Michigan State baseball bolted out of the gates in the opening game of the 2022 Cambria College Classic, and went on to beat Kansas, 11-2, Friday afternoon at U.S. Bank Stadium, home of the Minnesota Vikings,
Category: Baseball
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MSU Baseball Heads To Minneapolis To Play In Cambria College Classic
Michigan State baseball will be playing indoors this weekend when the Spartans head to Minneapolis, Minn., to play in the Cambria College Classic, hosted by Minnesota, at U.S. Bank Stadium, Friday-Sunday, March 4-6. MSU opens against Kansas on Friday, March 4 in a 12:05 p.m. ET / 11:05 a.m. CT first pitch. The Spartans will then face No. 12 Notre Dame on Saturday, March 5 also in a 12:05 p.m. ET / 11:05 a.m. CT start time, before wrapping up the weekend by taking on West Virginia on Sunday, March 6 starting at 11:05 a.m. ET / 10:05 a.m. CT.
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Spartans Downed In Doubleheader Saturday At Abilene Christian
Michigan State baseball was beaten by Abilene Christian in both games of a doubleheader Sunday afternoon and evening at ACU’s Crutcher Scott Field, in the opening day of an amended three-game series.
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Spartans Beat Rebels, 11-7, Sunday For Season-Opening Series Win
For the third game in a row, Michigan State baseball scored double-digit runs, with an 11-7 Victory for MSU at UNLV Sunday afternoon at Earl E. Wilson Stadium to clinch the season-opening series win.
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Long Ball And Pitching Propels Spartans To Saturday Sweep At UNLV
Michigan State baseball used the long ball and solid pitching to earn the Spartans’ first win of the season with a doubleheader sweep at UNLV Saturday at Earl E. Wilson Stadium.
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MSU Upended By UNLV In Season-Opener Friday Night
Michigan State baseball was upended by UNLV, 4-2, in the 2022 season-opening game under the Friday night lights of UNLV’s Earl E. Wilson Stadium. MSU was defeated despite a career-high seven strikeouts by senior starting pitcher Zach Iverson, and a home run by sophomore outfielder Jack Frank.
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Michigan State Baseball Opens 2022 Season In Four-Game Series At UNLV
Michigan State baseball opens the 2022 season out west in the desert of Las Vegas, Nevada, taking on UNLV in a four-game weekend series at UNLV’s Earl E. Wilson Stadium, Friday-Sunday, Feb. 18-20 … The weekend, series and season opener is Friday at 9:05 p.m. ET / 6:05 p.m. PT … MSU and UNLV then tangle in a doubleheader on Saturday starting at 4:05 p.m. ET / 1:05 p.m. PT, before the Spartans and Rebels wrap up the weekend on Sunday with a 3:05 p.m. ET / 12:05 p.m. PT first pitch.
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MSU Baseball To Wear “JP” Uniform Patch Tribute To Jim Pignataro
Michigan State baseball head coach Jake Boss Jr. announced Wednesday that the Spartans will be wearing a “JP” patch on all of their jerseys during the 2022 season as a tribute to long-time MSU administrator Jim Pignataro, who passed away this past August.
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Three Spartans Garner Big Ten Preseason Players To Watch Recognition
Three Michigan State baseball players earned Big Ten Preseason Players to Watch honors, as the conference announced its preseason honors list and preseason poll on Thursday, ahead of Friday’s 2022 season-opening action.
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Michigan State Baseball Announces 2022 Schedule
Michigan State baseball announced its 2022 schedule Thursday. Head coach Jake Boss Jr. and the Spartans will play a 56-game ledger, opening on Friday, Feb. 18.
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Crosstown Showdown Between Spartans And Lugnuts To Return in 2022
The Lansing Lugnuts, High-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, and the Michigan State Spartans will meet up at Jackson® Field™ on April 6, 2022, resuming the Crosstown Showdown after a two-year hiatus, it was announced Tuesday.
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MSU Baseball Alum Indigo Diaz Tabbed To MLB Pipeline Prospect Team Of The Year
Michigan State baseball alum Indigo Diaz was tabbed to the Major League Baseball Pipeline’s Prospect Team of the Year. Diaz, a right-handed relief pitcher in the Atlanta Braves organization, posted a 6-2 record with a 1.20 ERA in 45 IP with the High-A Rome Braves and the Double-A Mississippi Braves, helping Mississippi to the Double-A South Championship.
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Michigan State Baseball Collects ABCA Team Academic Excellence Accolades For Fifth Year In A Row
MSU posted a program-record cumulative GPA for the second year in a row with a 3.650. Additionally, the team’s fall semester GPA of 3.719 was also the highest fall semester GPA in program history, while the spring semester GPA of 3.575 was the second-highest.
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Sam Benschoter Signs NDFA With Cincinnati Reds
Michigan State baseball’s Sam Benschoter signed a non-drafted free-agent contract with the Cincinnati Reds. The senior pitcher is the second former Spartan to join the professional ranks in as many days after fellow pitcher, redshirt-junior Mason Erla was selected in the 17th round of the Major League Baseball Draft on Tuesday.
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Mason Erla makes ‘small-town kid with big dreams’ a reality with MLB draft selection
Tuesday afternoon was life-altering for Michigan State baseball pitcher Mason Erla, complete with patience, a surprise for his parents and an evening where his phone was blowing up more than ever with congratulatory messages.
Source: Lansing State Journal
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Spartan Baseball’s Mason Erla Selected In MLB Draft
Michigan State baseball’s redshirt-junior pitcher Mason Erla was selected in the 17th round of the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft on Tuesday. Erla was selected in the 17th round (pick number 501) by the Los Angeles Angels.
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Bryce Kelley Collects CoSIDA Academic All-District Accolades
Michigan State baseball senior outfielder Bryce Kelley was named to the 2021 Google Cloud Academic First-Team All-District® Baseball Team as selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). This is Kelley’s second-straight CoSIDA Academic All-District honor. He will now advance to the national ballot.
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Spartan Baseball Presents 2021 Team Awards
Michigan State baseball head coach Jake Boss Jr. announced the winners of the 2021 team. MSU posted a 17-27 record in 2021, playing a Big Ten Conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All of the awards were voted on by the players with the exception of the Offensive Player of the Year award, which is based on various statistical data over the course of the season.
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Spartans In Collegiate Summer Leagues
Approximately half of the members of the Michigan State baseball team will be competing in summer baseball leagues around the country. Below is a complete listing of MSU players competing in summer leagues along with links to the web pages and twitter handles of their respective teams and leagues to follow the action all summer long.
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Spartans Defeated By Hawkeyes On Senior Day
Michigan State baseball was defeated by Iowa, 11-3, Sunday afternoon at a sun-basked McLane Stadium at Kobs Field on MSU’s Senior Day.