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Michigan Baseball: Final two weekends will prove tough

By Jacob Cox

Jun 26, 2019; Omaha, NE, USA; Michigan Wolverines head coach Erik Bakich looks on after game three of the championship series of the 2019 College World Series against the Vanderbilt Commodores at TD Ameritrade Park . Mandatory Credit: Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 26, 2019; Omaha, NE, USA; Michigan Wolverines head coach Erik Bakich looks on after game three of the championship series of the 2019 College World Series against the Vanderbilt Commodores at TD Ameritrade Park . Mandatory Credit: Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports /
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Michigan baseball had a very successful weekend on the baseball diamond last weekend taking two of three against the second-place Indiana Hoosiers.

The Wolverines are now in third place in the Big Ten standings as they head into the final two series of the season.

The final home series starts May 21st against the red-hot Maryland Terrapins. Maryland is on a five-game winning streak and is looking to climb to the top of the Big Ten standings just like Michigan.

The Wolverines and Terrapins met earlier this season in a two-game series in College Park where the two teams split. Maryland won the first game 6-5, but the Wolverines bounced back the next day winning 17-7.

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Although Maryland is on a five-game winning streak, their last series came against the second-worst team in the conference, Purdue, so we can take it with a grain of salt.

For the final series of the season, Michigan baseball will hit the road to take on the now first-place Nebraska Cornhuskers for a three-game series starting May 28th. The Cornhuskers and Wolverines have not met this season.

Nebraska will face second-place Indiana and sixth-place Ohio State in an odd four-game weekend before taking on Michigan.

What’s on the line for Michigan baseball

Expect redshirt sophomore left-hander Steven Hajjar and sophomore right-hander Cameron Weston to be game one and two starters on the mound. For game three, it is up for grabs, but could be sophomore left-hander Jacob Denner, who started game three against Indiana and got a much-needed win.

The Big Ten doesn’t get the same respect the SEC, ACC, and Big 12 get when it comes to baseball so although these six games are big for Michigan because they have a chance to win the Big Ten regular-season title, it is a chance to show the NCAA selection committee that they belong in the NCAA tournament.

The next two weekends may just determine if the Wolverines make the NCAA tournament or not and they have two very talented opponents.

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