ORVALLIS, Ore. — For the first few innings of Monday night’s game between Michigan and Creighton, it seemed like the momentum was completely with the Blue Jays. Creighton scored seven runs in the top of the ninth Sunday to earn an 11-7 victory over the Wolverines to force Monday’s winner-take-all game. Will Robertson put the Big East champions in front in the top of the second when he crushed a Walker Cleveland pitch down the right foul line and over the fence.
A one-run lead turned into two when Parker Upton, a thorn in the Michigan defense’s side on Sunday, hit a one-out RBI triple to center to make it 2-0 Blue Jays.