The annual Crosstown Showdown between MSU baseball and the Lansing Lugnuts took place on Tuesday evening at Cooley Law School Stadium.
MSU baseball will look to extend its five-game winning streak Friday as it begins a three-game weekend series against Maryland with first pitch set at 3:05 p.m. at McLane Baseball Stadium.
After finding themselves down once again for quite some time, the Spartans come back strong once again with another strong victory over Toledo, 5-4.
The teams will not meet in Detroit again this season.
For the first time all season it seems that the Spartans have found their groove and look to push further in the Big Ten standings.
Junior third baseman Marty Bechina, sophomore center fielder Danny Gleaves and freshman shortstop Ryan King joined each other on the Spartan baseball team after facing each other during their high school careers.
In what seemed like a game that took forever to end, the Spartans battled it out to defeat the Broncos, 10-7. The Spartans improve to 11-21 on the regular season.
With two outs to go in what seemed like an endless game, sophomore Justin Antoncic stepped up to the plate and would not disappoint by bringing home freshman Ryan King off the game winning hit to secure the win.
The Spartans almost completed one of the biggest comebacks in the team's history, but could not finish as they fall to the Fighting Irish, 8-7.
After a dominating performance on Saturday the Spartans play carried over to Sunday afternoon as they take both games in the weekend doubleheader over the Huskers.
The MSU baseball team currently has a pair of two-way players on its roster: sophomore outfielder and left-handed pitcher Bryce Kelley and freshman infielder and right-handed pitcher Zach Iverson.
The Spartans' win on Sunday afternoon, 6-0 against Rutgers, was head coach Jake Boss Jr.’s 300th victory in charge as head coach of the team.
It took a day longer than anybody expected, but baseball stopped its eight-game losing streak Sunday afternoon with a 6-0 victory over Rutgers.
Baseball was unable to stop their slide Friday at McLane Baseball Stadium, dropping their seventh and eighth games in a row, to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights by scores of 8-4 and 6-4.
A disastrous second inning by the Spartans ultimately lead to the team’s loss Wednesday afternoon against Western Michigan University.
ANN ARBOR — Nothing as of late has been going the baseball team’s way as it was crushed in its loss to rival University of Michigan, 11-0, and finished the weekend series 0-3.
ANN ARBOR — Each inning on the afternoon for the Spartans seemed longer and longer as nothing went their way throughout the whole game.
After leading in the last two innings of the game, the Wolverines would respond back in the top of the ninth to take the game back.
Baseball will head to Ann Arbor at 4 p.m. Friday to begin a three-game series with rival University of Michigan.
Baseball out-hit Central Michigan University 9-2, but left ten runners on base, as they fell 3-1 to the Chippewas Wednesday afternoon at McLane Baseball Stadium in East Lansing.