# 2020 Michigan Wolverines baseball team

The 2020 Michigan Wolverines baseball team represented the University of Michigan in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wolverines, led by head coach Erik Bakich in his eighth season, are a member of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Wilpon Baseball Complex in Ann Arbor, Michigan. On March 12, 2020, the Big Ten Conference cancelled the remainder of all winter and spring sports seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Previous season

The Wolverines finished the 2019 season 50–22 overall, including 16–7 in conference play, finishing in second place in their conference. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Wolverines qualified to play in the 2019 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament, where the Wolverines lost in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament to Nebraska. Michigan received an at-large bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they advanced to the College World Series and lost in the championship game to Vanderbilt.

## Preseason

Michigan was the only Big Ten Conference team to appear in every national preseason top-25 ranking. The Wolverines were ranked No. 8 by Baseball America, No. 10 by Collegiate Baseball, No. 11 by ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, No. 12 by NCBWA, and No. 13 by D1Baseball in their respective preseason polls.

## Schedule

2020 Michigan Wolverines Baseball Game Log :
Regular Season (8–7) :
February (5–4) :
| # | Date | Opponent | Rank | Stadium Site | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall Record | B1G Record |
| 1 | February 14 | vs. No. 2 Vanderbilt | No. 13 | Salt River Fields at Talking Stick Scottsdale, Arizona | 4–3 | Keizer (1–0) | Brown (0–1) | Paige (1) | 4,500 | 1–0 | – |
| 2 | February 15 | vs. Cal Poly | No. 13 | Salt River Fields at Talking Stick Scottsdale, Arizona | 8–5 | Beers (1–0) | Alvarez (0–1) | Weston (1) | 875 | 2–0 | – |
| 3 | February 15 | at No. 9 Arizona State | No. 13 | Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona | 5–0 | Hajjar (1–0) | Benson (0–1) | White (1) | 4,740 | 3–0 | – |
| 4 | February 16 | vs. UConn | No. 13 | Salt River Fields at Talking Stick Scottsdale, Arizona | 1–7 | Krauth (1–0) | Paige (0–1) | — | 502 | 3–1 | – |
| 5 | February 21 | vs. UConn | No. 9 | First Data Field Port St. Lucie, Florida, | 7–8 | Haus (1–0) | Keizer (1–1) | Wurster (1) | 250 | 3–2 | – |
| 6 | February 22 | vs. UConn | No. 9 | First Data Field Port St. Lucie, Florida | 14–2 | Hajjar (2–0) | Dunlop (0–1) | Denner (1) | 440 | 4–2 | – |
| 7 | February 23 | vs. UConn | No. 9 | First Data Field Port St. Lucie, Florida | 2–9 | Krauth (2–0) | Beers (1–1) | — | 475 | 4–3 | – |
| 8 | February 28 | at Cal Poly | No. 16 | Robin Baggett Stadium San Luis Obispo, California | 4–3 $^{(10)}$ | Weston (1–0) | Woo (0–2) | — | 1,898 | 5–3 | – |
| 9 | February 29 | at Cal Poly | No. 16 | Robin Baggett Stadium San Luis Obispo, California | 4–5 $^{(10)}$ | Scott (1–1) | White (0–1) | — | 2,040 | 5–4 | – |
March (3–3) :
| # | Date | Opponent | Rank | Stadium Site | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall Record | B1G Record |
| 10 | March 1 | at Cal Poly | No. 16 | Robin Baggett Stadium San Luis Obispo, California | 4–2 | Beers (2–1) | Thorpe (1–1) | Keizer (1) | 1,820 | 6–4 | – |
| 11 | March 3 | at Stanford | No. 16 | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond Palo Alto, California | 4–5 | Parthasarathy (1–0) | Smith (0–2) | Grech (2) | 1,067 | 6–5 | – |
| 12 | March 4 | at California | No. 16 | Evans Diamond Berkeley, California | 5–0 | Cleveland (1–0) | Gather (0–1) | — | 758 | 7–5 | – |
| 13 | March 6 | at No. 24 Pepperdine | No. 16 | Eddy D. Field Stadium Malibu, California | 2–12 | Jensen (3–0) | Criswell (0–1) | Morrow (1) | 432 | 7–6 | – |
| 14 | March 7 | at No. 24 Pepperdine | No. 16 | Eddy D. Field Stadium Malibu, California | 7–4 | Hajjar (3–0) | Kniskern (2–1) | Weston (2) | 476 | 8–6 | – |
| 15 | March 7 | at No. 24 Pepperdine | No. 16 | Eddy D. Field Stadium Malibu, California | 1–6 | Groen (2–1) | Beers (2–2) | — | 532 | 8–7 | – |
| 16 | March 13 | Canisius | | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan, | | | | | | | |
| 17 | March 14 | Canisius | | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan | | | | | | | |
| 18 | March 14 | Canisius | | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan | | | | | | | |
| 19 | March 15 | Canisius | | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan | | | | | | | |
| 20 | March 20 | Purdue | | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan | | | | | | | |
| 21 | March 21 | Purdue | | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan | | | | | | | |
| 22 | March 22 | Purdue | | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan | | | | | | | |
| 23 | March 25 | Western Michigan | | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan | | | | | | | |
| 24 | March 27 | Nevada | | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan | | | | | | | |
| 25 | March 28 | Nevada | | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan | | | | | | | |
| 26 | March 29 | Nevada | | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan | | | | | | | |
April (0–0) :
| # | Date | Opponent | Stadium Site |
| 27 | April 1 | Bowling Green | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| 28 | April 3 | at Illinois | Illinois Field Champaign, Illinois, |
| 29 | April 4 | at Illinois | Illinois Field Champaign, Illinois |
| 30 | April 5 | at Illinois | Illinois Field Champaign, Illinois |
| 31 | April 8 | Eastern Michigan | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| 32 | April 10 | Ohio State | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| 33 | April 11 | Ohio State | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| 34 | April 12 | Ohio State | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| 35 | April 14 | vs. Michigan State | Drayton McLane Stadium East Lansing, Michigan, |
| 36 | April 17 | at Penn State | Medlar Field State College, Pennsylvania |
| 37 | April 18 | at Penn State | Medlar Field State College, Pennsylvania |
| 38 | April 19 | at Penn State | Medlar Field State College, Pennsylvania |
| 39 | April 21 | Central Michigan | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| 40 | April 24 | Nebraska | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| 41 | April 25 | Nebraska | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| 42 | April 26 | Nebraska | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan |
May (0–0) :
| # | Date | Opponent | Stadium Site |
| 43 | May 1 | at Indiana | Bart Kaufman Field Bloomington, Indiana |
| 44 | May 2 | at Indiana | Bart Kaufman Field Bloomington, Indiana |
| 45 | May 3 | at Indiana | Bart Kaufman Field Bloomington, Indiana |
| 46 | May 5 | Michigan State | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| 47 | May 8 | at Minnesota | Siebert Field Minneapolis, Minnesota, |
| 48 | May 9 | at Minnesota | Siebert Field Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 49 | May 10 | at Minnesota | Siebert Field Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 50 | May 12 | Toledo | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| 51 | May 14 | Iowa | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| 52 | May 15 | Iowa | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| 53 | May 16 | Iowa | Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan |
Win  Loss  PostponementBold: Wolverines team memberReference: Rankings from D1Baseball.com.(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. :

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
| Coaches' | 11 | 11* | | 20 | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Baseball America | 8 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 25 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Collegiate Baseball^ | 10 | 3 | 9 | 11 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| NCBWA† | 12 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 27 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| D1Baseball | 13 | 9 | 16 | 16 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

## Major League Baseball Draft

The following Wolverines were selected in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft:
List of Drafted Players :
| Name | 2020 Class | Pos. | Team | Overall |
| Jeff Criswell | Junior | RHP | Oakland Athletics | 58th |
| Jordan Nwogu | Junior | OF | Chicago Cubs | 88th |
| Jesse Franklin V | Junior | OF | Atlanta Braves | 97th |
| Jack Blomgren | Junior | INF | Colorado Rockies | 140th |