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BASEBALL

Lugnuts take down Spartans, 5-4

After giving up five runs in the fifth inning, the Spartans were unable to recover, losing to the Lansing Lugnuts 5-4 in the fourth annual Crosstown Showdown. The Lugnuts now hold a 3-1 record against MSU.

BASEBALL

Spartans take weekend series

MSU baseball head coach Jake Boss Jr. channeled his anger and expressed himself in two words. “I’m disappointed,” Boss told his team Friday after the MSU baseball team was defeated by Illinois, 4-3, in 10 innings in the weekend series opener at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field. Sometimes those two words sting more than anything else.

BASEBALL

Spartans remember last season's losses to Illinois

For the MSU baseball team, May 20, 2009, feels a whole lot more recent than 11 months ago. The final game — a crushing 16-5 loss in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament — in a four-game season sweep at the hands of Illinois still lingers for of head coach Jake Boss Jr.

BASEBALL

Pitcher helps Spartans cruise past Broncos in rematch

The MSU baseball team beat Western Michigan, 6-3, on Tuesday at Cooley Law School Stadium in Lansing. Freshman pitcher Tony Wieber threw seven shutout innings for the Spartans. The Spartans will continue nonconference play Wednesday against Central Michigan at Dow Diamond in Midland, Mich.

BASEBALL

Spartans ready for rematch against Broncos

Couple the MSU baseball team’s unexpected loss to Western Michigan in last week’s midweek nonconference battle and two losses in three games to Ohio State this weekend, and head coach Jake Boss Jr. expects the Spartans to be chomping at the bit when Western Michigan comes to Cooley Law School Stadium at 5:05 p.m. Tuesday.

BASEBALL

Spartans avoid Ohio State sweep

Senior right fielder Eli Boike and junior first baseman Jeff Holm are responsible both crushed long home runs over the fence and near the banks of the river in right field on Sunday to help propel MSU to a 14-7 victory over Ohio State.

BASEBALL

Program's turnaround impressive

Once upon a time, if you wanted to go to an MSU baseball game, you had to weigh it against a sore back and fiberglass in the seat of your pants from a pathetic excuse for stadium seating. There was no regional Big Ten Network exposure, the media accommodations were akin to Marshall Mathers’ first trailer park home and player introduction music came from what sounded more like an iHome than a PA system. Nobody in the MSU baseball community longs for those days of yore.

BASEBALL

Midweek games crucial in hopes of NCAA at-large bid

For years, the MSU baseball team has been near or below .500 entering Big Ten play, needing a miracle run in the conference to qualify for the NCAA Tournament. But with a 22-6 record for one of the best starts in school history, every win counts toward a possible at-large bid to the tournament in June.