Five former MSU baseball players who played with the Spartans in 2017 signed contracts with Major League Baseball clubs over the weekend, MSU Athletic Communications announced Monday.
Four Spartans were selected in the three-day 2017 MLB Draft. For the third straight year, MSU baseball had a player go within the first 10 rounds.
MSU baseball head coach Jake Boss Jr. announced the 2017 team awards. Senior Dan Durkin led the way after a successful career as a Spartan.
After earning Big Ten Pitcher of the Week, redshirt-sophomore lefty Alex Troop shined all season long for the MSU baseball team.
Despite missing the Big Ten Tournament, MSU baseball had five Spartans earn All-Big Ten honors for their contributions this season.
MSU baseball suffered a loss in extra innings to the Wolverines on Senior Day. Six Spartans graduated as they played their last game for MSU.
The Spartans attempted a comeback, but it was too little too late, as the Wolverines ended any chance MSU had of qualifying for the Big Ten Tournament.
Spartan lefty Alex Troop shined through eight innings as MSU blew out the Wolverines, 6-1, in game one of the series.
MSU baseball won its final midweek matchup against Central Michigan. Three Spartan pitchers combined for a shutout as MSU blew out the Chippewas, 7-0.
The MSU baseball team ended its five game losing streak as the Spartans blew out Toledo, 11-1, as Sleeman earned a win in his first career start.
MSU baseball signed three more recruits to its 2017-18 roster, head coach Jake Boss Jr. announced Monday.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — It's been 28 days since the last time the Spartans won a midweek game. That streak will continue for at least another week.
It all came down to Buckeyes’ first baseman Zach Ratcliff. He stepped up to plate with runners on first and second base, looking to tie the game.
To the dismay of baseball fans who like runs in bunches, the opposite came true at McLane Baseball Stadium Friday afternoon. Three Spartan hurlers combined for a shutout over Big Ten foe Ohio State, as MSU blanked the Buckeyes, 2-0.
The Spartans lost their third straight midweek matchup on Tuesday after suffering a 2-1 loss at the hands of Notre Dame at Frank Eck Stadium.
When senior second baseman Dan Durkin takes the field, he wears the same Spartan uniform the rest of his teammates don — with one slight exception
The Spartans have altered their weekend series against Fresno State and will move the games from East Lansing, Mich., to Grand Rapids, Mich. MSU announced Thursday afternoon in a press release that due to wet field conditions and inclement weather, the weekend series will be moved to Fifth Third Ballpark, home of the West Michigan Whitecaps. What was intended to be a three-game series starting on Friday will now be condensed into two days.
Almost everything was going smoothly for MSU baseball, at least for the first 20 games of the season. The Spartans came out of the gates 15-5 and were riding a high after sweeping Big Ten foe Illinois. There, the bats exploded to the tune of 41 runs over the three-game series.
Head coach Jake Boss Jr. knew he needed to shake things up. After dropping the first two games of a three-game series to the University of Minnesota in Saturday's doubleheader.
After getting rained out on Friday, the MSU baseball team returned to McLane Baseball Stadium on Saturday with a doubleheader planned with the University of Minnesota to kick off the home leg of conference play.