Inspired by the police department's new technology for finding speeding cars, an MSU baseball coach parked a police cruiser on the field to see if it could measure the speed of a baseball throw. Fifty years later, the technology has changed the art of pitching in Major League Baseball.
From late July to October, the Detroit Tigers caught the baseball world's attention with their underdog mentality and perseverance despite being the youngest team in Major League Baseball. Detroit's magical run to the ALDS ended Saturday with a loss at Cleveland.
Just one month ago, making the playoffs seemed like an impossibility for the Detroit Tigers. As of Friday, they’re tied for the last American League Wild Card spot.
Justin and Kristen Ishbia are making a $1.5 million donation to the MSU baseball program to support baseball facility upgrades and program development.
In its final regular season series, the Michigan State baseball team hosted the Nebraska Cornhuskers in a three-game home series. With two losses, the Spartans’ record fell to 24-27 overall, 11-13 in Big Ten play and 13-10 at home.
The Spartans lost a 10-run lead in the rubber match to drop the series in Minneapolis.
Michigan State baseball took on the University of Michigan Wolverines this past weekend in a three-game series at home, Michigan State's first in-conference home series since late April. The Spartans won the first two games of the series but fell in the last game, which brought their record to 21-23 overall, an even 9-9 in conference play and 11-8 at home.
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 16th annual Crosstown Showdown between Michigan State baseball and the Lansing Lugnuts ended in a dominant 18-0 win for the Lugnuts, marking the 11th time in a row that the Oakland Athletics High-A affiliate team won.
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.
