ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Following the postponement of the scheduled Tuesday home opener against the Eastern Michigan Eagles, the Golden Grizzlies will play their 11^th consecutive game away from the Oakland Baseball Field to begin their 2023 season, traveling just over 50 miles southwest to Ann Arbor to square off with the Big Ten Conference's (B1G) Michigan Wolverines on Wednesday, March 8 at 3 p.m.

GAME SETUP

• Who – Michigan (4-7) vs. Oakland (2-8)
• When – Wednesday, March 8 (3 p.m.)
• Where – Ann Arbor, Michigan (Ray Fisher Stadium)
• Watch – B1G+
• Live Stats – MGoBlue.com
• Social Media - @OaklandBSB & @umichbaseball

SERIES HISTORY

• Overall Record – Michigan leads 9-5 (2000-22)
• Record in Ann Arbor – Michigan leads 8-5 (2000-22)

STARTING PITCHERS

• Oakland – Redshirt senior RHP Bryce Konitzer: 2 starts, 0-0, 4.50 ERA, 1.75 WHIP, 4 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 SO
• Michigan – Freshman RHP Kurt Barr: 2 games (1 start), 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.75 WHIP, 2.2 IP, H, BB, SO

OAKLAND OVERVIEW

• Beginning their season with a three-game sweep at the hands of the Lamar Cardinals, the Golden Grizzlies won one game in each series against the Kansas Jayhawks and Wichita State Shockers
• Oakland beat the Wolverines, 14-7, in Ann Arbor in 2022 behind a season-high-tying 19 hits
• Redshirt senior Canadian shortstop Thomas Green has homered in three of the last four games and is the only Golden Grizzly with multiple round-trippers in 2023
• Graduate student Jared Miller paces Oakland with eight RBI, while Green has seven
• Junior right-hander Brandon Decker has made a team-high five appearances out of the bullpen and boasts a 0.91 WHIP and six strikeouts over 11 innings

MICHIGAN OVERVIEW

• The Wolverines are in their first season under head coach Tracy Smith, who has previously been the head coach of the Miami (OH) RedHawks, Indiana Hoosiers and Arizona State Sun Devils, after 10-year veteran Erik Bakich left to take over the Atlantic Coast Conference's (ACC) Clemson Tigers
• Participating in the Shriners College Classic from March 3-5 at Minute Maid Park, the home of Major League Baseball's Houston Astros, Michigan played three consecutive games against Top 25 opponents, falling to the No. 10 TCU Horned Frogs on March 3, No. 24 Texas Tech Red Raiders on March 4 and No. 14 Louisville Cardinals on March 5
• Junior catcher Gabe Sotres, a Brother Rice Warriors graduate, is the Wolverines' leading hitter at .344 (11-32) with three doubles, two home runs and three RBI
• Senior second baseman Ted Burton is Michigan's other qualified player with a batting average above .300, entering Wednesday at .302 (13-43)

GREEN ON EARLY-SEASON POWER SURGE
With his three home runs in the Golden Grizzlies' last four games, Green is now only one dinger shy of his 2022 total of four and his two doubles this season are halfway to matching last year's mark.