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Spartans Fall at Western Michigan, 10-4
5/10/2011 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 10, 2011
KALAMAZOO, Mich. - The Michigan State baseball team fell at Western Michigan, 10-4, Tuesday afternoon at Robert J. Bobb Stadium at Hyames Field. Sophomore second baseman Ryan Jones saw his school-record hitting streak of 33 games come to an end as he went 0-for-4 with a walk.
The Broncos out-hit the Spartans, 14-11, as they claimed the season series over MSU, 2-0. Jeff Holm, the reigning National Player of the Week, went 2-for-5 with a double, while Tony Wieber went 3-for-4 with an RBI. In addition, Torsten Boss had a two-run triple and two walks, and Jared Hook collected two hits for the Spartans.
MSU (30-15) took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the second as Hook scored on a Justin Scanlon RBI groundout, but the Broncos responded with six runs on six hits in the bottom of the inning off starter Ryan Martin. Martin (0-1) last only two innings in his first career start.
Western Michigan (23-25) extended its lead to 8-1 with two more runs in the sixth, courtesy of a two-run double off the bat of Jack Scanlon.
The Spartans showed signs of life in the top of the eighth as Boss belted a two-run triple to right field to make it 8-3, but MSU stranded runners on second and third to end the inning.
WMU tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the eighth.
Michigan State scored its final run in the top of the ninth, as a Wieber infield single brought home Holm.
Bronco starter Chris Bossenbery (1-1) earned his first win of the season after allowing just one run on seven hits in his five innings.
In Jones' four official at-bats, he hit a hard liner to left field in the first, flew out to center in the third, grounded out to third in the fifth, and popped out to center to lead off the ninth. He walked and scored in the seventh.
Michigan State returns to action tomorrow (Wednesday, May 13) to face Central Michigan in Mount Pleasant at 3 p.m.
