The Spartans (28-14 overall, 11-5 Big Ten) challenged the Purdue pitching staff with 13 hits and downed the Boilermakers, 11-4.
On the strength of 16 hits, MSU defeated the Nittany Lions, 10-5, Sunday, and swept the weekend series. The Spartans also won on Friday and Saturday, both by scores of 5-4.
The Spartans (24-13 overall, 7-5 Big Ten) dropped two consecutive weekend series. They are deadlocked in a three-way tie for the lead in the Big Ten. And one of those teams, Penn State (24-13, 7-5), is coming to try and keep the Spartans in that slump today at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field.
There was offense, offense and some more offense in the MSU baseball team’s 17-15 loss to Eastern Michigan in 12 innings Tuesday at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field.
MSU (24-12) plays a home-and-home series with the Eastern Michigan (24-15). The first game is at 3 p.m. today at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field, and the second game is in Ypsilanti, Mich., on Wednesday.
Something about the sixth inning seemed to kick-start Illinois against the MSU baseball team this weekend.
Midweek games against nonconference opponents might not show up in the Big Ten standings, but for the MSU baseball team, that does not mean those games don’t play a small part in what happens every weekend in conference action.
The MSU softball team’s doubleheader scheduled for today against conference foe Purdue has been postponed due to inclement weather forecasted in for the East Lansing area. The MSU baseball team also had its Tuesday matchup against Western Michigan postponed due to weather.
After losing to Central Michigan earlier this season, the MSU baseball team will look to redeem itself today in the first college baseball game ever played at Comerica Park in Detroit.
Every time the MSU baseball team prepares to face an in-state rival, head coach Jake Boss Jr. talks about the team’s goal of winning the state.
Ask MSU baseball head coach Jake Boss Jr. about the new aluminum bats used in college baseball this season, and prepare to watch his eyes roll and his head shake while he mutters a series of barely audible words spoken under his breath.
Coming into the MSU baseball team’s weekend series against Ohio State, the team wanted complete focus — something that was lacking earlier in the week.
Following the MSU baseball team’s doubleheader split with Oakland on Tuesday, head coach Jake Boss Jr. displayed his frustration with the team’s effort and promised to work the Spartans hard the next day.
Lansing — For whatever reason, the MSU baseball team hasn’t been able to use the momentum gained in weekend series and translate it into midweek games in recent weeks. Two weeks ago, coming off a three-game sweep of Michigan, the Spartans fell to a struggling Central Michigan team on their home field. Coming off its first-ever three-game sweep of Minnesota, the Spartans only were able to split a double header against Oakland on Tuesday at Cooley Law School Stadium. The Spartans (21-8) won the first game, 7-1, and lost the second game, 9-7.
When the MSU baseball team takes on Oakland today in a doubleheader at Cooley Law School Stadium, it will not feel quite the same as taking on heated rival Michigan.
If you’re like some people, you think the MSU sports season ends when the men’s basketball team finishes up the NCAA Tournament. But I’m here to tell you you’re wrong.
Tony Bucciferro, a junior pitcher for the MSU baseball team, earned Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honors Monday for throwing a complete-game shutout against Minnesota on Saturday at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field.
The MSU baseball team sweeps last season’s Big Ten champion Minnesota for the first time in program history.
In between innings Saturday at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field, MSU starting pitcher Tony Bucciferro was making occasional trips to the bathroom because he felt sick.
After committing a season-high five errors in their last Big Ten game, the MSU baseball team used a spectacular defensive effort, combined with some timely hitting, to defeat defending Big Ten champion Minnesota, 4-2, on Friday at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field.