After crushing their way through the Big Ten tournament, Michigan baseball kept the hits coming in its NCAA tournament opener, pounding Oregon, 8-6, in the Louisville regional on Friday night.
Catcher Jimmy Obertop homered twice and drove in four runs and third baseman Matt Frey delivered a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning for the Wolverines (33-26), who will face 12-seed Louisville, the regional host, at 4 p.m. Saturday. The winner of that game will advance to the regional final at 4 p.m. Sunday and would need to lose twice to be eliminated. The loser plays at noon Sunday against Saturday’s winner between Oregon and Southeast Missouri State in an elimination game.