Postgame Notes: Michigan 7, Purdue 0; Michigan 7, Purdue 5
4/18/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
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• Michigan finished the sweep of Purdue today, marking its first conference doubleheader sweep since sweeping Minnesota on May 11, 2008. With the win Friday, U-M earned their first conference series sweep since April 12-14, 2013, when it swept Penn State at home.
• Sophomore Carmen Benedetti tallied five RBI today, bringing his season total to 44, the best in the Big Ten.
• Freshman Jake Bivens picked up singles in each game today, reaching base safely for the 24th consecutive game. Bivens was 5-for-8 with two runs on the day.
• Freshman Ryan Nutof pitched a gem in the opener of today's doubleheader, setting a career-high with 7.2 innings pitched and allowing just two hits in the shutout start.
• Michigan recorded its second shutout of the season in the first game today. Michigan defeated Siena 11-0 on March 1.
• The top four hitters in the Wolverine lineup went a combined 21-for-36 (.583) with 10 runs and nine RBI today.
• Sophomore Brett Adcock struck out 10 batters over six innings in the second game, just one shy of his career best, set earlier this year against Siena on March 1.
• Sophomore Carmen Benedetti struck out the last two batters of the second game to clinch the doubleheader sweep and his first career save.
