Mount Pleasant, Mich. – Rounding out a home-and-home series this season, the Oakland Golden Grizzlies will head to Central Michigan University to battle the Chippewas on Tuesday, May 10 at 3 p.m.
Winners of six of their last seven and eight of their last ten, Oakland enters play at 25-22 (14-9 Horizon League), while Central Michigan is 31-15 (24-6 Mid-American Conference), including a 16-1 mark at home.
All-time series against the Chippewas
First meeting on May 11, 2009, Central Michigan and Oakland have played 21 times, with the Chippewas holding a 16-5 edge.
Central Michigan beat the Golden Grizzlies, 21-8, in the first game of this home-and-home in Rochester on April 12.
Oakland's last victory over the Chippewas came at home on April 29, 2015.
Probable starting pitchers
Oakland
Sophomore right-hander
Brandon Decker: 20 games (1 start), 3-4, 4.71 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, .211 OBA, 42 IP, 16 BB, 32 SO
Central Michigan
Freshman right-hander Michael Conte: 10 games (0 starts), 0-0, 8.00 ERA, 2.00 WHIP, .294 OBA, 9 IP, 8 BB, 5 SO
About Central Michigan
Currently in second place in the MAC, behind only the Ball State Cardinals, the Chippewas, led by fourth-year head coach Jordan Bischel, have won back-to-back regular-season conference championships, making the NCAA Tournament in both of those years.
One of two players to start all 46 games, left-handed-hitting senior second baseman Mario Camilletti, who spent three seasons with the Golden Grizzlies from 2018-20, is Central Michigan's leading hitter at .374 (61-for-163).
Right fielder Jakob Marsee and first baseman Danny Wuestenfeld, both sophomores, have supplied much of the home run power for the Chippewas, tying for the team lead with six.
As a team, Central Michigan has been successful on an impressive 84.8 percent (67-79) of their stolen base attempts, led by Marsee with 15 in 17 tries and switch-hitting junior shortstop Justin Simpson with 14 in 16.
Senior Jake Jones, junior Ryan Palmblad, and sophomores Ryan Insco and Ben Vitas have been go-to options for Bischel out of the bullpen, combining to make 63 relief appearances.
