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.
Detroit — Sophomore pitcher Andrew Waszak had been to Comerica Park before. But never like this. In the first-ever college baseball game at the stadium in Detroit, Waszak gave up one run in seven innings en route to MSU’s 3-1 win against Central Michigan on Wednesday night. “I’ve been to a game here, and I’m looking down at the players,” said Waszak, who is from nearby Rochester Hills.
Detroit — Temperatures were in the mid-30s, clouds hung in the sky all night and the wind made the flags in the outfield stand up the entire game. Not exactly ideal baseball weather for Wednesday’s Clash at Comerica between the MSU and Central Michigan baseball teams, but for Matt Chapman, Richard Taylor and the other 2,169 fans at Comerica Park in Detroit, not even barely-above freezing temperatures could keep them away from watching the Spartans (23-10, 6-3 Big Ten) and Chippewas (18-19) square off in Wednesday’s historic game. “That’s nothing,” said Taylor, who graduated from MSU in 2006 with a degree in biochemistry and molecular biology.
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.
In what players described as a highlight of every season, the MSU baseball team had a chance to have a little fun Tuesday in the fifth annual Crosstown Showdown against Minor League Baseball’s Lansing Lugnuts at Cooley Law School Stadium.
The MSU baseball team’s in-state matchup with Eastern Michigan scheduled for 3 p.m. Wednesday at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field was postponed Wednesday morning due to rain.
Lansing — Tuesday night, Cooley Law School Stadium was home of the annual Crosstown Showdown. It also was home to 7,212 chilly baseball fans from Lansing, East Lansing and across the state.
Lansing — Despite being a senior, pitcher Stephen Doty had thrown only eight innings of work in his career on the MSU baseball team.
Recently, The State News had a chance to talk with MSU baseball senior first baseman Jeff Holm about his time in East Lansing, his superstitious side and a variety of other topics.