It was a night of celebration for the Michigan baseball team. Just moments after they completed their 17-6 demolition of Creighton late Monday night —…
It was a night of celebration for the Michigan baseball team.
Just moments after they completed their 17-6 demolition of Creighton late Monday night — securing the program’s first Super Regional appearance since 2007 and putting the Wolverines just two victories from the College World Series — there still was much more hooting and hollering to do.
Michigan pitchers Tommy Henry and Karl Kauffmann both were selected in the second round of the Major League Baseball Draft, Henry going 74th overall to the Arizona Diamondbacks, and Kauffmann three picks later to the Colorado Rockies.
«Did Henry go yet?» Michigan coach Erik Bakich wanted to know right after hopping on the phone with the Detroit News late Monday night, barely 15 or 20 minutes after the regional championship in Corvallis, Ore. «What about Kauffmann?»
Henry, a lefty from Portage Northern, and Kauffmann, a righty from Birmingham Brother Rice, are the first two local players to go in this year’s draft, which continues with eight more rounds Tuesday, and then the final 30 rounds Wednesday.
