The weather forecast promises to play havoc with the series with scheduling adjustments to it seeming to be a likelihood if the forecast is fairly accurate. Sunday is the best day of the weekend, but the conference tournament starts just two days later on Tuesday, so neither team would want that.
Thursday's game is on BTN.
Starting pitchers:
Thursday (5 p.m. ET)
LHP Ty Bothwell will be in the mound for IU with an ERA of 5.21 in 65.2 IP and a WHIP of 1.20 with an OBA of .260.
It's TBD for Michigan.
Friday (6 p.m. ET)
RHP Connor Foley will be on the mound for IU with an ERA of 4.10 in 52.2 IP and a WHIP of 1.20 with an OBA of .158.
It's TBD for Michigan.
Saturday (2 p.m. ET)
It's TBD for both teams.
With Michigan not naming any starters up to this point, I got these excerpts concerning their pitching from the Michigan article on the series.
"Michigan has not had a consistent rotation but has utilized Kurt Barr, Jacob Denner, Chase Allen and Dylan Vigue among others over the past few weekends."
"Barr leads the Wolverines pitching staff this season with a 3.54 ERA across 73.2 innings. He is 5-3 on the season with eight starts and 18 appearances. Barr is ninth in the conference among qualified pitchers with a 3.70 ERA in Big Ten games and fifth among pitchers with 40 innings or more. He earned Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honors in March after 11 innings pitched with a 0.82 ERA."
"In his fifth season, Denner has moved up the U-M career ranks. His 91 appearances are good for third all-time, and he recently passed Evan Hill for fifth place on the Michigan innings-pitched list with 275. Denner's four combined strikeouts over the weekend against Purdue and Tuesday's contest against the Zips put him at 254, one short of fifth place (Brett Adcock, 255)."
Stats to include both overall stats and B1G game stats only.
Batting:
Overall - IU is 5th with a team batting average of .295. B1G games only - They are 5th with an average of .285. In 50 games, IU has 69 homers, 115 doubles. and 7 triples.
Overall - Michigan is 12th with a team average of .265. B1G games only - They are 10th with an average of .269. In 53 games, Michigan has 63 homers, 113 doubles, and 7 triples.
Pitching:
Overall - IU is 10th with a team ERA of 6.28. B1G games only - They are 6th with an ERA of 5.67. In 50 games, IU has given up 80 homers and 219 walks. IU has Kd 482 batters.
Overall - Michigan is 6th with a team ERA of 6.01. B1G games only - They are 3rd with an ERA of 4.88. In 53 games, Michigan has given up 61 homers and 280 walks. UM has Kd 315 batters.
Fielding:
IU's fielding is .964 and they have 63 errors in 50 games. Michigan's fielding is .975 and they have 51 errors in 53 games.
Weather forecast:
Thurs - It's expected to be 74 at game time (5 p.m., ET) and intermittent clouds with an 18 pct chance of rain. Wind is expected to be out of the SW at 6 mph. They are expecting rain and thunderstorms between the 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. hours with the rain tapering off leading up to the 5 p.m. game time. The chance of rain builds up at the 8 p.m. hour to a 34 pct chance.
Fri - It's expected to be 67 at game time (6 p.m., ET) and cloudy with a 34 pct chance of rain. Wind is expected to be out of the SE at 6 mph with almost no wind gusts. They are expecting thunderstorms during the morning hours and again during the 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. hours with the chance of rain starting to taper off leading up to the 6 p.m. game time. However, they are expecting the rain chances to start building during the 7 p.m. hour with possible thunderstorms during the 8 p.m. through 9 p.m. hours.
Sat - They didn't forecast by the hour, but they expect the temp to be 76 at game time (2 p.m., ET) with times of sun and clouds and with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm. Wind is expected out of the WNW at 5 mph.
Thursday's game is on BTN.
Starting pitchers:
Thursday (5 p.m. ET)
LHP Ty Bothwell will be in the mound for IU with an ERA of 5.21 in 65.2 IP and a WHIP of 1.20 with an OBA of .260.
It's TBD for Michigan.
Friday (6 p.m. ET)
RHP Connor Foley will be on the mound for IU with an ERA of 4.10 in 52.2 IP and a WHIP of 1.20 with an OBA of .158.
It's TBD for Michigan.
Saturday (2 p.m. ET)
It's TBD for both teams.
With Michigan not naming any starters up to this point, I got these excerpts concerning their pitching from the Michigan article on the series.
"Michigan has not had a consistent rotation but has utilized Kurt Barr, Jacob Denner, Chase Allen and Dylan Vigue among others over the past few weekends."
"Barr leads the Wolverines pitching staff this season with a 3.54 ERA across 73.2 innings. He is 5-3 on the season with eight starts and 18 appearances. Barr is ninth in the conference among qualified pitchers with a 3.70 ERA in Big Ten games and fifth among pitchers with 40 innings or more. He earned Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honors in March after 11 innings pitched with a 0.82 ERA."
"In his fifth season, Denner has moved up the U-M career ranks. His 91 appearances are good for third all-time, and he recently passed Evan Hill for fifth place on the Michigan innings-pitched list with 275. Denner's four combined strikeouts over the weekend against Purdue and Tuesday's contest against the Zips put him at 254, one short of fifth place (Brett Adcock, 255)."
Stats to include both overall stats and B1G game stats only.
Batting:
Overall - IU is 5th with a team batting average of .295. B1G games only - They are 5th with an average of .285. In 50 games, IU has 69 homers, 115 doubles. and 7 triples.
Overall - Michigan is 12th with a team average of .265. B1G games only - They are 10th with an average of .269. In 53 games, Michigan has 63 homers, 113 doubles, and 7 triples.
Pitching:
Overall - IU is 10th with a team ERA of 6.28. B1G games only - They are 6th with an ERA of 5.67. In 50 games, IU has given up 80 homers and 219 walks. IU has Kd 482 batters.
Overall - Michigan is 6th with a team ERA of 6.01. B1G games only - They are 3rd with an ERA of 4.88. In 53 games, Michigan has given up 61 homers and 280 walks. UM has Kd 315 batters.
Fielding:
IU's fielding is .964 and they have 63 errors in 50 games. Michigan's fielding is .975 and they have 51 errors in 53 games.
Weather forecast:
Thurs - It's expected to be 74 at game time (5 p.m., ET) and intermittent clouds with an 18 pct chance of rain. Wind is expected to be out of the SW at 6 mph. They are expecting rain and thunderstorms between the 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. hours with the rain tapering off leading up to the 5 p.m. game time. The chance of rain builds up at the 8 p.m. hour to a 34 pct chance.
Fri - It's expected to be 67 at game time (6 p.m., ET) and cloudy with a 34 pct chance of rain. Wind is expected to be out of the SE at 6 mph with almost no wind gusts. They are expecting thunderstorms during the morning hours and again during the 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. hours with the chance of rain starting to taper off leading up to the 6 p.m. game time. However, they are expecting the rain chances to start building during the 7 p.m. hour with possible thunderstorms during the 8 p.m. through 9 p.m. hours.
Sat - They didn't forecast by the hour, but they expect the temp to be 76 at game time (2 p.m., ET) with times of sun and clouds and with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm. Wind is expected out of the WNW at 5 mph.
