Tag: Michigan State Baseball

Michigan State baseball coach records 400th win, reflects on milestone

MSU head man Jake Boss discussed the significance of his 400th win

Michigan State baseball coach Jake Boss hit a huge milestone in his 16 year coaching career. The Spartans head man has eclipsed 400 wins in his career. After spending the first year of his coaching career at Eastern Michigan, Boss is in his 15th season with the Spartans.

Following the 400th win, Boss went on to Big Ten Network to discuss the significance of his career accomplishment:

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Michigan State baseball opens Big Ten play with series win

Michigan State opened up Big Ten play with a bang:

Michigan State has came home to East Lansing to open Big Ten play inside of McLane Stadium at Kobs Field against the Purdue Boilermakers. The Spartans came into the Big Ten opening series with a 11-7 record in the nonconference.

Fortunately for the Spartans, they came to play against the Boilermakers, winning the three game series.

The Spartans fell in game one to Purdue, 5-4, in a close contest from start to finish.

After a Saturday postponement, the Spartans and Boilermakers squared off in a double-header on Sunday. MSU swept that double header, winning game one, 5-4, and taking game two 12-6.

The Spartans are back in action on Wednesday against Western Michigan before traveling to New Jersey for a weekend series against Rutgers.

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Michigan State baseball: Spartans stumble off of opening weekend momentum

MSU stumbled in the second weekend series of the year following a great opening weekend:

Michigan State baseball is off and running in the 2023 season, and after opening weekend, the Spartans found themselves 3-1 with a couple of impressive wins.

Unfortunately, MSU could not keep the momentum rolling this weekend when they made a swing through the Carolinas.

In the three games, Michigan State went 1-2:

  • @ USC Upstate: W 13-6
  • @ Gardner-Webb: L 7-3
  • @ Presbyterian College: L 8-6

Michigan State will head to Charleston, South Carolina next weekend for four games, starting the annual South Carolina spring break swing:

  • @ College of Charleston — Friday
  • @ Charleston Southern — Saturday
  • @ College of Charleston — Sunday
  • vs Air Force — Monday

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Michigan State baseball: opening weekend recap

Michigan State had an impressive opening weekend:

Michigan State baseball is off and running in the 2023 season, the 15th season in the Jake Boss tenure in East Lansing. The Spartans are looking to get back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2012 and they are off to a good start.

MSU traveled to Phoenix to play in the MLB Desert Invitational, which included playing some very strong competition.

In the four games, Michigan State went 3-1:

  • Michigan: W 15-8
  • Fresno State: W 7-4
  • Arizona: L 7-1
  • Grand Canyon: W 7-1

Michigan State will look to continue building on their strong start next weekend when they travel to the Carolinas for three games:

  • @ USC Upstate — Spartanburg, South Carolina
  • @ Gardner-Webb — Boiling Springs, North Carolina
  • @ Presbyterian College — Clinton, South Carolina

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Michigan State baseball set to open 2023 season in Phoenix against rival

MSU baseball is set to open the 2023 season this weekend, and they will face an arch-rival on opening day:

Michigan State is set to hit the diamond for the 2023 season, Jake Boss’s 15th season as the head man of the Spartans baseball program. Boss is 383-332, and will look to bring the Spartans back to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2012.

MSU will open up the 2023 campaign in Phoenix, Arizona, and will take on their arch-rival Michigan on Friday to open the season.

Following the Michigan game, the Spartans will have double headers against Fresno State, Arizona and a single game against Grand Canyon.

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Report: MSU hockey, baseball set to travel and play this upcoming weekend

It is being reported that MSU’s hockey and baseball teams are traveling for their upcoming weekend of play

Michigan State administration has put a temporary pause on athletics, and campus events, after the horrific events that took place on campus on Monday night. With the temporary pause, it is unclear when the Spartans athletics team’s will resume play.

According to a report on the radio from Chris Solari of the Detroit Free Press, it appears the MSU hockey team has gotten on their team bus for their final series of the regular season in Madison against Wisconsin. It was also noted that the baseball team has taken a flight to Phoenix, Arizona, for their opening weekend of play.

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Michigan State baseball hires World Series Champion to staff

MSU baseball coach Jake Boss has added a World Series champion to his staff

Jake Boss has beefed up his staff heading into the 2023 season. Boss is welcoming World Series champion Adam Eaton to his staff.

Eaton spent the past nine seasons patrolling the outfield for several Major League Baseball franchises. In 2019, as a member of the Washington Nationals, Eaton won the World Series.

In his career, Eaton was a .276 hitter with 66 home runs and had one of the best gloves in baseball. He played his college ball at Miami (Ohio).

Eaton will serve as the director of player development.

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WATCH: Highlights from Brandon Hughes’s MLB debut with Chicago Cubs

Watch the highlights from Brandon Hughes’s stellar performance in his MLB debut with the Chicago Cubs

Michigan State baseball alum Brandon Hughes got the call to the big leagues to join the Chicago Cubs, the team that drafted him in the 16th round of the 2017 MLB Draft. Hughes has run the gamut through the Cubs minor league system, starting in rookie ball and making his way all the way to triple-A. It was a slight adjustment moving from being a primary outfielder and changing positions to be a relief pitcher, but he has caught on very quickly to be one of the best relievers in the Cubs system.

The same day Hughes was called up, he was brought in to make his debut in a relief effort against the Pittsburgh Pirates. You can watch highlights from his stellar performance in his debut below:

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Chicago Cubs to call up Michigan State baseball alum Brandon Hughes

Former Spartan standout Brandon Hughes got the call to the big leagues from the Chicago Cubs

Brandon Hughes officially got the call that every minor league baseball player is striving to get, the call to the big leagues. The Chicago Cubs will be welcoming the Spartan baseball alumnus to Wrigley Field today to join the big league club for a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Hughes was a 16th-round draft choice by the Cubs in the 2017 MLB Draft after spending three seasons in East Lansing with Michigan State. Hughes was a standout outfielder for Michigan State and started his career in the Cubs organization as an outfielder before converting into a left-handed relief pitcher.

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Michigan State baseball hits walk off home-run against Houston Baptist

MSU hit a walk-off homer to knock off Houston Baptist in game one of a three-game set

Michigan State’s baseball team has gotten themselves over the .500 mark on the 2022 baseball season, improving their record to 8-7 after a 4-3 win over Houston Baptist. Michigan State has had an up and down start to the year, with big wins over West Virginia and Kansas, but some questionable losses as well.

The Spartans hope to build momentum and to start to string together wins heading into Big Ten play. They got a good start towards building that momentum with a walk-off home run to knock off Houston Baptist in their first game at McLane Stadium this season.

Watch the walk-off winner here:

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