The MSU baseball team returned to its home field and took on a Big Ten rival, the Penn State Nittany Lions, and won two of the three games. Michigan State won the first game 6-5 and the second game 11-5, but lost the third and final game 11-9.
Hot off a 12-2 win over Western Michigan from Wednesday, the MSU baseball team will play in a three-game home series against Penn State, hoping to even its conference record to 6-6.
The 2024 Michigan State Home Run Derby finally arrived and although the weather conditions weren't ideal, the derby continued and MSU students were ready to hit some baseballs.
Michigan State baseball headed to West Lafayette, Indiana to take on the Purdue Boilermakers in a three-game series. The Spartans lost all three games, extending their losing streak to five games.
The MSU baseball team played against the Niagara Purple Eagles in a home series this past weekend and won two of the three games, pushing the Spartans to 14-15 overall and 7-4 in home games. The Spartans were looking to rebound after a huge 18-0 loss against the Lansing Lugnuts, and in the three-game series, the Spartans won 9-0 and 7-6 and lost 8-6.
Michigan State baseball is coming into this weekend's home series against the Niagara University Purple Eagles off of an 18-0 loss to the Lansing Lugnuts, in which the only noteworthy offensive performance was designated hitter Christian Williams, who had Michigan State's only extra-base hit.
The game will be played at Jackson Field in Lansing, right near the Capitol downtown. This is the first of two games MSU will play at Jackson Field, as the Spartans will also play Western Michigan on April 17.
Michigan State baseball played its first Big Ten home series this weekend, winning two of the three games, against Rutgers. With the results from this series, the Spartans jump to 12-14 overall and an even 3-3 in conference play.
Michigan State baseball has had a rough start to the season, including two losses at Maryland and a loss to Oakland at home, a game in which the Spartans allowed 16 hits and went through seven pitchers. However, the Spartans look to spin things around and possibly take a series win against Rutgers in Michigan State's home series opener against a Big Ten team. The Rutgers are 18-7 and have not played at Big Ten team yet, as opposed to Michigan State's 10-13 record overall and a 1-2 record in Big Ten play.
Michigan State baseball lost to the Oakland Golden Grizzlies 11-7 in the first matchup between the two teams this season, putting the Spartans at a 10-13 overall record so far this season. Despite a great offensive performance by the Spartans, the Grizzlies scored 5 runs in the final three innings, helping push them past Michigan State.
Michigan State baseball is returning to East Lansing to battle the Oakland Golden Grizzlies after an away series against Maryland and a single game against Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Michigan State baseball lost two games and won one in a three-game series at Maryland in the team’s first conference series of the season. The series came after Michigan State’s first home-opener of the season in a series win against Evansville.
Michigan State baseball kicked off its home opener of the season with an 11-3 win against Evansville at McLane Stadium on night one of the three-game series.
The Michigan State baseball team defeated Evansville 11-3 in its home opener in front of a packed crowd on a sunny Friday evening. With the win, the Spartans move to 6-9 overall and build momentum for the next two games against Evansville.
The Michigan State baseball team returned to East Lansing after a long road journey in four different tournaments and playing in South Carolina and Florida. Here is a recap of the team’s games so far this season.
As a new season begins, high expectations continue for the team and a search for new hope begins as well. In 2023, the Spartans finished 33-22 and 12-12 in the Big Ten, as they placed seventh in the Big Ten, right behind the University of Michigan. MSU’s win total last season was the highest since winning 36 games in 2016.
Matt Byars, Michigan State University baseball’s award-winning catcher for the 2016-2017 seasons, died Tuesday at 27 while rock climbing in Colorado, according to a press release from the team.
Redshirt sophomore catcher Bryan Broecker became the third Spartan drafted in the Major League Baseball Draft Tuesday afternoon after being picked up by the Tampa Bay Rays.
Brock Vradenburg, the second of Michigan State baseball’s top 2023 MLB Draft prospects, was selected in the third round by the Miami Marlins at pick number 78 on Day Two Monday afternoon.
After barely falling out of the first round, former Michigan State baseball standout infielder Mitch Jebb was selected with the 42nd pick in the 2023 MLB Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates.