It’s been almost nine months since the MSU baseball team last took the field, but the Spartans still are trying to keep their momentum rolling.
The Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees and Arizona Diamondbacks agreed in principle Tuesday to a three-team deal in which Detroit would send All-Star center fielder Curtis Granderson to the Yankees and All-Star starting pitcher Edwin Jackson to the Diamondbacks, FoxSports.com reported Tuesday afternoon.
Although assignments, due dates and midterms quickly are approaching in classes, students would be best advised to relax and take a couple breaks this weekend. That’s because this weekend arguably is the deepest and most complete sports weekend of the year for Michigan residents, featuring a few huge matchups that will be instrumental in determining the standing of local teams during the next couple weeks.
The Detroit Tigers suddenly have found themselves in a heated pennant race with the Minnesota Twins. After losing two of three games in Minneapolis this weekend, the Tigers sit just two and a half games ahead of the Twins in the American League Central as of Tuesday afternoon.
MSU senior outfielder Eli Boike was named Most Valuable Player of the Cal Ripken, Sr. Collegiate Baseball League this summer after leading the league in hits and stolen bases.
The MSU baseball team announced that seven players have signed National Letters of Intent, giving the Spartans 14 student-athletes in their recruiting class.
Eric Roof has never played baseball for his father, but he’ll get his first chance in the next couple months. Roof, who played catcher for the Spartans, was the only MSU player taken in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. He’ll be playing for the organization where his father, Gene, has spent more than two decades — the Detroit Tigers.
The regular season didn’t end the way the MSU baseball team wanted it to, as the Spartans were eliminated from the Big Ten Conference Tournament on Thursday. But then again, not a lot of things happened as expected this year for the Spartans, who finished fifth in the conference with a 13-11 conference record and 23-31 overall record.
The saying goes, “When it rains, it pours.” That was the case Wednesday as the No. 4-seed Illinois baseball team smacked No. 5-seed MSU in a 16-5 trouncing in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio.
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MSU committed four errors that led to seven unearned runs in a 9-3 loss for the team’s home finale Monday, one day after a game in which MSU head coach Jake Boss Jr.
The proverbial rally caps were on at McLane Baseball Stadium in East Lansing as the Spartans faced two big, late inning deficits Sunday against Purdue.
Rain delayed the start of a three game set between Purdue and MSU by an hour on Saturday, and both team’s bats had just as slow a start — but just like the rain, the zeros on the scoreboard wouldn’t stick around for long. Senior right-handed pitcher A.J.
Sophomore right-handed pitcher A.J. Achter is getting the run support he had been looking for all season — and he didn’t even need it Saturday. Fresh off a win against Iowa in which he received 10 runs of support, Achter worked eight innings and allowed one unearned run while striking out five to help MSU (20-24 overall, 10-7 Big Ten) beat Penn State (22-21, 5-12) 9-1.
It was 55 degrees accompanied by strong winds Saturday afternoon, and Drayton McLane was fighting to stay warm as the cool breeze swept across Kobs Field at McLane Baseball Stadium.
Slugglish starts stymied the MSU baseball team in both games of its Wednesday doubleheader against Eastern Michigan, but only once did they prove costly. The Spartans erased a three-run deficit to win 6-5 in the first game, but they ran out of magic in the second game, losing 6-1 to give MSU manager Jake Boss Jr. a de-facto no-decision in his first game managing against the team he coached last season.
With the cancellation of Tuesday’s MSU baseball game against Eastern Michigan, the Spartans (17-23 overall, 8-7 Big Ten) and Eagles will meet for two games Wednesday.
Those seven-hour, late-night bus rides home from Big Ten destinations are a lot easier for the MSU baseball team after a weekend sweep.
Wade Korpi doesn’t remember the ball that nearly killed him. Last April, the then-Notre Dame pitcher threw a two-strike fastball to Rutgers shortstop Dan Betteridge, who hit a line drive back at Korpi at more than 100 mph. The ball caromed off the left side of Korpi’s forehead and landed by first base.
The MSU baseball team had its undefeated record at home ended abruptly Sunday in its 9-2 loss to Michigan. Between Oldsmobile Park and McLane Baseball Stadium, the Spartans were a perfect 10-0 at home before the loss, their best home start since 2004, when they won 12 straight at home before dropping an 8-7 game to Ohio State.