Young team looks to get more at-bats
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>There's no question that the MSU baseball team was going to "take some lumps" this year, as freshman center fielder Ryan Sontag put it.
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____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>There's no question that the MSU baseball team was going to "take some lumps" this year, as freshman center fielder Ryan Sontag put it.
"We do give up runs early, but these guys come back. They're resilient," Lugnuts manager Ken Joyce said. "They know what they need to do offensively - a great job of situational hitting, getting guys over and getting them in."
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The Spartans split with Penn State after dropping the final game in a four game set, 3-2, to the Nittany Lions at Kobs Field on Sunday.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Today's MSU baseball game against Michigan at Oldsmobile Park in Lansing at 7 p.m. will feature a "Study Break Special" at $1 for MSU students, faculty and staff with an MSU identification.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>It was a career day for MSU sophomore catcher Kris Morris.
It was another pitching duel for the first five innings at Oldsmobile Park between Lansing and South Bend until the Silver Hawks' bats came to life enough for a 5-1 victory. South Bend gave up two hits in the contest and won the series, 2-1.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The MSU baseball team was between a rock and a hard place for much of the four-game weekend series against Illinois at Kobs Field.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>It was a game of season highs for the MSU baseball team, as the Spartans successfully swung the bat for a season-high 26 hits and scored a season-high 20 runs in a 20-9 win over Saginaw Valley State on Tuesday at Kobs Field.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The MSU baseball team dropped its second game in a row Wednesday against Wayne State in its home opener at Kobs Field.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The MSU baseball team lost to No. 6 Florida, 13-2, on Saturday at McKethan Stadium. The Gators used an 11-run rally over the final three innings to defeat the Spartans.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Ben Dunn is thankful the Boston Red Sox shared.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The Lansing Lugnuts officially ended their six-year relationship with the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday, announcing a new affiliation with the Toronto Blue Jays.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>As many record-breaking home runs that Lansing Lugnuts first baseman Brian Dopirak has hit this season, it's his first home run that will always stand out in his memory.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Lansing Lunguts catcher Jake Fox almost winces when he talks about the first time that he caught one of Clay Rapada's pitches in practice.
Olsen, a retired autoworker, has only missed about 10 home games of his beloved Lugnuts in the ballpark named after one of the divisions of General Motors Corp. - Oldsmobile - the company where he worked for many years.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>It's 1:30 p.m. on a sunny Monday afternoon, more than five hours before game time, and Lansing left fielder Kevin Collins is already down in the batting cage, working on his swing.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>MSU juniors, right fielder Travis Gulick and catcher Erik Morris were selected in the 2004 Major League Baseball draft, Tuesday.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The MSU baseball team exceeded most peoples expectations this season, but was unable to meet its own goals of winning a Big Ten title.
Prior, who has been sidelined with an inflamed right Achilles' tendon and sore right elbow, was impressive in his third rehab start Sunday when he allowed three hits and two runs while striking out 10 in 5 1-3 innings for Triple-A Iowa.
That's exactly what happened Wednesday morning as the Lansing Lugnuts struggled to find any hits for the first four innings, before the Lugnuts rediscovered their bats to pull out a 3-1 win over the West Michigan Whitecaps.