{"id":5246,"date":"2026-05-22T23:49:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T23:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/noah-miller-pulls-through-for-michigan-with-timely-hits-vs-ohio-state\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T23:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T23:49:08","slug":"noah-miller-pulls-through-for-michigan-with-timely-hits-vs-ohio-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/noah-miller-pulls-through-for-michigan-with-timely-hits-vs-ohio-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Noah Miller pulls through for Michigan with timely hits vs Ohio State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OMAHA, Neb. \u2014 On Thursday night, the No. 7 seed Michigan baseball team\u2019s Big Ten Tournament hung on by a thread. A hammering at the hands of No. 11 seed Washington put the Wolverines one loss away from elimination, and a loser-goes-home matchup with No. 6 seed Ohio State loomed on the horizon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Redshirt sophomore catcher Noah Miller wasn\u2019t fazed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe just didn\u2019t get the hit when we needed to,\u201d Miller said Wednesday after the loss to Washington. \u201c\u2026 Yesterday, we got it. Today, we didn\u2019t. Tomorrow, we\u2019re gonna get it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the do-or-die ballgame against the Buckeyes rolled around, Miller proved himself right. He accounted for both of the Wolverines\u2019 hits and all three of their RBIs in a 3-0 win, putting Michigan\u2019s offense on his back when it needed him the most.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTold you,\u201d Miller said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miller is no stranger to producing in the Big Ten Tournament, going 4-for-8 with two doubles and a homer in two postseason appearances last year. He began this year\u2019s tournament on a similar tear, with a home run in Tuesday\u2019s win over Rutgers along with a pair of hits and a run in Wednesday\u2019s loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a pitcher\u2019s duel held both teams scoreless over the first two innings Thursday, it was only fitting that Miller became the one to break the deadlock. Ohio State right-hander Gavin Kuzniewski wavered with two walks and a hit-by-pitch to load the bases, and Miller made no mistake, sending two runners home for the Wolverines with a well-placed single up the middle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe calmed down and relaxed there, and put a good swing on it,\u201d Michigan coach Tracy Smith said Thursday. \u201cAnd that\u2019s been our formula, where it\u2019s just that good at-bat when you need it. (Miller) is such a team guy, he works hard, nobody cares more than him. And to just shorten that stroke and get what the team needed, as opposed to trying to hit a grand slam or something like that \u2026 that\u2019s what we needed, and it worked out for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A shutout gem from freshman left-hander Shane Brinham meant that the Wolverines still carried a 2-0 lead heading into the eighth inning. But Kuzniewski had also pitched four scoreless frames, keeping the Buckeyes just a few hits away from taking charge of the ballgame.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-2    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Miller stepped up once again. Junior second baseman Colby Turner reached on a fielding error in the eighth, and Miller promptly batted him in with another single. It was the second and final hit of the game for Michigan \u2014 but it was enough to see the Wolverines through.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a player as team-oriented as Miller, the added stakes of an elimination game against an archrival didn\u2019t make it more difficult to play his best. It only helped him get closer with his teammates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur coaches just told us to have fun,\u201d Miller said. \u201cIf you were in our tunnel during (batting practice), we were playing music, and they told us, \u2018Hey, you guys do what you need to do to get ready.\u2019 It wasn\u2019t any pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miller has thrived under the spotlight, playing some of his best ball in Omaha. He\u2019ll bring his A-game no matter what foe Michigan is facing,<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHonestly, I wouldn\u2019t want any other way,\u201d Miller said about facing the Cornhuskers. \u201cWe\u2019re in (Charles Schwab Field Omaha), let\u2019s experience it, let\u2019s do it, let\u2019s go. \u2026 We know Nebraska\u2019s gonna be ready to go, they\u2019re gonna have their guys, they\u2019re gonna have their whole state of Nebraska there. That\u2019s how we want it to be and we\u2019re ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-3    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bringing down Nebraska won\u2019t be an easy feat for the Wolverines. But Noah Miller isn\u2019t one to back down from a challenge \u2014 and the last time he said Michigan would pull through, he was right.<\/p>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related articles<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OMAHA, Neb. \u2014 On Thursday night, the No. 7 seed Michigan baseball team\u2019s Big Ten Tournament hung on by a thread. A hammering at the hands of No. 11 seed Washington put the Wolverines one loss away from elimination, and a loser-goes-home matchup with No. 6 seed Ohio State loomed on the horizon.\u00a0 Redshirt sophomore [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[3154,222,1718,1717,1023,2529,361,4428],"class_list":{"0":"post-5246","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-hits","9":"tag-michigan","10":"tag-miller","11":"tag-noah","12":"tag-ohio","13":"tag-pulls","14":"tag-state","15":"tag-timely"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5248,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5246\/revisions\/5248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}