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Home Opener, Trip to East Lansing on Tap for Wolverines
3/10/2025 12:56:00 PM | Baseball
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• Home Opener (March 11) - Free Admission
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan baseball team (8-6, 2-1 Big Ten) will return to Michigan after 14 games on the road for its 2025 home opener against Toledo (5-9) on Tuesday (March 11) at 4 p.m. from Ray Fisher Stadium before traveling to Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium for a midweek contest on Wednesday (March 12) with Michigan State (12-3, 0-0 Big Ten) at 4 p.m. Both games will stream on B1G+. Â
Notes
• The Wolverines opened conference play over the weekend and won the series against Illinois, winning the Friday (March 7) and Saturday (March 8) contests. In the opener, Michigan used two big innings, scoring nine combined runs in the sixth and eighth to win, 12-7. U-M then used a ninth-inning comeback, scoring three in the final frame, sparked by a pinch-hit home run from Joe Longo. In the series finale on Sunday (March 9), U-M fell, 6-2, after the Fighting Illini scored four in the eighth inning. U-M completed its spring break trip with a 4-3 record.
• Over the last ten games, Benny Casillas has been the team's best hitter, leading the way with a .455 batting average and 15 hits. He had a career game in the series opener against Illinois, going 4-for-5 with a career-high six RBIs and scoring a run. Casillas has scored seven runs over the past 10 games, and has 10 on the season with 18 hits and three doubles.
• Mitch Voit leads the team in hits with 20, with half going for extra bases. He has six doubles and four home runs for a .717 slugging percentage, ranking 11th in the conference. Voit is 12th in the Big Ten in total bases with 38. Over the weekend, Voit tallied three hits and four walks with two RBIs.
• After a few pinch-hit appearances early in the season, Will Rogers got his first start in the lineup against Long Beach State and went 3-for-4 with a double and a run. He started the next four games as a designated hitter -- and tallied five hits, six runs and two RBIs -- including a home run against UCLA. This season, Rogers is hitting .400 with eight hits and seven runs. He has also contributed on the mound with 11.2 innings pitched and a 4.63 ERA.
• Cole Caruso has been a stable presence for the Wolverines over the past two seasons, seeing action in all but one game and starting in all but two. This season, he is hitting .283 with a .528 slugging percentage. Caruso has three home runs this season with seven runs and 11 RBIs. His home runs are tied for second on the team -- and his RBIs are second trailing only Voit.
• Michigan has used two catchers this season, with Matt Spear seeing action in 13 games with nine starts and Noah Miller playing in nine contests with five starts. Spear is hitting .242 on the season with three home runs, six runs and eight RBIs, including a walk-off RBI single against No. 2-ranked Virginia in extra innings. Miller has started the past two contests. On the season, he has three doubles in five hits with a run and four RBIs.
•  Four U-M players have earned starts this season, with 13 other pitchers seeing action on the mound. Max Debiec and Cade Connolly have been strong out of the pen. Debiec holds a 0.00 ERA and a 0.86 WHIP through 9.1 innings with nine strikeouts. Connolly has struck out seven over 5.1 innings, allowing just three baserunners and one run. Connolly holds a 2-1 record on the season. Rogers, Tate Carey and Wyatt Novara have seen at least four innings of work.
• Toledo is 5-9 this season and dropped its conference-opening series to Miami over the weekend -- winning only the final contest, 9-7. The Rockets opened the season against new Big Ten foe No. 12-ranked Oregon and took one of four games but was outscored by a combined 27-8. All-time, Michigan is 42-14-1 against Toledo and won both contests last season.
• Michigan State is 12-3 through non-conference play and won three of its four games over the previous weekend but dropped the most recent contest against UAB, 12-7. The Spartans started the season 6-0 before losing to UCLA, 15-9, in Corpus Christi, Texas. U-M holds a 219-114-1 record against Michigan State and took the final game of a three-game series against the Spartans last year.
