Michigan State baseball was defeated by Indiana, 10-4, Saturday afternoon at McLane Stadium at Kobs Field in game two of the three-game weekend series.
Category: Baseball
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Spartan Baseball Home Opener Friday Spoiled In Loss To Hoosiers
Michigan State baseball’s 2021 home opener was spoiled with an 8-2 loss to Indiana Friday afternoon at McLane Stadium at Kobs Field.
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Home Opener On Tap For MSU Baseball This Weekend, Welcoming Indiana To McLane Stadium at Kobs Field
Michigan State baseball play its first home game at McLane Stadium at Kobs Field in 678 days when the Spartans open a three-game weekend series against Indiana, Friday-Saturday, March 26-28 … Friday’s home and series opener is slated for a 3:05 p.m. first pitch, followed by 1:05 p.m. start times for Saturday and Sunday … MSU’s last home game was May 18, 2019.
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MSU Baseball Powers Past No. 22 Michigan Monday
Michigan State baseball used its defense and pitching Powers to shut out No. 22 Michigan, 3-0, Monday afternoon in the fourth and final game of the Ann Arbor pod at Michigan’s Ray Fisher Stadium.
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Erla, Spartan Bats, Boost MSU To 11-0 Shutout Over Illinois
Boosted by Mason Erla’s pitching and key batting, Michigan State baseball enjoyed being back in the state of Michigan as the Spartans posted an 11-0 Victory for MSU over Illinois Friday evening at Michigan’s Ray Fisher Stadium to open up MSU’s weekend in the Ann Arbor pod.
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Michigan State Meets Illinois And Michigan In Weekend Pod Play In Ann Arbor
Michigan State baseball will have its first “pod play” weekend of the season this weekend extended, playing Illinois and Michigan in Ann Arbor, Saturday – Monday, March 20-22 … MSU opens with Illinois on Saturday at 4 p.m., before a split-opponent doubleheader on Sunday, starting with the Illini at 12 p.m., then the Wolverines at 4 p.m., then wrapping up with Michigan on Monday at 4 p.m.
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Walker’s Standout Day Helps Spartans Split Saturday Twinbill With Wildcats
Michigan State baseball split Saturday’s doubleheader with Northwestern at Fluor Field in Greenville, South Carolina, falling in the opening, 4-2, but bouncing back in a big way to win the nightcap, 12-3
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Michigan State Defeated By Northwestern Friday
Michigan State baseball opened its four-game series against Northwestern with a loss Friday night at Fluor Field in Greenville, South Carolina. After MSU scored a run in the top of the first, Northwestern went on to hit an extremely remarkable and rare three grand slams, one in each of the first three innings, in jumping out to a 13-1 lead one-third of the way through the game, and the Wildcats went on for the 14-2 win.
Source: Michigan State Athletics
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Spartans Return To Greenville To Tangle With Wildcats Of Northwestern In Weekend Series
Michigan State baseball returns to its “home away from home” of Greenville, South Carolina, facing Big Ten Conference foe Northwestern in a four-game series at Fluor Field, home of the Greenville Drive, Friday, March 12 – Sunday, March 14.
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Zaid Walker Tabbed Big Ten Baseball Player of the Week
Michigan State’s Zaid Walker has been named the Big Ten Baseball Player of the Week for the opening week of the 2021 season, announced Wednesday by the conference office. This is the second-straight season that Michigan State has collected the B1G Player of the Week award after the opening weekend of the season, as Bryce Kelley garnered the honor last season on Feb. 17, 2020 after the first weekend of play.
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Spartans Topped By Terps In Series Finale Sunday
Michigan State baseball’s season-opening win streak was halted Sunday with a 3-2 loss to Maryland in the final game of the weekend series at Fluor Field in Greenville, South Carolina.MSU is now 3-1 on the young season, but captured the series over Maryland, after winning Friday night’s opener, 6-0, then swept Saturday’s twinbill, 7-4 and 5-4.
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Spartans Sweep Saturday Twinbill With Terrapins
Michigan State baseball swept a doubleheader with Maryland Saturday, jumping out early in game one for a 7-4 win, then rallying from a 4-0 deficit in a 5-4 Victory for MSU in the nightcap, Saturday at Fluor Field in Greenville, South Carolina.
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Benschoter’s 10 Strikeouts Bolsters Spartans To 6-0 Season-Opener Win Over Maryland
Michigan State baseball pitcher Sam Benschoter fired a career-high 10 strikeouts in a 6-0 shutout Victory for MSU over Maryland Friday night at Fluor Field in Greenville, South Carolina in both teams’ 2021 season opener.
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Three Spartans Tabbed Big Ten Preseason Players To Watch
Three Michigan State baseball players earned Big Ten Preseason Players to Watch honors, as the conference announced its preseason honors list and preseason poll ahead of Friday’s 2021 season openers around the league. The conference coaches voted on the top six teams and also selected three student-athletes from their own squads to a Preseason Honors list. Junior pitcher Mason Erla, senior outfielder Bryce Kelley and senior infielder Bailey Peterson earned the preseason recognition.
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Michigan State baseball won’t take season ‘for granted’
College baseball started up nearly two weeks ago, all over the country, but not for the Big Ten. The conference finally gets underway this weekend, as if waiting nearly a full calendar year wasn’t enough, so the anticipation is sky high — but also the appreciation. “It’s something I don’t ever want to lose or take for granted,” said Jake Boss, Michigan State’s 13th-year head coach. “I promise you that I pinch myself on a daily basis because I have the job that I have.
Source: Detroit News’
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Spartan Baseball Announces 2021 Schedule
Michigan State baseball announced its 2021 schedule Wednesday. Due to the start of the season being delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, MSU will play 44 games over 13 weekends in a Big Ten Conference-only ledger in 2021, beginning on Friday, March 5. The Spartans will play either three or four games against a B1G opponent every weekend of the 2021 season, with no mid-week or non-conference games on the slate.
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Spartan Baseball’s 2021 Team Captains Announced
Michigan State baseball head coach Jake Boss Jr. announced on Wednesday that Sam Benschoter, Bryce Kelley, Bailey Peterson and Adam Proctor have been named the Spartan team captains for the 2021 season. The four Spartan captains were voted on by the team.
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Erla Adds To Preseason All-American Accolade Collection
Michigan State baseball redshirt-junior pitcher Mason Erla added to his preseason award collection by being tabbed as a Third-Team Preseason All-American by Perfect Game, announced Tuesday. This is Erla’s second preseason All-America honor, as last month he was named a Second-Team Preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball.
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Erla Tabbed Collegiate Baseball Preseason Second-Team All-American
Michigan State baseball redshirt-junior pitcher Mason Erla was named a Second-Team Preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball, announced by the publication Tuesday.