Spartans win against Lugnuts in front of large crowd
Tuesday night’s 2-1 win against the Lansing Lugnuts in the fifth annual Crosstown Showdown gave the MSU baseball team (17-7 overall, 2-1 Big Ten) a chance to feel like a big leaguer for a day.
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Tuesday night’s 2-1 win against the Lansing Lugnuts in the fifth annual Crosstown Showdown gave the MSU baseball team (17-7 overall, 2-1 Big Ten) a chance to feel like a big leaguer for a day.
Sophomore left fielder Jordan Keur successfully makes it back to first base, beating the tag of Lansing first baseman Balbino Fuenmayor Tuesday at Cooley Law School Stadium. Keur scored one of the Spartans' two runs as they defeated the Lugnuts, 2-1, in the fifth annual Crosstown Showdown. Matt Radick/The State News
Hanover, Mich., residents Ken and Dianne McGuire sit bundled and trying to keep warm during the Crosstown Showdown on Tuesday at Cooley Law School Stadium. "I've been rooting for State since about 1948," Ken McGuire said. Kat Petersen/The State News
The Spartans line up down the third baseline before the start of Tuesday's game at Cooley Law School Stadium. The Spartans played the Lansing Lugnuts in the fifth annual Crosstown Showdown. Matt Radick/The State News
Sophomore left fielder Jordan Keur makes it to home plate ahead of a throw to Lansing catcher Carlos Perez Tuesday at Cooley Law School Stadium. The Spartans defeated the Lugnuts, 2-1, in the fifth annual Crosstown Showdown. Matt Radick/The State News
Lansing resident Sawyer Brook, 3, yells to players as they take the field in the first inning of the Crosstown Showdown on Tuesday at Cooley Law School Stadium in Lansing. Kat Petersen/The State News
Sophomore left fielder Jordan Keur makes it to home plate before ahead of a throw to Lansing catcher Carlos Perez Tuesday at Cooley Law School Stadium. The Spartans defeated the Lugnuts, 2-1, in the fifth annual Crosstown Showdown. Matt Radick/The State News
From left, Nick Thomsen, an engineering freshman, Gavin Sanders, a civil engineering freshman, and Thomas Marshall, an accounting junior laugh Tuesday at Cooley Law School Stadium in Lansing. The Spartans took on the Lansing Lugnuts in an exhibition game for the fifth straight year in the Crosstown Showndown. Matt Radick/The State News
A patch of sun is the last light to hit spectators as they watch the Crosstown Showdown on Tuesday at Cooley Law School Stadium in Lansing. Kat Petersen/The State News
Sophomore left fielder Jordan Keur slides into second base with a steal under the tag of Lansing shortstop Garis Pena Tuesday at Cooley Law School Stadium. The Spartans defeated the Lugnuts, 2-1, in the fifth annual Crosstown Showdown. Matt Radick/The State News
From left, finance senior Jarrett Nelson, economics senior Michael Emmer and hospitality business senior Ian Gross wave to Sparty as he makes his way around Cooley Law School Stadium on Tuesday for the Crosstown Showdown between the MSU baseball team and the Lansing Lugnuts. All three seniors said attending the game was on their senior bucket list. Kat Petersen/The State News
Brian Smith, a professor teaching medicine at MSU, sits with his daughter Hannah, 5, Tuesday at Cooley Law School Stadium. Smith and Hannah watched the Spartans play the Lansing Lugnuts in the fifth annual Crosstown Showdown Tuesday evening. Matt Radick/The State News
Senior pitcher Stephen Doty hurls the ball to a Lugnuts batter during the Crosstown Showdown on Tuesday at Cooley Law School Stadium in Lansing. Kat Petersen/The State News
East Lansing Mayor Vic Loomis yawns while waiting on the sidelines for the Crosstown Showdown to begin Tuesday at Cooley Law School Stadium in Lansing. The MSU baseball team took on the Lansing Lugnuts for their yearly rivalry. Kat Petersen/The State News
East Lansing Mayor Vic Loomis shakes hands with an umpire as head coach Jake Boss Jr. looks on Tuesday at Cooley Law School Stadium in Lansing. Loomis presented the lineup cards to the umpires as part of fifth annual Crosstown Showdown, which pits the Spartans against the Lansing Lugnuts. Matt Radick/The State News
Sophomore pitcher Trevor Cousineau throws a pitch during the fourth inning of the Crosstown Showdown held Tuesday at Cooley Law School Stadium in Lansing. Kat Petersen/The State News
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