'U' ready to face Boilermakers
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>As MSU junior pitcher Jon Kowalski tagged first base for the final out to secure the Spartans' 8-7 victory over Northwestern, his teammates erupted into celebration.
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____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>As MSU junior pitcher Jon Kowalski tagged first base for the final out to secure the Spartans' 8-7 victory over Northwestern, his teammates erupted into celebration.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>For the first time in 25 years, the MSU baseball team has a chance at a Big Ten title.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The MSU baseball team kept its hopes alive for a Big Ten title by winning its weekend series at Penn State after a 7-4 victory Sunday afternoon.
Eastern Michigan provided it.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____> The MSU baseball team faces Eastern Michigan tonight at Oldsmobile Park, home of the Lansing Lugnuts.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>On paper, the MSU baseball team outplayed the Boilermakers this weekend.
The Lugnuts (9-5) did just that, beating the Beloit Snappers, 2-0, on the inaugural in-park cheap beer fest. It was Lansing's second two-run win over the Snappers (5-9) in as many games.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The MSU baseball team knows that calling this weekend important is an understatement.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>It was a typical MSU-Central Michigan baseball contest coming down the stretch.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____> Since the start of the Big Ten season, the Spartans have become accustomed to an assortment of things: a 21-game hitting streak by junior right fielder Travis Gulick, first place in the conference and a 12-game winning streak.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Against the talented Buckeyes, MSU knew its 12-game home winning streak and its standing atop the Big Ten would be in jeopardy.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>For the first time in years, the MSU baseball team is in the crosshairs - everyone is aiming for it.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Jay Alexander was so excited that his team was playing the Spartans at Oldsmobile Park this season, he thought it was a mistake.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The red-hot MSU baseball team's (16-12 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) winning streak was extinguished at 12 games after losing their final two contests in a weekend series with Illinois (10-16, 3-5).
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>There is the Izzone, Slapshots, Corner Blitz and now a new kid on the block of the MSU cheering sections - Kobs Korner.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>After the MSU baseball team romped Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne at Kobs Field on Wednesday, manager Ted Mahan called baseball a "streaky game."
With the Spartans riding a nine-game winning streak, Travis Gulick's play probably has gone unnoticed by most.
Bryan Gale jogged out to the mound, reached down and picked up the rosin bag, adjusted his pants, fixed his cap and stared toward home plate.
If the first four games of the Big Ten season are any indication of how MSU's season will go, finishing in the top half of the league won't be a problem.
Ted Mahan is optimistic for this year's Big Ten season.