The 2022 Michigan Wolverines baseball team represented the University of Michigan in the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wolverines, led by head coach Erik Bakich in his tenth season, are a member of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Wilpon Baseball Complex in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Wolverines won the 2022 Big Ten baseball tournament and qualified for the NCAA tournament.
Previous season The Wolverines finished the 2021 season 27–19, including 27–17 in conference play, finishing in third place in their conference. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Wolverines received an at-large bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they lost to UConn and Central Michigan in the NCAA Regional.
Preseason For the 2022 Big Ten Conference poll, Michigan was voted to finish in second by the Big Ten Coaches.
Michigan was ranked No. 30 in the preseason poll by Collegiate Baseball.
Roster
Schedule and results {| class="toccolours" width=95% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;" |- ! colspan=2 style="" | 2022 Michigan Wolverines baseball game log |- ! colspan=2 style="" | Regular season (28–25) |- valign="top" | February (5–2) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord B1GRecord 1 February 18 vs. No. 14 Texas Tech Globe Life FieldArlington, TX 6–7 Hampton (1–0) Weiss (0–1) — 7,112 0–1 – 2 February 19 vs. Globe Life Field 10–2 Denner (1–0) Griffin (0–1) — — 1–1 – 3 February 20 vs. Oklahoma Globe Life Field 1–6 Atwood (1–0) O'Halloran (0–1) — 8,006 1–2 – 4 February 21 at UT Arlington Clay Gould BallparkArlington, TX 9–7 Allen (1–0) King (0–2) Harajli (1) 575 2–2 – 5 February 25 vs. Infinity Insurance ParkMiami, FL 8–2 Weston (1–0) Shine (0–1) Rennard (1) 400 3–2 – 6 February 26 at FIU Infinity Insurance Park 16–8 Allen (2–0) Martin (0–1) — 802 4–2 – 7 February 27 at FIU Infinity Insurance Park 13–9 Cleveland (1–0) Eckaus (0–1) Weiss (1) 422 5–2 –
March (8–9) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord B1GRecord 8 March 1 at Florida Atlantic FAU Baseball StadiumBoca Raton, FL 8–9 Wegielnik (1–0) Wood (0–1) — 698 5–3 – 9 March 2 at Florida Atlantic FAU Baseball Stadium 20–13 Smith (1–0) Martzolf (0–1) — 557 6–3 – 10 March 4 vs. No. 21 Maryland Clark–LeClair StadiumGreenville, NC 7–4 Rennard (1–0) Heine (0–1) Weiss (2) — 7–3 – 11 March 5 vs. East Carolina Clark–LeClair Stadium 8–10 Grosz (2–0) O'Halloran (0–2) Logusch (1) 4,259 7–4 – 12 March 6 vs. Clark–LeClair Stadium 5–6 Patzner (1–0) Denner (1–1) Fenlong (3) — 7–5 – 13 March 11 at Louisville Jim Patterson StadiumLouisville, KY 3–5 Kuehner (3–0) Weston (1–1) Prosecky (4) — 7–6 – — March 11 at Louisville Jim Patterson Stadium Suspended (inclement weather). Continuation held on March 13. 14 March 13 at Louisville Jim Patterson Stadium 16–7 O'Halloran (1–2) Koger (0–1) — 1,021 8–6 – 15 March 13 at Louisville Jim Patterson Stadium 1–13 Phillips (2–0) Denner (1–2) — 703 8–7 – 16 March 15 at No. 4 Vanderbilt Hawkins FieldNashville, TN 4–5 Schultz (1–1) Weiss (0–2) — 3,802 8–8 – 17 March 17 Dayton Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, MI 2–1 O'Halloran (2–2) Steinhauer (1–1) Allen (1) 654 9–8 – 18 March 18 Dayton Ray Fisher Stadium 18–6 Rennard (2–0) Peguero (0–1) — 457 10–8 – 19 March 20 Dayton Ray Fisher Stadium 4–2 Denner (2–2) Serwa (1–4) Allen (2) 1,241 11–8 – 20 March 23 at J. Page Hayden FieldCincinnati, OH 2–8 Bell (1–0) Walker (1–1) — 518 11–9 – 21 March 25 at Nebraska Hawks FieldLincoln, NE 9–13 Koty (2–0) Rennard (2–1) — 5,109 11–10 0–1 22 March 26 at Nebraska Hawks Field 8–6 Allen (3–0) Bragg (1–2) — 6,561 12–10 1–1 23 March 27 at Nebraska Hawks Field 6–1 Denner (3–2) McCarville (2–3) Rennard (2) 5,075 13–10 2–1 24 March 30 Ray Fisher Stadium 7–14 Decker (2–1) Wood (0–2) — 347 13–11 –
April (9–6) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord B1GRecord — April 1 Iowa Ray Fisher Stadium Postponed (inclement weather) 25 April 2 Iowa Ray Fisher Stadium 2–8 Nedved (2–2) Weston (1–2) — 1,200 13–12 2–2 26 April 2 Iowa Ray Fisher Stadium 2–0 O'Halloran (3–2) Mazur (2–2) Allen (3) 1,605 14–12 3–2 27 April 3 Iowa Ray Fisher Stadium 3–10 Langenberg (4–0) Denner (4–2) — 1,008 14–13 3–3 28 April 6 Purdue Fort Wayne Ray Fisher Stadium 3–6 Myer (1–4) Cleveland (1–2) Miller (1) 579 14–14 – 29 April 8 Ray Fisher Stadium 2–1 Allen (4–0) Stultz (2–2) — 742 15–14 – 30 April 9 Cal State Fullerton Ray Fisher Stadium 8–2 Weston (2–2) Yates (2–1) Rennard (3) 1,255 16–14 – 31 April 10 Cal State Fullerton Ray Fisher Stadium 11–10 Rennard (3–1) Weisberg (1–2) — 1,785 17–14 – 32 April 12 at No. 10 Frank Eck StadiumSouth Bend, IN 5–14 Dennies (1–0) Cleveland (1–3) — 854 17–15 – 33 April 15 at Drayton McLane Baseball StadiumEast Lansing, MI 18–6 O'Halloran (4–2) Dunning (1–4) — 4,242 18–15 4–3 34 April 16 at Michigan State Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium 8–2 Weston (3–2) Powers (2–4) — 2,333 19–15 5–3 35 April 17 at Michigan State Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium 6–3 Allen (5–0) Tomasic (2–1) Denner (1) 503 20–15 6–3 36 April 22 Ray Fisher Stadium 9–8 (10) Rennard (4–1) Karaffa (1–1) — 1,002 21–15 7–3 37 April 23 Ohio State Ray Fisher Stadium 16–13 Weston (4–2) Coupet (2–4) Denner (2) 2,750 22–15 8–3 38 April 24 Ohio State Ray Fisher Stadium 5–6 Brock (1–2) Denner (4–3) — 2,279 22–16 8–4 39 April 29 at Purdue Alexander FieldWest Lafayette, IN 4–18 Backer (2–0) O'Halloran (4–3) — 1,881 22–17 8–5 — April 30 at Purdue Alexander Field Postponed (inclement weather)
May (6–8) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord B1GRecord 40 May 1 at Purdue Alexander Field 4–12 Wendell (4–2) Weston (4–3) — 2,202 22–18 8–6 41 May 1 at Purdue Alexander Field 13–2 Allen (6–0) Wansing (6–7) — 2,202 23–18 9–6 42 May 3 Youngstown State Ray Fisher Stadium Cancelled 43 May 6 Indiana Ray Fisher Stadium 8–4 Weiss (1–2) Holderfield (2–4) Rennard (3) 1,434 24–18 10–6 44 May 7 Indiana Ray Fisher Stadium 5–9 Bothwell (2–1) Smith (1–1) Sharp (3) 1,813 24–19 10–7 45 May 8 Indiana Ray Fisher Stadium 8–10 Sharp (3–6) Rennard (4–2) — 1,354 24–20 10–8 46 May 10 Xavier Ray Fisher Stadium 3–10 Olson (2–3) Denner (3–5) — 1,004 24–21 – 47 May 11 Ray Fisher Stadium 21–9 Keaser (1–0) Wirsing (1–5) — 1,174 25–21 – 48 May 13 at No. 17 Maryland Shipley FieldCollege Park, MD 7–8 Falco (6–1) O'Halloran (4–4) Belgrave (3) 1,478 25–22 10–9 49 May 14 at No. 17 Maryland Shipley Field 6–20 Ramsey (10–0) Denner (3–6) — 1,478 25–23 10–10 50 May 15 at No. 17 Maryland Shipley Field 10–15 Dean (5–2) Allen (6–1) — 2,075 25–24 10–11 51 May 17 Michigan State Ray Fisher Stadium 11–8 Goldensoph (2–2) Arbaugh (1–1) Weiss (3) 1,734 26–24 – 52 May 19 Ray Fisher Stadium 9–6 Rennard (5–2) Bello (4–2) Weston (1) 1,004 27–24 11–11 53 May 20 Rutgers Ray Fisher Stadium 9–7 Weiss (2–2) Stanavich (0–3) Weston (2) 1,411 28–24 12–11 54 May 21 Rutgers Ray Fisher Stadium 12–18 Bello (5–2) Smith (1–2) — 1,928 28–25 12–12 |- ! colspan=2 style="" | Postseason (6–3)
# Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord B1GTRecord 55 May 26 vs. (4) Illinois (5) Charles Schwab Field OmahaOmaha, NE 7–5 Allen (7–1) Glassey (2–2) Weston (3) — 29–25 1–0 56 May 27 vs. (1) No. 10 Maryland (5) Charles Schwab Field Omaha 15–8 Weiss (3–2) Ramsey (10–1) — — 30–25 2–0 57 May 28 vs. (3) Iowa (5) Charles Schwab Field Omaha 3–7 Baumann (1–0) Allen (7–2) Schultz (1) — 30–26 2–1 58 May 29 vs. (3) Iowa (5) Charles Schwab Field Omaha 13–1 (7) O'Halloran (5–4) Brecht (1–4) Weston (4) — 31–26 3–1 59 May 29 vs. (2) Rutgers (5) Charles Schwab Field Omaha 10–4 Denner (4–6) Portnoy (3–1) — — 32–26 4–1
# Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord RegionalRecord 60 June 3 vs. (2) Oregon (3) Jim Patterson Stadium 8–6 Weston (5–3) Britton (4–1) — 2,338 33–26 1–0 61 June 4 vs. (1) No. 8 Louisville (3) Jim Patterson Stadium 7–3 Rennard (6–2) Poland (5–5) — 3,547 34–26 2–0 62 June 5 vs. (1) No. 8 Louisville (3) Jim Patterson Stadium 1–20 Phillips (5–1) Smith (1–3) Webster (1) 2,775 34–27 2–1 63 June 6 vs. (1) No. 8 Louisville (3) Jim Patterson Stadium 9–11 Kuehner (7–3) Weston (5–4) Prosecky (11) 3,655 34–28 2–2 |- |- style="text-align:center;"
Notes: The March 11 game at Louisville was suspended due to snow in the top of the fifth inning with the score 13–4 in favor of the Wolverines. It was completed on March 13 prior to the regularly scheduled game that afternoon.
Rankings
Awards and honors
All-Big TenPlayerSelectionRef. Clark Elliott First Team Matt Frey Third Team Joe Stewart Third Team
Major League Baseball draft The following Wolverines were selected in the 2022 Major League Baseball draft:
List of Drafted Players Name 2022 Class Pos. Team Overall Clark Elliott Junior OF Oakland Athletics 69th Cameron Weston Junior RHP Baltimore Orioles 227th Joe Stewart Graduate Student OF Los Angeles Angels 268th
References