University of Minnesota Athletics
BB: Minnesota Hosts St. Thomas in Midweek Game
3/30/2005 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
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Minnesota will play a midweek game against St. Thomas on Wednesday, Mar. 30. The Golden Gophers will then open up the Big Ten season against Michigan at the Metrodome Apr. 1-3. Minnesota will play the first game against the Wolverines on Friday, Apr. 1 at 6: 30 p.m. The two teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday, Apr. 2 at 2 p.m. and finish up the series with a single game on Sunday, Apr. 3 at 1 p.m. Michigan enters the week with a 15-3 record, and was ranked as high as No. 19 in the national polls last week. Minnesota enters the game with a 6-11 overall record. Last year, Minnesota won its third straight regular-season Big Ten title with a 21-10 record. Michigan finished third at 19 -13. This will be the third straight year, that the Golden Gophers and Wolverines have opened the Big Ten season against each other. Last year the two teams split a four-game series in Ann Arbor, and in 2003 Minnesota won an abbreviated two-game series against Michigan.
Minnesota has won four of its last five Big Ten openers and four straight Big Ten home openers. The Golden Gophers had won four straight Big Ten openers heading into last year, before dropping last year's opener to Michigan. Minnesota has not lost a Big Ten home opener since 2000 when it dropped its home opener to Ohio State. Minnesota will be playing its first home Big Ten series in the Metrodome since 2002.
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