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Sit down Vanderbilt. That’s what Michigan said in the season opener, taking down the reigning College World Series champion baseball squad, who came into the 2020 season with Baseball America’s No. 1 ranked team.
Sit down Arizona State, Michigan also said, taking down the No. 3 ranked team in the third game of the season.
The Wolverines started 2020 ranked by Baseball America as the No. 8 team in the country, but got out to a hot start, getting revenge against the Commodores, beating Cal Poly on Saturday afternoon, taking down the Sun Devils Saturday evening, before suffering their first loss of the season against UConn.
Regardless of the loss, the voters took notice, and for the first time in the history of the Baseball America poll, not only is Michigan No. 1, but it’s the first time a Big Ten team has also had that distinction.
For the first time in the 40 year history of the @BaseballAmerica poll, a team from the @B1Gbaseball sits at the top!#BlueCrew #HAIL #GoBlue #Team154 pic.twitter.com/wRejyFBK8u
— Michigan Baseball (@umichbaseball) February 17, 2020
Even with something of a new look, it seems that Michigan baseball is proving that its advancement to the College World Series finals a year ago, under head coach Erik Bakich, is not a fluke.
The Wolverines will have a chance to get back at UConn starting Friday, as the two teams begin a three-game series in Port St. Lucie, Florida.