University Park, Pa.; May 14, 2006 - Craig Clark, who entered Sunday's game having won his last three decisions, pitched well enough to have won his fourth but for the third time in four games, Michigan also received outstanding pitching, this time from Drew Taylor, who threw a complete game shutout to lead the Wolverines to a 4-0 win in the series finale, which was also Penn State's final home game of the year and final game at Beaver Field.

The Wolverines took the series 3-1 with the win. All three of their wins were by shutout. The Nittany Lions did manage seven hits and had baserunners in five of the nine innings but were unable to push any runs across. Taylor induced a double play and picked off a runner to help himself out. He allowed just the seven hits and struck out three while walking just one after entering the game with a .357 opponents' batting average against.

Michigan scored all the runs in would need in the fourth inning as Adam Abraham and Jeff Kunkel delivered a pair of two-out RBI singles. They Wolverines added one more run in the sixth as three straight singles were put together by Abraham, Kunkel, and an RBI hit by A.J. Scheidt.

Clark pitched seven and a third innings, allowing nine hits and just three runs. He also uncharacteristically walked three while also striking out three. He also hit a batter and threw 123 pitches. He was relieved by Gary Amato with one out in the eighth. Amato stranded a runner at third base in the eighth before giving up a run in the ninth, which scored on a wild pitch. Matt Ogrodnik came on to get the final out of the ninth, throwing just one pitch and making his 26th appearance of the season. With five games left, Ogrodnik needs just two more appearances to break the school record for appearances in a season.

Aaron Greenfield continued his hot hitting as of late by going 3-for-4 to lead the Nittany Lions. He was the only Penn State player with multiple hits. He had a one-out single in the second but was erased on a double play. He also led off the fifth inning with a single but Taylor retired the next three hitters to leave him stranded on first.

In the sixth, Travis Laird led off by beating out a bunt single and he then went to second a balk by Taylor. Scott Gaffney then had another infield single, a little dribbler down the third base line that no one was able to field, putting runners at the corners with no outs. After fouling off a bunt attempt, Matt Cavagnaro popped out to second and Gaffney was then picked off by Taylor for the second out. Scott Gummo walked but Taylor got Lance Thompson to fly out to right field to end the inning.

In the ninth, Cavagnaro led off with a single and two outs later, Greenfield came through with his third hit of the day. But Taylor completed the game by getting Brian Ernst to ground into a fielder's choice to end the contest.

Penn State fell to 12-16 in the Big Ten and will enter next weekend's series at Ohio State one game out of sixth place, with the top six teams qualifying for the Big Ten Tournament. Prior to their trip to Columbus, the Nittany Lions will head to Eastern Pennsylvania for their final non-conference game of the year on Tuesday when they take on Villanova at 3:00 p.m.

Notes: Penn State's nine seniors were honored prior to the game.....In honor of the final game at Beaver Field, Athletic Director Tim Curley, former player and head coach Shorty Stoner, and former player and current Director of the Morgan Academic Support Center Russ Mushinsky threw out ceremonial first pitches....Penn State finished its final season at Beaver Field with an 8-10 record....Greenfield raised his overall average to .310 and hit .615 (8-for-13) in the series. Over his last 17 games, he his hitting .434 (23-for-53) to go over .300 after entering the Northwestern series hitting .118....Penn State made just one error in the series, which did not result in any Michigan runs. It came in the eighth inning, meaning the Lions were just two innings shy of going their second entire Big Ten series this year without committing an error. They did not commit an error in four games at Northwestern....The Wolverines, which entered the series leading the Big Ten in fielding percentage, made two errors in the series....Greenfield, currently the hottest hitter on the Nittany Lions, will have a chance to play in his hometown on Tuesday as he is native of Villanova, Pa.