Midweek Notes: Chippewas Travel to Michigan Wednesday - Central Michigan University Athletics

Midweek Notes: Chippewas Travel to Michigan Wednesday

4/3/2012 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Central Michigan (12-16) at Michigan (12-16) Wednesday, April 4 &diams;  4:05 p.m. &diams;  Wilpon Complex/Ray Fisher Stadium Series Coverage Live Statistics \| Live Video (Fee) \| Live Audio \| Follow @CMUBaseball
Projected Pitching Matchups
	CMU	Record	ERA		Michigan	Record	ERA
	LHP Matt Trowbridge (Fr.)	3-0	4.01	vs.	TBA	-	-

Top Hitters
	CMU	Avg.	Other		Michigan	Avg.	Other
	Jordan Dean	.376	11 XBH, 21 RBI		Will Drake	.333	7 2B, 4 3B, 19 RBI
	William Arnold	.330	4 HR, 22 RBI		Michael O'Neill	.330	9 2B, 6 HR, 24 RBI
	Nate Theunissen	.280	5 2B, 22 RBI		Patrick Biondi	.327	8 2B, 2 3B

Tale of the Tape				CMU News and Notes
				The All-Time Series The Chippewas are 30-37-2 all-time versus Michigan dating back their first meeting against the Wolverines in 1956. CMU was able to claim the only meeting between the two teams last season, defeating U of M at Theunissen Stadium on April 6, 9-4. Last Meeting William Arnold and Jordan Dean each drove in two runs and Eric Wrozek hit a solo home run in last season's 9-4 victory over Michigan at Theunissen Stadium. Dean's two-RBI double broke a 3-3 tie in the third and Dietrich Enns fanned five over three perfect innings to earn his second save of the season.  Freshman Lefty on the Mound Matt Trowbridge will be making his fifth start of the season for the Chippewas looking to improve to 4-0. The freshman picked up his third win of the season versus Northwood and has an earned run average of 3.54 over his first four starts. The lefty has struck out 20 batters in 20.1 innings of work, holding his opponents to a .250 batting average.  Multi-Hit Machine Junior Jordan Dean has recorded a hit in all but five of CMU's games this season and has at least two in 17 of its 28 contests. Dean has had two hits in 12 contests, three hits on three occassions and four hits two different times. He currently leads the Chippewas in average (.376), at-bats (125), runs (32), hits (47), slugging percentage (.544), stolen bases (6) and is tied for the team lead with four home runs. Back-to-Back MAC Honors Senior ace Zach Cooper has earned the Mid-American Conference West Pitcher of the Week honor the last two weeks. Cooper pitched his second career complete-game shutout last Friday at Bowling Green, allowing just four hits and striking out eight in the process to earn the award for the second-straight week. The senior is now in sole possesion of ninth place all-time in CMU history with 221 career strikeouts.
4.83	ERA	4.53
.277	Avg. Against	.262
.269	Batting Avg.	.256
.373	Slugging Pct.	.378
16	Home Runs	16
6.2	Runs Scored	5.1
20-32	Stolen Bases	42-55

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