Midweek Notes: Chippewas Host Wolverines on Wednesday

Watch: Baseball Insider Central Michigan (12-17) vs. Michigan (7-18) SCHEDULE Wednesday &diams; 3:05 p.m. (Theunissen Stadium) COVERAGE Live Stats
PROJECTED PITCHING MATCH-UP
	CMU	Record	ERA		UM	Record	ERA
Game 1	LHP Ryan Longstreth	1-3	5.59	vs.	RHP Tyler Mills (So.)	1-3	5.18

TOP HITTERS
	CMU	Avg.	Other		UM	Avg.	Other
	Tyler Hall (Jr.)	.321	5 3B		Michael O'Neill (Fr.)	.313	13 SB
	Jordan Dean (So.)	.307	8 SB		John Lorenz (Jr.)	.281	12 RBI
	Matt Faiman (Sr.)	.319	24 R		Derek Dennis (So.)	.280	5 SB

TALE OF THE TAPE			SERIES NOTES
			All-Time Series -- Michigan owns a 37-29-2 edge in the all-time series against Central Michigan, dating back to 1956. The Wolverines claimed the only meeting a season ago, 13-7, in Ann Arbor. Double-Up... -- Sam Russell smacked five doubles last week to regain the Mid-American Conference lead with 14. He paces the Chippewas who own 66 doubles as a team, the most in the conference. or Triple Up -- Tyler Hall leads the MAC in triples with five to pace CMU, who is tied for the MAC lead with nine as a team. Free Pass -- CMU ranks second in the MAC in walks drawn with 118, led by Tyler Hall 's 22 free passes. Big Whiffer -- Trent Howard paces the MAC in strikeouts with 51. Efficient Thieves -- CMU has been caught stealing just four times this season, and sits 28-for-32 in its attempts in 2011. L et's Go for Two -- Ryan Longstreth shut down Michigan State in his last start for his first win in the Maroon and Gold. He tossed eight-plus innings, yielding a run on five hits and a walk and fanning three.
4.05	ERA	5.42
.276	Avg. Against	.302
.257	Batting Avg.	.246
.380	Slugging Pct.	.311
5.3	Runs Scored	3.9
28-32	Stolen Bases	37-48

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