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Michigan to Host Nebraska Series at Ray Fisher Stadium
3/19/2026 12:31:00 PM | Baseball
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan baseball team (10-9, 0-3 Big Ten) opens its first home weekend series of the season Friday (March 20), hosting Nebraska (16-5, 3-0 Big Ten) at 4 p.m. at the Wilpon Complex, home of Ray Fisher Stadium. The three-game set continues Saturday (March 21) at 2 p.m. and concludes Sunday (March 22) at 1 p.m., with all games streamed on B1G+.
Notes
• After spending the first five weekends on the road, Michigan has hosted just two games at home so far this season. The Wolverines are 2-0 at home with midweek wins over Western Michigan on Tuesday (March 10) and Michigan State on Wednesday (March 18). U-M opened the season with two ranked wins in Surprise, Arizona, before picking up another at Globe Life Field. The past three weekends were all spent in California, with Michigan earning series wins over San Diego and Pepperdine before being swept last weekend by No. 1-ranked UCLA to open conference play.
• Colby Turner leads the Wolverines in nearly every hitting category, including batting average (.346), hits (27), runs (15) and RBIs (21). The junior has 11 extra-base hits this season, with six doubles and five home runs, including a double against the Spartans in the midweek contest. Turner has at least one hit in 13 of the last 15 contests, with multiple hits in 10 of those games.
• Greg Pace Jr. was the only Wolverine to record multiple hits against Michigan State on Wednesday, going 2-for-3. Pace is third on the team in batting average at .288 with 15 hits this season. The redshirt junior has three multi-hit games, all coming on Saturdays at San Diego and Pepperdine. Pace has scored nine runs and added six RBIs and is second among qualified hitters in on-base percentage at .397, aided by his nine walks.
• Kurt Barr is one of two players with starts every weekend and has been Michigan's top starter so far, leading the team in strikeouts and qualified pitchers in ERA. Barr holds a 4.30 ERA and a 1.26 WHIP with 27 strikeouts over 23 innings. In his most recent start, he held No. 1 UCLA to two runs on three hits while striking out six batters. He opened the season with a dominant performance against Arizona, recording eight strikeouts in seven innings while allowing one run.
• Gavin DeVooght has tallied six saves this season, including a 2.1-inning save on Wednesday against Michigan State. The junior ranks second in the Big Ten and is tied for second nationally in saves, trailing only Adam Troy of USC. DeVooght holds a 1.96 ERA and a 1.47 WHIP with 17 strikeouts. The program record for saves in a season is 12, set by Jacob Cronenworth in 2014 and matched by Jackson Lamb in 2017.
• Brayden Jefferis has served as the team's leadoff batter for the past four games and 10 total this season. Jefferis doubled against the Spartans for his fourth extra-base hit of the season. The sophomore has started all but one game at third base this season and is hitting .278 with 12 runs and seven RBIs while drawing a team-leading 10 walks.
• Evan Haeger was the third Wolverine to double against Michigan State and also scored a run. Haeger is second on the team in batting average at .310 this season with five extra-base hits. The redshirt sophomore leads the Wolverines in on-base percentage at .442, adding 10 walks to his 13 hits. Haeger has scored a run in two straight games and has walked four times over the past three.
• Grant Bradley has pitched 14 innings this season, which ranks sixth on the team, and has yet to allow a run in his sophomore campaign. Bradley added another 3.2 scoreless innings on Wednesday against Michigan State while striking out two and earning the win. He has 11 strikeouts this season and just two walks. Four of Bradley's five appearances have been three innings or more.
• Drew Culbertson tallied a hit against Michigan State and recorded two at No. 1-ranked UCLA over the past weekend. The junior is the only Wolverine to start every contest this season, doing so at shortstop. Culbertson has 12 hits this season with six runs and eight RBIs. He ranks second in the Big Ten Conference in sacrifice bunts with four.
• Tate Carey entered the season as the Preseason Big Ten Pitcher of the Year but has missed the last two weekends. Carey's best start this season came in his most recent outing on Feb. 28 at San Diego. He shut out the Toreros for six innings while striking out seven and allowing five hits. Carey holds a 3.45 ERA this season with 15 strikeouts in 15.2 innings pitched.
• Nebraska enters the weekend at 16-5 and is 3-0 in conference play after sweeping Michigan State two weekends ago. The Cornhuskers are riding an 11-game winning streak, with their last loss coming to No. 7-ranked Auburn. Nebraska played the same three teams at Globe Life Field as the Wolverines and went 1-2, earning a win over Florida State and losses to Louisville and Kansas State.
• The Wolverines trail in the all-time series against Nebraska, 17-21, but won the most recent contest, 3-1, on May 11, 2025. Nebraska won last season's series in Lincoln and took the 2023 series as well in Ann Arbor. Michigan's last series win came in 2022, while its last home series win was in 2016.
