Completed Event: Baseball versus Cornell on April 27, 2025 , Win , 7, to, 4
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Mike Remlinger ’88
This Day in Dartmouth History: May 21
5/21/2020 2:00:00 PM | Baseball, Athletics
May 21, 1987 — Baseball blanks Michigan in opening game at NCAA Regional
It had been 17 years since Dartmouth played in the College World Series, and the Big Green had not returned to an NCAA Regional since. That drought ended when the 1987 squad swept a doubleheader from Harvard on May 9 to clinch the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League title, securing the conference's at-large bid.
Dartmouth was one of six teams sent to the Northeast Regional which was logically hosted by Georgia Tech in Atlanta. In the opening round, the Big Green were paired up against Michigan and had ace left-hander Mike Remlinger '88 on the mound. The southpaw did not disappoint, subduing the Wolverine lineup on four hits and three walks while striking out 13 in the 4-0 triumph. It was his second shutout of the season, improving his record to 9-2 overall.
But Dartmouth didn't simply waltz away with the win. Michigan hurler Chris Lutz, who entered the game with a record of 6-0, matched Remlinger out for out over the first five frames. But in the bottom of the sixth, the Big Green started the inning by stringing together three straight hits by junior second baseman Rob Combi '88, senior left fielder Mark Mitchell '87 and senior third baseman Todd Twachtmann '87 (a .416 hitter that season). Twachtmann's single brought home the game's first run and sent Lutz to the showers.
The Wolverines summoned Greg Everson from the bullpen to face Dartmouth's top power hitter, junior Tom DeMerit '88. True to form, DeMerit greeted the reliever by belting a pitch over the fence for a three-run homer, his team-leading sixth of the season. The Big Green threatened to put more on the board with a one-out walk and single, but those would be their last base runners of the game. It did not matter with Remlinger, a future 14-year veteran of Major League Baseball, dealing his best stuff on the mound.
It had been 17 years since Dartmouth played in the College World Series, and the Big Green had not returned to an NCAA Regional since. That drought ended when the 1987 squad swept a doubleheader from Harvard on May 9 to clinch the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League title, securing the conference's at-large bid.
Dartmouth was one of six teams sent to the Northeast Regional which was logically hosted by Georgia Tech in Atlanta. In the opening round, the Big Green were paired up against Michigan and had ace left-hander Mike Remlinger '88 on the mound. The southpaw did not disappoint, subduing the Wolverine lineup on four hits and three walks while striking out 13 in the 4-0 triumph. It was his second shutout of the season, improving his record to 9-2 overall.
But Dartmouth didn't simply waltz away with the win. Michigan hurler Chris Lutz, who entered the game with a record of 6-0, matched Remlinger out for out over the first five frames. But in the bottom of the sixth, the Big Green started the inning by stringing together three straight hits by junior second baseman Rob Combi '88, senior left fielder Mark Mitchell '87 and senior third baseman Todd Twachtmann '87 (a .416 hitter that season). Twachtmann's single brought home the game's first run and sent Lutz to the showers.
The Wolverines summoned Greg Everson from the bullpen to face Dartmouth's top power hitter, junior Tom DeMerit '88. True to form, DeMerit greeted the reliever by belting a pitch over the fence for a three-run homer, his team-leading sixth of the season. The Big Green threatened to put more on the board with a one-out walk and single, but those would be their last base runners of the game. It did not matter with Remlinger, a future 14-year veteran of Major League Baseball, dealing his best stuff on the mound.
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