Zott's first inning two-run homer proved to be his third game-winning RBI this week and his third career `gamer' as a Wolverine.
• Zott has nine multi-hit games this season and 14 in his U-M career. Zott has had two hits in seven of his last eight games and is hitting .455 (10-for-22) in Big Ten play.
• Freshman 2B/RHP Jacob Cronenworth, who is hitting .342 (38-for-111), was 1-for-3 with a run-scoring double in the third inning Sunday at Michigan State to extend his season/career-best hitting streak to 15 games. He added a walk, a sac fly, a run scored and two RBI.
• Cronenworth leads the team with 23 RBI.
• Senior/junior LHP Logan McAnallen (2-2, 3.34 ERA) pitched 5.1 innings Sunday at MSU allowing two runs on five hits with three strikeouts as he collected his second win of the season and his third career win.
• Freshman SS Travis Maezes, who is hitting .288 (34-for-118), was 1-for-5 with a third-inning single to extend his hitting streak to four games in overall play and five games in Big Ten action.
• Freshman 1B Jack Sexton, who is hitting .214 (18-for-84) was 2-for-4 with a pair of singles and one run scored. Sexton has four multi-hit games in 2013.
• Junior catcher Cole Martin, who is hitting .196 (18-for-92), was 3-for-4 with three singles, a run scored and one RBI as he moved his hitting streak to three games. Martin is 10-for-21 (.476) with four doubles and a homer in his last seven games.
• Martin, who has started 28 of U-M's 30 games this season, has five multi-hit games and all three of his three-hit games in 2013. He has 10 career multiple-hit games in 113 contests as a Wolverine.
