Thursday, May 25
Charles Schwab Field | Omaha, Neb.
11 a.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT
Michigan State University
vs
Rutgers
Photo by: Steve Branscombe
Spartans Square Off With Scarlet Knights In B1G Tournament Thursday Morning
5/24/2023 9:04:00 PM | Baseball
Eighth-seeded MSU meets fifth-seeded Rutgers in elimination game.
| No. 8 MICHIGAN STATE (32-21, 12-12 B1G) vs No. 5 RUTGERS (33-22, 14-10 B1G) | |
| Tournament Central | 2023 Big Ten Tournament Central |
| Location | Charles Schwab Field Omaha || Omaha, Neb. |
| Tickets | B1G Tournament Tickets |
| Weather | High/Low -- Tue: 82° / 59° |
| Game Notes | MICHIGAN STATE | RUTGERS |
| Social Media |  @MSUbaseball |  MichiganStateBaseball  @msu_baseball |
| Television | BTN |
| Game 1 | Thursday, May 25 - 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT {BTN} |
| Probable Pitching Matchup | RU: #31 JR RHP Drew Conover (5-4, 4.50 ERA) MSU: #17 SR RHP Andrew Carson (3-4, 3.64 ERA) |
| Coverage | Live Stats | Listen Live | Watch Live |
• Eighth-seeded Michigan State will take on fifth-seeded Rutgers in Game 6 the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday, May 25 at 11 a.m. ET / 10 a.m. CT in an elimination game as part of the 41st Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament will be held Tuesday-Sunday, May 23-28, at Charles Schwab Field Omaha (formerly TD Ameritrade Park) in Omaha, Neb., site of the NCAA Men's College World Series.
• The Spartans vs. Scarlet Knights loser will be eliminated from the tournament, while the winner advances to Game 10 on Friday at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT, to face the loser of Thursday night's Game 8 between No. 1 seed Maryland and No. 4 seed Nebraska.
• Michigan State and Rutgers met during the regular-season in the second weekend of Big Ten play, March 31-April 2 in Piscataway, with the Spartans winning the first two games before dropping the third to take the series, their second series win in as many B1G series to open league play.
• Thursday's MSU game and all of the 2023 B1G Baseball Tournament will be televised on Big Ten Network, and MSU's games will also be carried on the Spartan Media Network, and "Listen Live" links, as well as "Watch Live" and "Live Stats" will be available on MSUSpartans.com.
• MSU's and the B1G Tournament schedule is subject to change, stay tuned to MSUSpartans.com and @MSUBaseball on Twitter for schedule updates.
SPARTAN STRONG
It has been just over three months since the mass shooting on the East Lansing campus on the night of Monday, Feb. 13, when three MSU students were killed and five were hospitalized. Michigan State University canceled classes the remainder of the week following the deaths of the three students – juniors Arielle Anderson and Alexandria Verner and sophomore Brian Fraser.
Michigan State players are wearing "Spartan Strong" stickers on their helmets in a tribute of the three lives lost and for the five students still hospitalized, and several players have personal tributes as well.
Classes resumed on Monday, Feb. 20.
MEDIA ADVISORY (when discussing the events of Monday, Feb. 13)
• Can describe the shooting that happened on Feb. 13 as "The violence the Michigan State community experienced."
• Refrain from or be spare with the use of adjectives: Horrific, senseless, devastating, etc.
• Please use "students" instead of "victims."
• Referring to this event as "a tragedy" is okay. Saying "tragic loss of life" is also okay.
SPARTAN MEDIA NETWORK
• For the seventh-straight year, the Spartan Media Network will carry a live audio stream for all home and select road Spartan baseball games this season ... The broadcast will be available exclusively at MSUSpartans.com by clicking on "Listen Live" on the baseball schedule ... Broadcast veteran Scott Moore calls the action, with Spartan baseball alum Jim Cotter providing analysis for home games.
BACK TO OMAHA
• This is MSU's first berth in the B1G Tournament since 2018, and no Spartan player on the roster had played in the conference tourney prior to Tuesday's first-round game.
MSU B1G TOURNAMENT HISTORY
• MSU is making its 15th overall appearance in the B1G Tournament, including the eighth under head coach Jake Boss Jr., now with a 9-15 ledger in the conference tourney under Coach Boss, winning at least one game in five of the previous seven visits as well as two games in four of the six tournaments.
SPARTANS IN OMAHA
• MSU is making its fourth trip to an Omaha-hosted B1G Tournament, making the conference postseason tournament in 2014, 2016 and 2018 hosted by Omaha ... MSU is now 4-7 in the B1G Tourney in Omaha.
• In 2014, the No. 6 seed Spartans went 2-2, beating third-seeded Illinois in the opening round, 2-1, before losing to No. 2 Nebraska, 3-2, but bouncing back to beat Illinois again, 11-2, before falling to No. 1 seed Indiana, 7-4, as the Hoosiers advanced to the title game and won the conference crown.
• The 2016 B1G Tournament saw the seventh-seeded Spartans upset No. 2 seed Nebraska, 5-1, and No. 6 seed Maryland, 4-3, before falling to No. 4 seed Ohio State twice, 3-2 in 10 innings, and 7-3, as OSU also advanced to the championship game and won the title.
• In 2018, the No. 8 seed Spartans lost to No. 1 seed Minnesota, 3-2, in the opener, before being eliminated by fifth-seeded Indiana, in a heart-breaking 6-5 loss in 10 innings.
MSU AS NO. 8 SEED
• The Spartans were also the No. 8 seed in their last B1G Tournament appearance in 2018, the only other time that MSU has been the No. 8 seed ... MSU is now 0-3 as the No. 8 seed with Tursday's loss.
SPARTAN SENIORS
In addition to last Saturday being the regular-season finale, it was also the Spartan Senior Day Celebration, presented by Health Alliance Plan (HAP) and MSU honored seven seniors in a pregame ceremony: players Andrew Carson, Zach Hopman, John Malcom, Brian Martin, Casey Mayes and Wyatt Rush, along with student manager Josh Wolf.
FROM REIVER TO SPARTAN
• While Michigan State doesn't have any players from Nebraska, they have one player from Iowa in junior pitcher Harrison Cook, who is from Solon, Iowa, and played at Iowa Western CC, which is in Council Bluffs, Iowa, just across the state line and Missouri River from Omaha ... the Spartans practiced at Iowa Western's Doc Ross Field on Monday ... MSU practiced at University of Omaha's Tal Anderson Field on Wednesday.
HOME STATERS
• The Spartans have 19 players on its 2023 roster from the state of Michigan, while the Scarlet Knights have 26 New Jersey natives ... Michigan State does not have any players from New Jersey, while Rutgers does not have any Michiganders on its roster ... one other New Jersey native will be involved in Thursday morning's game in BTN analyst Danan Hughes, a native of Bayonne, New Jersey.
WINNING LIKE ITS 2016
• Michigan State's 32 wins are the most since 2016 when the Spartans won 36 games.
• MSU won its 20th game of the season on April 12, with an 8-3 win over Oakland, reaching 20 wins the fastest since 2016, when MSU was 20-5 after a win on April 8 ... the Spartans' 25 wins on April 25 were its most wins at that point of the season since 2016, when MSU was 27-10 ... the Green & White won its 30th game of the season with the 9-2 win over Central Michigan on May 16, the first 30-win season since 2016 ... along with the most wins since 2016, the Spartans' current .604 winning percentage through 53 games is also the best winning percentage since 2016's 35-18 (.660) mark through 53 contests.
PUTTING THE SWEET IN HOME SWEET HOME
• MSU finished its home portion of the 2023 schedule with a 17-4 record at home, the Spartans' most home wins since 2004, topping 2012 when they also registered 15, and the Green & White also won 15 in 2010 ... Michigan State's best home record was 21-5 in 2004.
SPARTAN WINNING WAYS
• Michigan State had a five-game winning streak snapped with a loss at Illinois on May 5 ... that was the Spartans' fourth winning streak of at least five games this season ... MSU has won 15 of its last 25 and 27 of the last 40, going 25-12 since March 8 when MSU was 5-7 ... the Spartans topped last season's win total of 24 wins with their 25th win of the season on April 25 vs. Notre Dame ... MSU's 32 wins this season is the most since winning 36 in 2016.
BIG B1G IMPROVEMENT
• Michigan State finished Big Ten action with an even 12-12 B1G ledger, the Spartans' bestB1G record since 2016 when the Green & White posted a 13-11 B1G mark.
• The Spartans won three-straight series in as many weekends to open B1G play, after only winning one conference series in 2022, and also marking the first time since 2016 that MSU has won its first three series of league play.
• Overall, MSU won five of its eight B1G series ... MSU opened by winning series against Purdue, at Rutgers, and against Ohio State, in a "home" series relocated to Jackson Field in Lansing, home of the Lansing Lugnuts, the A-affiliate of the Oakland A's, due to flooding around McLane Stadium at Kobs Field ... after dropping the series at Michigan, the Spartans swept Northwestern, before losing the Illinois and Iowa series, but then bouncing back to knock off Indiana to clinch a B1G Tournament berth.
• Michigan State won 12 conference games in 2023, topping last year's B1G win total, as MSU was 8-16 in conference competition in 2022 ... the Spartans' 12 B1G wins is also the their first double-digit league win total since 2021, when MSU won 17 in the B1G-only season due to COVID ... the 12 B1G wins is the first time in double-digit league wins in a non-COVID impacted schedule since 2018, when MSU was 11-12 in B1G action ... the Spartans registered their best B1G record since 2016 when the Green & White posted a 13-11 B1G mark.
B1G SWEEPS A YEAR APART
• Michigan State swept Northwestern on April 29-30 for its first three-game B1G series sweep of the season and was nearly a year to the date of the Spartans' last league sweep, taking three from Minnesota, April 29-May 1 last season.
DOUBLE DIP SUCCESS
• MSU's doubleheader against Northwestern on April 29-30 was MSU's seventh twinbill this season, including all four home weekend series, in addition to a stretch of the fifth in the last seven weekends ... with the sweep over Northwestern last weekend, the Spartans are now 12-2 in their seven doubleheaders, winning the last five games after the loss in the first game vs. OSU on April 8 snapped a six-game win streak in double-dips, as MSU had swept its three previous doubleheaders.
SIX SPARTANS COLLECT ALL-BIG TEN ACCOLADES
• Six Michigan State baseball players garnered Big Ten Conference accolades as the conference office announced the league's postseason awards ahead of the start of the B1G Baseball Tournament Tuesday.
Junior infielder Brock Vradenburg collected First Team All-Big Ten honors, while senior relief pitcher Wyatt Rush, junior infielder Trent Farquhar and redshirt-sophomore catcher Bryan Broecker were named to Second Team All-Big Ten. Junior infielder Mitch Jebb was tabbed to the Third Team All-Big Ten list, while pitcher Joseph Dzierwa was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team. Rush was also named MSU's Sportsmanship Award honoree.
Michigan State's six All-Big Ten honorees this season gives Michigan State a total of 60 All-Big Ten accolades in the 15 seasons under head coach Jake Boss Jr. It is also moves Michigan State's All-Freshman Team honorees to 24 total, as the Spartans have had at least one freshman collect the accolade in the last 14 years that the awards were presented, as they were not presented in 2020, due to the canceling of the remainder of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The six All-B1G honorees is the most since 2016 when six Spartans were also honored. Vradenburg is MSU's first First Team All-B1G award also since 2016.
Vradenburg, a native of Pasadena, Calif., was named a semifinalist for the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award and a semifinalist for the NCBWA Dick Howser Trophy. He enters Tuesday's Big Ten Tournament game second the B1G and ranks 34th in the NCAA in batting average (.397). Vradenburg also ranks third in the B1G and 38th in the NCAA in hits per game (1.56), while also ranking sixth in the conference and 39th in the country overall in hits (81). The Spartan first baseman is third in the B1G in on-base + slugging pct (OPS) at 1.218. Vradenburg also is fourth in the B1G and 44th in the NCAA in on-base percentage (.488), along with ranking fourth in the league and 37th in the nation in slugging percentage (.730). He also ranks fourth in the league and 33rd in the nation in total bases (149). He is also third in the B1G and 31st in the NCAA in RBI (66), while ranking fourth in the league and 36th in the country in RBI/game (1.27)
Rush, a local standout from Grand Ledge, Mich., was tabbed to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Midseason Watch List, and is currently third in the B1G and ranks tied for 15th in the NCAA in saves with 10. He posted two saves in as many days with one each in Thursday and Friday night's wins over Indiana to clinch a berth in the B1G Tournament for the Spartans. With the 10 saves, Rush becomes just the fourth Spartan reliever with double-digit saves in a season. The 10 saves also moves Rush up to No. 4 on MSU's single-season top 10 saves list. Rush also has 12 career saves, moving up to tied for No. 5 on MSU's career saves list.
Farquhar, a native of Highland, Mich., is seventh in the B1G in toughest to strikeout (8.9 AB per K), with just 23 strikeouts in 204 ABs. He is also fourth in the B1G and 54th in the NCAA in doubles (19), along with fourth in the league and 78th in the nation in doubles per game (0.37). Farquhar also is ninth in the league in batting average (.353), and also sixth in the B1G and 108th in the NCAA in on-base percentage (.471). Additionally, he ranks eighth in the conference in runs (58), just behind teammate Brock Vradenburg (61), and also ranking 10th in the league and 112th in the nation in runs per game (1.12). The Spartan second baseman is also 10th in the conference in hits (72).
Broecker, a Chicago, Ill., native, was a Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award Watch List honoree. He tops the B1G in caught stealing by (19), seven more than the No. 2 spot. At the plate, Broecker is also just outside the top 10 in the league in several offensive categories, including tied for 14th in on-base percentage (.448), 21st in on-base + slugging pct (OPS) at .995, and tied for 23rd in slugging percentage (.547). The Spartan catcher is also tied for 32nd in the league in home runs (8).
Jebb, a Saginaw, Mich., native, earns All-B1G honors for the third-straight year, after garnering Third Team All-Big Ten Conference honors in 2022 and named to Big Ten All-Freshman Team in 2021. He leads the B1G and is fourth in the NCAA in triples with seven, ahead of teammates Casey Mayes (5), Brock Vradenburg (4), and Sam Busch and Dillon Kark (3). Jebb also leads the league and ranks fourth in the nation in triples per game (0.15). Jebb is 16th in the B1G in stolen bases (13) with 13 swipes in 47 games played.
Dzierwa, a Haskins, Ohio native, is tied for fourth in the B1G in wins with six. Dzierwa, who earned the B1G Freshman of the Week Award on April 10, is also fourth in the B1G in walks allowed per nine innings (2.45), along with just outside the top 10 in the conference in strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.84) and tied for 23rd in BAA (.271). He also is 11th in the league in innings pitched (69.2), and is 21st in the conference in strikeouts, leading the Spartan staff with 54.
*** Note = all stats and rankings as of 5/20, entering the B1G Tournament - visit pg. 8-9 for updated player notes.
A LOOK BACK AT B1G TOURNAMENT GAME 1 vs. NO. 1 SEED MARYLAND TUESDAY
• Eighth-seeded Michigan State pushed top-seeded Maryland to the limits, before the Terrapins scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, and the Spartans were topped, 3-2, in the opening round of the Big Ten Baseball Tournament at Charles Schwab Field Omaha (formerly TD Ameritrade Park) in Omaha, Neb., site of the NCAA Men's College World Series.
• The loss snuffed out a tremendous effort from junior starting pitcher Nick Powers, who went 7.1 IP with a season-high tying six strikeouts, scattering five hits and yielding three runs. Powers stymied the Terps' bats to just five hits, tying their season-low, along with only one walk, also a season low, as Maryland entered the game No. 1 in the B1G and No. 2 in the NCAA in home runs, along with tops in the B1G and second in the NCAA in slugging percentage and first in the league and third in the nation in scoring, in addition to among the B1G and NCAA leaders in several other categories.
• MSU scored a run in the first frame, but UMD plated a pair in the home half of the first to take a 2-1 lead, and that stayed the scored until the seventh, when the Spartans tied it up at 2-all on an RBI single from junior infielder Brock Vradenburg, driving in junior outfielder Greg Ziegler, who tripled to lead off the inning. The Terps scored their go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth.
• Michigan State had seven hits and drew 12 walks from Maryland pitchers, but the Spartans were stifled by five double plays, tying the B1G Tournament record.
• Vradenburg ended 2-for-4 with an RBI and a walk. Ziegler was also 2-for-4 with a run scored. Junior infielder Mitch Jebb was 1-for-4 with an RBI single in the first. Senior outfielder Casey Mayes was 1-for-2 with a walk, while junior infielder Dillon Kark was 1-for-3. Junior infielder Trent Farquhar drew three walks and scored a run, while junior outfielder Jack Frank earned one walk, and both Frank and Farquhar had a stolen base apiece.
• Senior reliever Wyatt Rush came on in the eighth, and rang up a groundout and a strikeout to end the inning, to give the Spartans a chance in their final at bat, but MSU went down in order to end the game.
A LOOK BACK AT LAST WEEKEND
• Michigan State clinched its first B1G Tournament appearance since 2018 with wins over Indiana on Thursday and Friday nights, taking two of three from the Hoosiers, who entered the weekend tied with Maryland atop the B1G standings.
• Michigan State timely hitting from junior infielder Trent Farquhar and junior outfielder Jack Frank to go with solid pitching from senior Andrew Carson, freshman Joseph Dzierwa and senior Wyatt Rush to secure a thrilling 8-6 Victory for MSU over Indiana late Thursday night.
• A nationally televised audience watching on Big Ten Network witnessed the latest starting MSU game at McLane Stadium at Kobs Field with an 8:06 p.m. first pitch, as the Spartans' home facility has only had lights since 2019.
• Meanwhile, the Spartans started Carson on the mound, for his first career home start and just his fifth start of his career, and he went 3.2 IP, spraying five hits and three runs, walking three and chalking up three strikeouts. Carson turned the ball over to Dzierwa, who came out of the pen for the first time since the season-opener after starting his previous 12 appearances. Dzierwa went 3.1 IP, scattering four hits, with one run, one walk and three Ks, to earn the win, improving to 6-2.
• The Spartans then turned the ball over to their senior closer Wyatt Rush, who came on to open the eighth and went 2.0 IP, with three hits, two runs, no walks and two strikeouts, as Indiana threatened in the top of the ninth, before slamming the door on a Hoosier comeback with a big strikeout to end it and spark the Victory for MSU celebration.
• Frank finished 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored, knocking a three-run double in the sixth. Farquhar belted a two-run home run in the third inning, depositing the ball into the Red Cedar River beyond the right field fence, adding a sacrifice fly in the eighth, driving in Frank who singled to lead off the frame. Farquhar finished 2-for-3 with three RBI and a run scored, knocking his second home run of the season. His blast into the Red Cedar River traveled 354 feet with an exit velocity off the bat at 101 mph.
• In Friday night's game, the Spartans and Hoosiers went back-and-forth in the early innings, and the score was knotted at 4-all after three frames, before MSU pulled away with a run in the fourth and two in the sixth for a 7-4 lead, and held off a late IU rally with two runs in the ninth and had the bases loaded when on the final out, a lineout to junior outfielder Greg Ziegler in center. That prompted a jubilant Spartan celebration at midfield for posting MSU's eighth trip to the B1G Tournament in the 15th year under Coach Boss.
• Sophomore reliever Harrison Cook came on in the third inning and got the Spartans out of a bases-loaded jam and went on to pitch 6.0 IP, scattering four hits while not allowing a run with two walks and ringing up four strikeouts. Cook earned the win to improve to 5-3 on the season.
• Senior Wyatt Rush, who closed out Thursday night's Victory for MSU, came on in the ninth, and after yielding a two-out bases-loaded walk and a throwing error to put two runs on the board and get the Hoosiers with a run, induced the lineout to Ziegler to secure the save. It was not only Rush's second save in as many nights, but was his 10th of the season, becoming just the fourth Spartan reliever with double-digit saves in a season, and moving up to No. 4 on MSU's single-season saves list. Rush posted his 12th career save, moving up to tie for No. 5 on the Spartans career saves list.
• Five different Spartans had a hit, while six different players scored a run. Farquhar was MSU's lone multi-hit collector, going 2-for-5 with an RBI, while playing spectacular defense at second base, making several highlight plays on the night and was part of two double plays.
• Senior outfielder Casey Mayes was 1-for-2 with two runs and an RBI, while junior outfielder Jack Frank was 1-for-5 with two ribbies. Both Mayes and Frank swiped one stolen base apiece.
• MSU was edged by Indiana, 7-6, Saturday afternoon, spoiling Spartan Senior Day.
• The Spartans honored their six senior players, Andrew Carson, Zach Hopman, John Malcom, Brian Martin, Casey Mayes and Wyatt Rush, along with student manager Josh Wolf, in a pregame ceremony. After the game, the seven seniors went out to centerfield to kiss the painted Spartan head, the Michigan State tradition for Senior Day, and then posed for photos and interviews with the media.
• Junior infielder Mitch Jebb was 3-for-3 with two RBI, while junior outfielder Jack Frank was 3-for-5 with two runs scored and one RBI. Mayes, along with junior infielder Brock Vradenburg and junior outfielder Greg Ziegler were all 1-for-4, with Vradenburg knocking in two RBI, while Mayes and Ziegler scored a run apiece, and Mayes swiped one base. Redshirt-sophomore catcher Bryan Broecker was 1-for-3 with a run scored. Broecker and Jebb both drew two walks each, while Vradenburg earned one free pass on base. Redshirt-sophomore designated hitter Sam Busch was 1-for-5.
• On the mound, junior Nick Powers started the Spartan pitcher by committee day, preserving arms for the B1G Tournament, and went 2.0 IP with two Ks and no hits or runs. Redshirt-sophomore Adam Berghorst (2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K), sophomore Ryan Szczepaniak (1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 2 K), redshirt-sophomore Dominic Pianto (2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K), redshirt-sophomore Noah Matheny (1.0, 3 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 1 K) and Martin (1.0, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K), with Martin getting a standing ovation on his way off the mound of McLane Stadium at Kobs Field for the final time for the Green & White.
HIGH-SCORING SUCCEESS
• All but two of Michigan State's wins have come from scoring less than six runs, as the Spartans are 30-6 when scoring six or more runs in a game ... MSU's only two wins when scoring five runs or less came in a span of less than a week, as the Spartans won, 5-4, over Purdue on March 26 in game two of the series with the Boilermakers, and a 3-2 win at Rutgers on March 31 in the series-opener.
STREAK STOPPED
• After entering the series at Illinois with just two losses when scoring six or more runs and winning 21-straight games when scoring 6+ runs, MSU lost both of that weekend's games when scoring nine in the Friday night game on May 5 and seven on May 6 ... the Spartans got back on track with an 11-10 10-inning win over Eastern Michigan on May 10, before an 8-6 loss at Iowa on Saturday ... MSU again bounced back with a 9-2 win over Central Michigan, then scored eight, seven and six runs in the three-game series with Indiana.
GOLDEN SPIKES AWARD AND DICK HOWSER TROPHY SEMIFINALIST
• Spartan sophomore infielder Brock Vradenburg is a semifinalist for both the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award and the NCBWA Dick Howser Trophy.
The Golden Spikes Award identifies the top amateur baseball player in the nation, while the Dick Howser Trophy is the most prestigious award in college baseball given to the top player after voting by the NCBWA.
Vradenburg is second the B1G and ranks 34th in the NCAA in batting average (.397) ... Vradenburg also ranks third in the B1G and 38th in the NCAA in hits per game (1.56), while also ranking sixth in the conference and 39th in the country overall in hits (81) ... the Spartan first baseman is third in the B1G in on-base + slugging pct (OPS) at 1.218 ... Vradenburg also is fourth in the B1G and 44th in the NCAA in on-base percentage (.488), along with ranking fourth in the league and 37th in the nation in slugging percentage (.730) ... he also ranks fourth in the league and 33rd in the nation in total bases (149) ... he is also third in the B1G and 31st in the NCAA in RBI (66), while ranking fourth in the league and 36th in the country in RBI/game (1.27)
VRADENBURG IN RARE AIR
• Spartan sophomore infielder Brock Vradenburg is in pursuit of rare air in the Michigan State record books, currently hitting .399 and trying to be the first Spartan to hit .400 or better since 2001, but also No. 11 on MSU's single-season batting average list and just one of 27 players in program history to hit .400 or better ... Vradenburg's current .399 average is No. 27 on MSU's single-season .400 list, and is not only the highest since Bob Malek hit .427 in 2001, but in pursuit of being the first member of the Spartans' ".400 Club" since 2002 when Brady Burrill (.414), Chris McCuiston (.404) and Malek (.402) all hit over .400. {See page 17 for full list}
MAKING A-MAYES-ING TRIPLES MARKS IN RECORD BOOK
• Spartan senior outfielder Casey Mayes tied MSU's career triples record in the game at Illinois on May 6, knocking his 14th career three-bagger to lead off the sixth inning ... the 14 triples ties Mike Davidson's 14 three-bagger from 1985-88 ... it was also the fifth triple of the season for Mayes, moving up to tie for No. 13 on MSU's single-season triples list, as he also has a share for the single-season triples record with seven three-baggers last season, tying for the top mark in school history, part of a now seven-way tie for the lead, joined this season by teammate junior infielder Mitch Jebb.
Mayes will leave his mark in the MSU record book, and not just as a legacy Spartan as his father Craig, was a Spartan baseball player from 1989-1992, and was team captain in 1992, earning first-team All-Big Ten honors in 1992, ending MSU career fourth on career hits list with 194 and getting drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 28th round of the 1992 MLB Draft, playing eight seasons in the minor leagues before retiring in 1999 ... his mother, Tracy, was on the Spartan track & field team.
JEBB TRIPLES WAY TO TYING SCHOOL RECORD
Junior infielder Mitch Jebb is also tripling his way into the Spartan record books, and tied Mayes for the school-record for single-season triples, now with seven, and is climbing up the MSU career triples list right behind Mayes.
Jebb knocked two triples in the first game of the DH vs. Northwestern on April 29, giving him seven for the season, tying Mayes and five other Spartans for the school record.
Jebb also now has 12 career triples, tying Dave Veres (1991-94) for the No. 4 spot on the Spartans' career triples list, just one behind Mayes and Steve Marod (1982-85) with 13 and behind the school-record holder Mike Davidson (1985-88) with 14.
RECORD BOOK CLIMBIN'
• Along with Mayes and Jebb, other Spartans are climbing up the MSU record book lists:
Junior infielder Brock Vradenburg
-- No. 2 for single-season RBI (67)
-- Tied for No. 3 for single-season doubles (21)
-- No. 11 for single-season slugging percentage (.726)
-- Tied for No. 8 for single-season HR (13)
-- No. 9 for single-season hits (83)
Junior infielder Trent Farquhar
-- Tied for No. 6 for single-season doubles (19)
-- No. 5 for single-season walks (42)
-- Tied for No. 8 for career doubles (42)
Senior pitcher Wyatt Rush
-- No. 3 for single-season saves (10)
-- Tied for No. 15 for single-season appearances (25)
-- Tied for No. 5 for career saves (12)
TEAM MARKS FOR SEASON RECORD
• In addition to the player record list, the 2023 Spartan team is making marks for the single-season team records as well:
-- No. 2 in triples (29)
-- No. 7 for home runs (52)
-- No. 6 for RBI (351)
-- Tied for No. 6 in runs (384)
-- No. 7 for doubles (104)
-- Just outside the Top 10 for wins (32), batting average (.303), hits (544) and stolen bases (72)
-- Pitching staff is No. 8 for strikeouts (388)
NO STEALS FOR YOU
• Individually, sophomore catcher Bryan Broecker leads the B1G with 19 caught stealing by, seven more than the No. 2 spot in the league, held by Peter Serruto and Thomas Bramley of Penn State, both with 12 each.
SPARTAN HOME RUNS AND RUNS GALORE
• Michigan State has hit multiple home runs in 12 games this season, including knocking three homers in the 14-2 Spartan victory at Michigan on April 23, MSU's largest win over UM since 1969.
• The Spartans now have 52 home runs on the season through 52 games, surpassing last year's 39 homers ... the 52 round-trippers this season is MSU's most since 2004 when the Spartans bashed 75 ... additionally, the 52 HR this season is now No. 7 on MSU's single-season Top 10 for the team records, passing 49 homers in 1990 at No. 8.
• Michigan State blasted five round-trippers on the way to a 19-10 Victory for MSU at Charleston Southern on March 4.
• The five Spartan home runs was their most since knocking eight round-trippers on March 26, 2017 at Illinois.
• The 19 runs at CSU was MSU's most runs since scoring 22 vs. UNC Greensboro (W, 22-16) on Feb. 25, 2017.
• Michigan State bashed four home runs twice in a span of three games, doing so in the win at Notre Dame on April 11, including what proved to be the game-winner from junior infielder Brock Vradenburg in the top of the 11th, and again three days later with four against Western Illinois on April 14 in the rally from down 8-3 for the 10-9 win ... the four home runs at Notre Dame and vs. Western Illinois marked MSU's sixth and seventh games this season with multiple home runs, before adding two homers in each of the DH games on April 15.
• Prior to the four homers vs. Western Illinois, the previous four marks were all away from home ... the Spartans had a season-high five at Charleston Southern (March 4), four at Notre Dame (April 11), and three at Presbyterian (Feb. 26), vs. Wofford (March 8) in a neutral site game, and at Western Michigan (March 28), adding two at Rutgers on April 2, before the four round-trippers vs. Western Illinois (April 14)
• Junior infielder Brock Vradenburg has taken over the team lead for not just this season, but also for all active Spartans, as he now has 13 home runs this season and 1 for his MSU career ... Vradenburg entered the home weekend against Northwestern on April 29-30 with a team-leading 10 HR, yet none of them were at home, but he changed that in dramatic fashion with two HR in game two of the twinbill on April 29, with a solo homer in the first inning and a three-run blast into the Red Cedar River in the sixth ... with the two HRs over the weekend, Vradenburg overtook teammate Jack Frank for the active Spartan list, passing Frank's 16 career HR ... Vradenburg leads the team this season in two-run HR (5) and three-run HR (5), while ranked tied for second in solo homers (3) ... among the active Spartans, Vradenburg tops the team in two-run blasts (7) and three-run homers (5), while ranking tied for the team-lead in grand slams (1) and tied for second in solos (5)... Vradenburg hit two HRs in a game in a span of twice in four games, doing so at Michigan on April 23 and vs. Northwestern on April 29 ... Vradenburg's 13 HR are both the most and make him the first Spartan with double-digit homers since Ryan Krill had 13 round-trippers in 2015.
• Junior outfielder Jack Frank is just behind Vradenburg among all active Spartans with 17 career home runs, including 10 career solo home runs ... Frank bashed his seventh of the season with a two-run homer to straight-away center field Wednesday night vs. Eastern Michigan, a 406-foot blast ... twice Frank has been the second half of back-to-back home runs with teammates, first doing so at Western Michigan on March 28 with teammate Sam Busch, smacking a solo shot after Busch blasted a two-run HR, then doing so again vs. Western Illinois in the second inning of the second game of the DH on April 15, following Bryan Broecker's solo homer with #FrankJack into the Red Cedar River over and beyond the right field wall ... Frank also had a solo homer in the first game of the Western Illinois DH for a two-HR day ... Frank had 11 career home runs of the solo or two-run variety before the first three-run round-tripper of his career on March 4 at Charleston Southern.
• Sophomore catcher Bryan Broecker leap-frogged his way up the HR team list in one week, blasting four in a span of four games from April 11-15, going from three HR to now second on the team list with eight homers, bashing a two-run round-tripper on May 16 vs. Central Michigan ... Broecker belted a solo homer at Notre Dame on April 11, before his first collegiate two-HR outing vs. Western Illinois on April 14, with a two-run homers in the fourth frame and a solo blast in the sixth, helping MSU rally from down 8-3 going into the bottom of the sixth for the 10-9 win ... Broecker finished off the four-HR week with a solo homer vs. WIU on April 15 in the second inning, the first half of a back-to-back with teammate Jack Frank.
• Junior infielder Dillon Kark crushed his third round-tripper of the season on March 19 at Indiana State, and his sixth career, but it was his first two-run homer ... Kark added a two-run round-tripper vs. Ohio State on April 8 and adding a home run on April 30 in the win over Northwestern, part of his three extra-base hit day adding a pair of triples ... the Spartan third baseman now has six HR this season and nine for his career, recently adding to that total with a solo homer vs. Eastern Michigan on May 10.
• Redshirt-sophomore designated hitter and East Lansing native Sam Busch also has seven homers on the season, knocking one home run at Illinois on May 5 ... Busch bashed a two-run home run in the fourth inning of game two against Purdue on March 26, crushing a shot over the wall in right and into the Red Cedar River for his first home run at McLane Stadium at Kobs Field ... Busch bashed a round-tripper vs. Notre Dame on April 25, knocking a three-run home run down the right field line and into the Red Cedar River, for his sixth homer of the season, including third into the Red Cedar River ... it was also Busch's first career three-run homer.
• Senior catcher Sam Thompson belted his first HR as a Spartan and just his second collegiate home run with a solo shot at Western Michigan on March 28 ... Thompson is the eighth different Spartan with a round-tripper this season ... Thompson added a solo homer vs. Western Illinois on April 15.
• Junior outfielder Greg Ziegler cracked the first HR of his Spartan career in the Spartan win at Notre Dame on April 11 ... Ziegler added a solo homer to lead off seventh stanza vs. Western Illinois on April 14 and another at Michigan on April 23 for three HR in the last nine games.
• Junior infielder Trent Farquhar knocked his first HR of the season and the eighth of his Spartan career, leading off the top of the eighth at Notre Dame on April 11 ... he added a two-run home run in the third of the game vs. Indiana in the series-opener on May 18, over the wall and into the Red Cedar River, for his first home run at home this season.
• Junior infielder Mitch Jebb hit his first homer of the season on May 6 at Illinois, with a two-run opposite field homer to left center ... Jebb now has eight career home runs.
• Jebb's first HR of the season bumps the team total up to 11 different Spartans now have at least one HR this season, as MSU has 47 home runs on the year.
DOUBLE-DIGITS IN HITS AND RUNS AND HIIIIIIITTTS AND RUUUUUNNNNNSSSS COLUMNS
• MSU has posted double-digit runs in 14 games this season, having a season-long streak of three games in a row halted with single-digit runs in the loss to Purdue Fort Wayne on April 19 ... two of the Spartans' top four runs totals have come against Michigan in either a neutral or away contest.
•Michigan State is 13-0 when scoring double-digit runs.
Double Digit Runs In Order Of Occurrence:
--15 runs vs. Michigan on Feb. 17 in season-opener
--13 runs at USC Upstate on Feb. 24
--Season-high 19 runs at Charleston Southern on March 4
--10 runs vs. Kansas on March 11
--10 runs at Indiana State in G2 of DH on March 19
--12 runs vs. Purdue in G2 of DH on March 26
--10 runs at Rutgers on April 1
--16 runs vs. Ohio State in G2 of DH on April 8
--10, 12 and 11 runs vs. Western Illinois in three-game series April 14-15
--14 runs at Michigan on April 23
--12 runs vs. Notre Dame on April 25
--11 runs vs. Eastern Michigan on May 10
Double Digit Runs By Total
--Season-high 19 runs at Charleston Southern on March 4
--16 runs vs. Ohio State in G2 of DH on April 8
--15 runs vs. Michigan on Feb. 17 in season-opener
--14 runs at Michigan on April 23
--13 runs at USC Upstate on Feb. 24
--12 runs vs. Purdue in G2 of DH on March 26
--12 runs vs. Notre Dame on April 25
--11 runs vs. Eastern Michigan on May 10
--10, 12 and 11 runs vs. Western Illinois in three-game series April 14-15
--10 runs vs. Kansas on March 11
--10 runs at Indiana State in G2 of DH on March 19
--10 runs at Rutgers on April 1
• The Spartans had a streak of double-digits hits halted at seven-straight games with only seven hits in the game vs. Western Michigan on March 22 and then had their first back-to-back game with single-digit hits with only nine in game one of the series vs. Purdue, but then got back on track with 10 and 13 hits in games two and three, respectively, and added 11 hits at Western Michigan on March 28, before coming up one hit shy in each of the three contests at Rutgers March 31-April 2 ... after five games with single-digit hits, the Spartans got back to their double-figure hit ways and had a six-game streak with double-digits in the hit column with 16 vs. Ohio State in G2 of the DH on April 8, 14 at Notre Dame on April 11, 10 vs. Oakland a day later, then 10, 12 and 14 hits in the three games vs. Western Illinois April 14-15 ... overall, MSU has had 10+ hits a total of 31 total times in the 53 games played this season (58 percent).
Spartans' Double Digit Hits Log:
--Season-high 19 hits at Charleston Southern on March 4
--18 hits vs. Michigan on Feb. 17
--16 hits vs. Ohio State in G2 of DH on April 8
--15 hits (four times): vs. Fresno State on Feb. 19; at Grand Canyon on Feb. 20; vs. Wofford on March 8; at Michigan on April 23
--14 hits (six times): both games of DH at Indiana State on March 19; at Notre Dame on April 11; vs. Western Illinois on April 15; vs. Northwestern on April 30; at Illinois May 5
--13 hits vs. Purdue in G2 of DH on March 26
--12 hits (three times): at USC Upstate on Feb. 24; vs. Western Illinois on April 15; vs. Indiana on May 18
--11 hits (seven times): at Presbyterian on Feb. 26; vs. Air Force on March 6 and vs. Kansas on March 11; at Western Michigan on March 28; vs. Notre Dame on April 25; vs. Eastern Michigan on May 10; vs. Indiana on May 20
--10 hits (six times): vs. Western Carolina in both meetings on March 10 and March 11; vs Purdue in G1 of DH on March 26; vs. Oakland on April 12; vs. Western Illinois on April 14; at Illinois May 6; at Iowa May 13
--MSU is 20-3 when posting double-digit hits.
• Michigan State has posted both double-digit hits and runs in 13 games:
--15 runs on 18 hits vs. Michigan on Feb. 17 in season-opener
--13 runs on 12 hits at USC Upstate on Feb. 24
--Season-high 19 runs on season-high 19 hits at Charleston Southern on March 4
--10 runs on 10 hits vs. Kansas on March 11
--10 runs on 14 hits in G2 of DH at Indiana State on March 19
--12 runs on 13 hits in G2 of DH vs. Purdue on March 26
--16 runs on 16 hits in G2 of DH vs. Ohio State on April 8
--10 runs on 10 hits vs. Western Illinois on April 14
--12 runs on 12 hits of G1 of DH vs. Western Illinois on April 15
--11 runs on 14 hits of G2 of DH vs. Western Illinois on April 15
--14 runs on 15 hits at Michigan on April 23
--12 runs on 11 hits vs. Notre Dame on April 25
--11 runs on 11 hits vs. Eastern Michigan on May 10
--Michigan State is 13-0 when posting double-digit runs and double-digit hits in same game.
MSU TEAM NOTES
• Michigan State tops the B1G and leads the NCAA in total triples (30), while also leading the league and the nation in triples per game (0.57).
• MSU is hitting .303 as a team, which ranks second in the Big Ten and ranks 36th in the NCAA ... the Spartans are also third in the league and 32nd in the nation in on-base percentage (.407) ... MSU is also fifth in the conference and 73rd in the country in slugging percentage (.481).
• The Spartans are fourth in the B1G and rank 71st in the NCAA in hits with 544.
• MSU is also fourth in the B1G and 81st in the country in stolen bases (72) and also fourth in the league and 86th in the nation in stolen bases per game (1.36).
• Michigan State ranks ninth in the conference in home runs (52) and ninth in HR per game (0.98), along with sixth in the league in total runs (384) and also fifth in doubles (104).
• Michigan State is averaging 10.3 hits and 7.2 runs per game.
• MSU's pitching staff is third in the B1G in walks allowed per nine innings (4.23), while ranking seventh in strikeout-to-walk ratio (1.80) and 12th in strikeouts per nine innings (7.6).
• The Spartan pitching staff led the B1G in conference-only action in fewest walks allowed, yielding only 85 BBs to the opposition, along with fourth in fewest earned runs allowed (132).
SPARTAN PLAYER NOTES
• MSU's bats are led by their infield, as first baseman Brock Vradenburg tops the team with a .399 average, while second baseman/shortstop Trent Farquhar is second at .350 and junior shortstop Mitch Jebb is fourth at .333.
• Infielders also make up three of the top five leaders in runs scored in Vradenburg (1st-61), Farquhar (2nd-59) and Jebb (4th-40) ... Spartan infielders also have four of top seven team marks for RBI, in Vradenburg (1st-67), back-up first baseman/DH Sam Busch (3rd-38), Jebb (T-5th-45) and Farquhar (T-5th-35) and junior third baseman Dillon Kark (8th-29) ... infielders also have four spots for total bases in Vradenburg (1st-151), Farquhar (2nd-99), Jebb (3rd-96), and Busch (6th-79).
• Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List member, junior first baseman Brock Vradenburg is second the B1G and ranks 31st in the NCAA in batting average (.399) ... Vradenburg also ranks third in the B1G and 36th in the NCAA in hits per game (1.57), while also ranking fourth in the conference and 32nd in the country overall in hits (83) ... the Spartan first baseman is third in the B1G in on-base + slugging pct (OPS) at 1.216 ... Vradenburg also is fourth in the B1G and 51st in the NCAA in on-base percentage (.490), along with ranking fourth in the league and 40th in the nation in slugging percentage (.726) ... he also ranks fourth in the league and 29th in the nation in total bases (151) ... he is also third in the B1G and 28th in the NCAA in RBI (67), while ranking fourth in the league and 38th in the country in RBI/game (1.26) ... he also is fifth in the B1G and 68th in the NCAA in runs (61), just ahead of teammate Trent Farquhar (59) ... Vradenburg is also second in the B1G and 29th in the NCAA in doubles (21), along with second in the league and 38th in the nation in doubles per game (0.40) ... he also is fifth in the league and third on the team in triples with four, ranking 63rd in the nation, trailing teammates Mitch Jebb (7) and Casey Mayes (5), and just ahead of teammates Sam Busch and Dillon Kark (3).
• Junior second baseman Trent Farquhar is just outside the B1G in toughest to strikeout (8.2 AB per K), with just 25 strikeouts in 206 ABs ... Farquhar is also fifth in the B1G and 56th in the NCAA in doubles (19), along with fifth in the league and 91st in the nation in doubles per game (0.36) ... Farquhar also is ninth in the league in batting average (.350), and also sixth in the B1G and 95th in the NCAA in on-base percentage (.473) ... additionally, he ranks eighth in the conference and 93rd in the country in runs (59), just behind teammate Brock Vradenburg (61), and also ranking ninth in the league and 112th in the nation in runs per game (1.11) ... the Spartan second baseman is also 11th in the conference in hits (72).
• Junior infielder Mitch Jebb leads the B1G and is fourth in the NCAA in triples with seven, ahead of teammates Casey Mayes (5), Brock Vradenburg (4), and Sam Busch and Dillon Kark (3) ... Jebb also leads the league and ranks fourth in the nation in triples per game (0.15) ... Jebb is tied for 14th in the B1G in stolen bases (13) with 13 swipes in 48 games played.
• Senior outfielder Casey Mayes is tied for second in the B1G and 24th in the NCAA in triples (5), as well as tied for third in the league and tied for 53rd in the nation in triples per game (0.10) ... Mayes also is tied for 12th in the conference in stolen bases (15).
• Behind the plate, Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award Watch List honoree sophomore catcher Bryan Broecker tops the B1G in caught stealing by (19), seven more than the No. 2 spot ... at the plate, Broecker is also just outside the top 10 in the league in several offensive categories, including 13th in on-base percentage (.449), 21st in on-base + slugging pct (OPS) at .989, and tied for 24th in slugging percentage (.540) ... the Spartan catcher is also tied for 32nd in the league in home runs (8).
• Junior outfielder Jack Frank is tied for fourth in the B1G in stolen bases (19) and seventh in stolen bases per game (0.36) ... Frank also is tied for 17th in the league in getting hit by a pitch (11) ... additionally, he is tied for 25th in on-base percentage (.430) and tied for 37th in the league in home runs (7), logging 61 hits with a .311 average and a .474 slugging percentage.
• Freshman pitcher Joseph Dzierwa is tied for fourth in the B1G in wins with six, while junior Nick Powers is tied for 13th in the B1G with five wins.
• Powers is also sixth in the B1G in fewest earned runs allowed (29), as well as sixth in the B1G in opposing batting average (.228) and seventh in the league in ERA (4.21).
• Dzierwa, who was the B1G Freshman of the Week on April 10, is also fourth in the B1G in walks allowed per nine innings (2.45), along with just outside the top 10 in the conference in strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.84) and tied for 23rd in BAA (.271) ... he also is 11th in the league in innings pitched (69.2), and is 21st in the conference in strikeouts, leading the Spartan staff with 54.
• Senior pitcher Andrew Carson is also tied for sixth in the league in batters SO looking (21).
• Senior relief pitcher Wyatt Rush is third in the B1G and ranks tied for 15th in the NCAA in saves (10).
RUSH-ING UP RECORD LISTS
Senior relief pitcher Wyatt Rush currently has 10 saves, which is third in the Big Ten and ranks tied for 15th in the NCAA.
Rush posted just two saves in 21 appearances in all of 2022 as part of only two total saves in 38 previous appearances through his first three years on the Spartan staff ... Rush registered five saves in eight appearances in March of 2023 season alone, and now with seven saves on the year, has cracked MSU's single-season top 10 list … the five saves would've led the Big Ten in saves overall and the five saves in the month would lead the Big Ten overall on its own at that point of the season.
Now with 10 saves this season, Rush has also moved up MSU's single-season top 10 saves list, passing former teammate Indigo Diaz as part of a seven-way tie for the No. 10 spot and now climbed up to No. 4, becoming just the fourth Spartan reliever with double-digit saves ... Diaz is currently in the NY Yankees minor league program and pitched for Team Canada in the World Baseball Classic.
Rush also has 12 career saves, moving up to tied for No. 5 on MSU's career saves list.
COOK NAMED BIG TEN CO-PITCHER OF THE WEEK
• Michigan State baseball's Harrison Cook was named the Big Ten Conference Co-Pitcher of the Week, announced by the conference office on May 1.
Cook, a junior from Solon, Iowa registered his first collegiate save as part of 7.1 IP in two appearances without a run and only three hits, last week, in helping MSU win both games he appeared in.
He started the week going 4.1 IP in a relief appearance on April 25 against Notre Dame, coming on in the first inning after the Irish jumped out to a 3-0 lead on just two hits and taking advantage of one MSU error, chasing the Spartans' starter. Cook came on and closed the door on the ND rally, getting a lineout to third to end the frame with the bases loaded, but MSU trailing 3-0. Cook worked a three-up, three-down inning in the second and third frames, only yielding one extra batter in the fourth, then after yielding a single, induced a double play by final batter faced.
In game one of the April 30 doubleheader in the 8-3 Victory for MSU over Northwestern, Cook pitched the final 3.0 IP with one hit, no runs, two BB and one K to earn his first save of his collegiate career.
This is Cook's first B1G weekly award of his career.
B1G AWARD SUCCESS
• After earning only two B1G weekly awards last season, Michigan State now has five so far this season after Harrison Cook's honor on May 1, the most since 2013 when MSU collected six weekly award honors.
Cook is the second Spartan to earn Pitcher of the Week honors this season, as sophomore teammate Dominic Pianto was also named Co-Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 21 for the opening week of the season. Freshman pitcher Joseph Dzierwa was also the Freshman of the Week on April 10, while junior infielder Brock Vradenburg (Feb. 21) and junior outfielder Jack Frank (April 17) have earned B1G Player of the Week accolades.
BOSS EARNS 400TH VICTORY FOR MSU IN SPARTANS' WIN ON APRIL 7
• Michigan State baseball head coach Jake Boss Jr. earned his 400th Victory for MSU in the Spartans' 7-1 win over Ohio State on April 7 at Jackson Field.
Boss becomes just the third Michigan State baseball coach to reach 400 Victories for MSU.
Boss joins John H. Kobs (576 wins; 1935-63) and Danny Litwhiler (489 wins; 1964-82) as the only Spartan baseball head coaches with 400 wins at Michigan State.
400 FOR BOSS
• MSU head coach Jake Boss Jr. earned his 400th win at Michigan State in the Spartans' 7-1 win over Ohio State on April 7, 2023 at Jackson Field ... Boss picked up career win No. 400 on April 24, 2022 with the Spartans' 11-7 Victory for MSU at Northwestern ... Boss now has 440 career wins with 415 in his 14th year at MSU (2009-pres.) after 25 wins in his lone season at Eastern Michigan (2008) ... at the time of winning his 400th career win in 2022, Boss became the seventh active Big Ten head coach to reach 400 career wins and is now one of eight active B1G head coaches with 400+ career wins, becoming just the third B1G active head coach with 400 wins leading their current B1G team ... Boss also became the second active NCAA Division I head coach in the state of Michigan, joining close friend and former assistant coach Billy Gernon at Western Michigan, now with 430 (273 in his 13th season at WMU (2011-pres.) and 157 in nine seasons at Purdue Fort Wayne (2000-08), and is now one of three in the state, joined by first-year Michigan head coach Tracy Smith ... Boss also became the 103rd active Division I head coach to reach 400 career wins.
The 2023 season-opener vs. Michigan under Tracy Smith was the first of five B1G opponents this season under the leadership of a head coach with over 400 career wins, as MSU played at Rutgers and Steve Owens (March 31-April 2); at Michigan and Smith again (April 21-23); Jim Foster and Northwestern (April 28-30); at Illinois and Dan Hartleb (May 5-7); at Iowa and Rich Heller (May 12-14) ... Michigan State did not play Minnesota and the Dean of the B1G coaches in John Anderson, nor playing Penn State and Rob Cooper during the regular-season.
Current Big Ten Head Coaches By Career Wins (as of 5/24/23)
John Anderson - Minnesota 1,365
Steve Owens - Rutgers 1,018
Rick Heller - Iowa 1,006
Tracy Smith - Michigan 831
Dan Hartleb - Illinois 532
Rob Cooper - Penn State 484 ^^
Jake Boss Jr. - Michigan State 440
Jim Foster - Northwestern 440
Greg Goff - Purdue 402
Current Big Ten Head Coaches By Wins At Current B1G Team (as of 5/24/23)
John Anderson - Minnesota 1,365
Dan Hartleb - Illinois 532
Jake Boss Jr. - Michigan State 415
Rick Heller - Iowa 316
Rob Cooper - Penn State 197
Rob Vaughn - Maryland 179
Jeff Mercer - Indiana 140
Steve Owens - Rutgers 104
Will Bolt - Nebraska 96
Greg Goff - Purdue 76
Bill Mosiello - Ohio State 31
Tracy Smith - Michigan 26 (287 at Indiana (2006-14)
Jim Foster - Northwestern 10
• With his 400th win at Michigan State on April 7, 2023, Boss became just the third Spartan head coach to reach 400 Victories for MSU.
Michigan State Baseball Coaches By Wins (as of 5/24/23)
John H. Kobs 576 1935-63 (39)
Daniel W. Litwhiler 489 1964-82 (19)
Jake Boss Jr. 415 2009-pres. (14th)
Thomas W. Smith 377 1983-95 (13)
Ted Mahan 256 1996-2005 (10)
RUSH NAMED TO NCBWA STOPPER OF THE YEAR MIDSEASON WATCH LIST
• Michigan State baseball senior reliever Wyatt Rush was named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Stopper of the Year Midseason Watch List, announced by the NCBWA on April 27.
Rush was the lone player from the Big Ten Conference on the 56-player list for the 18th annual NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award.
A native of Grand Ledge, Mich., Rush currently has seven saves, which leads the Big Ten and ranks tied for 21st in the NCAA.
Rush currently leads MSU with 18 relief appearances, ranking seventh in the B1G. He also tops the staff with a 2.70 ERA and a 3-0 record. The Spartan closer has 30 strikeouts to just five walks for a 6.00 strikeout-walk ratio, which would lead the B1G and rank tied for 23rd in the NCAA, but just misses the NCAA minimum requirement.
In his last three outings, Rush has not allowed a run, his second scoreless streak of three or more games, with a season-long six-game streak (March 11-31). Overall, Rush has not yielded a run in 12 of his 19 total appearances. Additionally, Rush has not allowed a hit in seven appearances.
Rush posted just two saves in 21 appearances in all of 2022 as part of only two total saves in 38 previous appearances through his first three years on the Spartan staff. He registered five saves in eight appearances in March of 2023 season alone, and now with seven saves on the year, has cracked MSU's single-season top 10 list, currently tied for No. 10.
With nine career saves, Rush moved into MSU's career top 10 saves list, joining former teammate Indigo Diaz as part of a seven-way tie for the No. 10 spot. Diaz is currently in the NY Yankees minor league program and pitched for Team Canada in the World Baseball Classic.
MSU'S BROECKER ON BUSTER POSEY NATIONAL COLLEGIATE CATCHER OF THE YEAR AWARD WATCH LIST
• Michigan State catcher Bryan Broecker was tabbed to the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award Watch List, announced by the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission.
Broecker, a sophomore from Chicago, Ill., is one of four Big Ten catchers on the 65-player list, joined by Ohio State senior Cole Andrews, Nebraska sophomore Josh Caron, Indiana senior Matthew Ellis, as well as only one of 10 sophomores on the list.
"Bryan is an outstanding leader, and he is an extremely hard worker, who just continues to get better and better," MSU head coach Jake Boss Jr. said. "Last season, he led the Big Ten by throwing out 22 potential base-stealers, and had a very good year behind the plate for us last year and we expect that to continue into the 2023 season."
SOMETHING HAD TO GIVE AND IT GAVE IN THE SPARTANS' FAVOR
• Michigan State entered the opening weekend of B1G play leading the league with 12 caught stealing by, while Purdue led the league in stolen bases, with 50 (2.6 per game) ... when the dust settled, the Spartan pitchers, catchers and defense didn't allow a stolen base to Purdue, with zero in three games ... meanwhile, the Spartans were 6-of-7 swiping bases, including two each by junior infielder Mitch Jebb, senior outfielder Casey Mayes and junior outfielder Jack Frank.
DOUBLE THE WALK-OFFS FOR KARK
Junior infielder Dillon Kark has a walk-off inside-the-park home run to complete Michigan State's comeback in a 6-5 Victory for MSU over Western Carolina on March 10 in the opening game of the 2023 First Pitch Invitational at Fluor Field in Greenville.
• Kark smacked his second walk-off home run in as many seasons, with a walk-off over-the-fence home run variety on March 18, 2022 for a 4-3 win over Houston Baptist, and Kark was also the last Spartan with a walk-off home run, and the last walk-off Victory for MSU was two days later, also over Houston Baptist, and matching Friday's score of 6-5.
DZIERWA TABBED B1G FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
• Michigan State's Joseph Dzierwa collected the Big Ten Freshman of the Week Award, the league office announced on April 10.
A native of Haskins, Ohio, Dzierwa picked up the first B1G weekly honor of his MSU career. The Spartan southpaw went 6.0 solid innings, yielding just three hits while allowing just one run, with four walks and four strikeouts to earn the win in Michigan State's 7-1 triumph over Ohio State on April 7 at Jackson Field. With the win, Dzierwa improved to 4-1 on the season, and helped lead the Spartans to head coach Jake Boss Jr. winning his 400th Victory for MSU.
Dzierwa was boosted by a pair of three-up, three-down frames, working a non-conventional 1-2-3 opening inning, yielding a one-out single, before inducing a 5-4-3, two-outs, one-play to end the opening frame. Dzierwa then book-ended the fourth inning with strikeouts, sandwiched around a flyout to Dresselhouse in center, who made a nice running shoe-top catch.
With the four wins, Dzierwa leads the MSU pitching staff in victories, as well as tied for fifth in the B1G in wins with four. He also is seventh in the league in innings pitched (42.2), and is just outside the top 10 in the conference in strikeouts, leading the Spartan staff with 35.
BROECKER AND FRANK EARN WEEKLY AWARD RECOGNITION
• Michigan State baseball players Bryan Broecker and Jack Frank collected weekly award recognition on April 17 for their performances in MSU's 5-0 ledger in the week of action.
Broecker was tabbed to Collegiate Baseball's Players of the Week list, while Frank garnered Big Ten Conference Player of the Week accolades.
A sophomore catcher/third baseman from Chicago, Ill., Broecker picked up his first weekly award of the season by being named to the 11-player Collegiate Baseball's Players of the Week list. The accolade is his second national honor, accompanying being named to the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award Watch List earlier this season.
Frank, a junior outfielder from Strongsville, Ohio, collected the first Big Ten award of his career.
Broecker posted a slash line of .467 / .556 / 1.267 and knocked four home runs on the week, including two in the comeback win on April 14 for his first career two-HR game, helping MSU rally from down 8-3 in sixth inning for a 10-9 win over Western Illinois.
He was also 4-for-4 with two RBI and three runs scored in second game of the DH on April 15, as the Spartans swept the twinbill and the weekend series over the Leathernecks, winning the doubleheader, 12-2 in seven innings and 11-1 in eight innings. The game included an hour and four-minute weather delay in the top of the eighth inning. The Spartan sophomore finished the weekend going 6-for-9 with half of his hits going for home runs, driving in five and scoring seven runs, drawing three walks. For the week, Broecker was 7-for-15 with six RBI and eight runs scored in playing in four of the five games.
Broecker played both catcher and third base last week, playing both in the Notre Dame game on Tuesday, while playing catcher in Friday's contest, and game two of the DH vs. Western Illinois on Saturday, including throwing out a potential base stealer, adding to his Big Ten lead for runners caught stealing, now at 14, six more than the No. 2 position.
Frank tallied a slash line of .588 / .682 / 1.118, logging 10 total hits in the five games, helping MSU go 5-0 as part of a six-game winning streak, averaging 2.0 hits, 1.6 RBI and 1.6 runs per game, boosted by going 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored in game one of Saturday's 12-2 seven-inning run-rule victory over Western Illinois, hitting a HR in each game of the twinbill.
The junior outfielder notched at least one hit in each game, including multiple hits in three of the five games, highlighted by three hits in both games of Saturday's twin bill.
Frank started the week going 1-for-3 with two runs in MSU's win at Notre Dame Tuesday night, then went 2-for-3 with two RBI vs. Oakland on Wednesday, followed by 1-for-3 with an RBI and run scored in Friday's comeback win over Western Illinois, helping MSU rally from down 8-3 in the sixth for a 10-9 win. He then went 6-for-8 with five RBI and five runs scored, belting a HR and a double in each game of Saturday's DH sweep of WIU. Frank was 3-for-4 with a HR and a double in each game with three RBI and two runs scored in game one's 12-2 seven-inning win, followed by 3-for-4 with two RBI and three runs scored in game two's 11-1 eight-inning run-rule shortened game.
Broecker and Frank jacked back-to-back HRs in the second inning of game two of Saturday's DH. Frank also drew two walks and was hit by a pitch three times, along with a stolen base.
PROFESSIONAL STADIUM EXPERIENCE
• The Spartans played in their fourth different professional stadium on the night April 4 at Jackson® Field™ home of the Lansing Lugnuts, the High-A affiliate of the Oakland A's in the 2023 Crosstown Showdown, and were topped in a seven-inning exhibition by a 12-3 final score.
The 2023 season opened with three games of the MLB Desert Invitational for MSU's first games played in two different professional stadiums ... overall, MSU is slated to now play seven official games and one exhibition contest in four different professional stadiums.
The Spartans also played four games at their home-away-from-home, Fluor Field, in Greenville, S.C., home of the Greenville Drive, taking on Wofford (March 8), then hosting the 2023 First Pitch Invitational on March 10-12 against Western Carolina and Kansas, having the final game vs. Kansas on March 12 rained out.
Last season, MSU played in five different professional stadiums, and playing 15 official games, along with one exhibition contest.
DANNY LITWHILER ELECTED TO MICHIGAN BASEBALL HALL OF FAME
• Legendary Michigan State baseball head coach Danny Litwhiler, the all-time winningest head coach in Spartan baseball history, will be joined by the all-time winningest head coach in Western Michigan baseball history, Fred Decker as the Class of 2023 for the Michigan Baseball Hall of Fame, the Hall of Fame announced Wednesday.
Decker and Litwhiler will be inducted into the Michigan Baseball Hall of Fame at Jackson® Field™ on Friday, July 7, during the Lansing Lugnuts' game against the Lake County Captains.
The Class of 2023 was determined by vote of a nine-member committee comprising Joe Block, Mark Ditsworth, Fred Heumann, Mario Impemba, Bill Killian, Rich Maloney, Tim Staudt, Mark Uyl and Clyde Weir.
Originally founded on January 28, 2015, and housed at Jackson® Field™, the Michigan Baseball Hall of Fame's mission is to honor the state's baseball heroes of yesterday, celebrate the national pastime today, and inspire the baseball fans and ballplayers of tomorrow. The Hall of Fame celebrates all levels of baseball, from youth to high school to college to the Major Leagues.
A special pre-game ceremony will see Decker's and Litwhiler's Hall of Fame plaques revealed beyond the left field wall. The full Western Michigan and Michigan State baseball families are invited to attend.
A native of Colon, Mich., Fred Decker first made his name at Western Michigan University as a two-time All-American outfielder, taking the Broncos to the 1963 College World Series. After coaching for two seasons at Portage Central, Decker returned to Kalamazoo to join the WMU staff. He was named Western Michigan head baseball coach in 1976, going on to win 791 games, 401 in the Mid-American Conference – both marks set MAC records. Over the course of his 29 years steering the Broncos, Decker's teams produced 95 MLB draftees. He led the Broncos to the 1982 and 1983 MAC West Division titles and the 1989 MAC championship, when he was named the MAC Coach of the Year and the Mideast Regional Coach of the Year.
Danny "Skip" Litwhiler made a name for himself through both success and invention during his 29 seasons at MSU. Following the end of his playing career, he turned to coaching, arriving in East Lansing from Florida State in 1964. Litwhiler went on to win 489 games and two Big Ten titles, making three NCAA Tournament appearances and producing 13 Major Leaguers, including Kirk Gibson, Rick Miller and Steve Garvey. He further impacted baseball by conducting clinics in over 10 countries and introducing the radar gun to gauge pitching velocity, Diamond Grit to dry wet fields and a special bat to hone bunting technique among more than 100 innovations. His coaching theory resonates to this day: Teach baseball, and then win.
For more information, visit michiganbaseballhall.org or call (517) 485-4500.
EARLY HOME OPENER
• Michigan State's March 22 home opener date was among the earliest home-openers in program history, as the fourth-earliest date for the first home game ... March 22 trails 2018's first home game of March 15, last season's March 18 date, and the 2009 season's March 20 opener, which was also the scheduled start date for the 2019 opener, but was postponed due to weather.
HOME OPENER SUCCESS
• With MSU's 8-3 win over Western Michigan on March 22, Michigan State has now won 10 of its last 11 home openers and the Spartans improved to 13-2 in their first game of the year played at McLane Stadium under head coach Jake Boss Jr. ... The 2021 season's home opening loss to Indiana snapped MSU's eight-game home opener winning streak.
OPENING WEEK IN THE DESERT
• MSU started the season at the 2023 MLB Desert Invitational in the Phoenix, Arizona area, beginning with a 15-8 win over Michigan in the season-opener on Feb. 17, then split a day-night doubleheader with Fresno State, winning 7-4, and Arizona, losing 7-1, to wrap up the Desert Invite action ... the Spartans then wrapped up the extended weekend with a 7-1 win at Grand Canyon on Monday, the same GCU team that upset No. 2 Tennessee on Saturday night ... MSU playing its third game in 24 hours, after playing a day-night doubleheader on Sunday that started at 1 p.m. MT / 3 p.m. ET, beating Fresno State, 7-4, Sunday afternoon before losing to Arizona, 7-1, in the night cap, then taking on Grand Canyon in an 11 a.m. MT / 1 p.m. ET start time, before MSU flew home to East Lansing Monday evening.
CAROLINA IN MY MIND AND TRAVEL ITINERARY
• MSU's travel theme music for three-straight weeks from Feb. 24-March 12 was James Taylor's "Carolina In My Mind" as the Spartans played three-straight weekends in the Palmetto State.
Michigan State started its South Carolina trips in Spartanburg, S.C. area, playing in the OneSpartanburg, Inc. Baseball Classic, facing three different teams in three days, rotating with fellow visiting teams Northwestern and Toledo in playing at USC Upstate, Gardner-Webb and Presbyterian ... MSU opened the weekend in an all-Spartans clash vs. USC Upstate, winning, 13-6, followed by heading to Boiling Springs, N.C. to take on Gardner-Webb on Feb. 25, dropping a 7-3 contest in the first-ever meeting between MSU and GWU ... Michigan State concluded the weekend in the Spartanburg area with an 8-6 loss at Presbyterian on Feb. 26, in MSU's first visit to Clinton since 1948.
The Spartans opened their Spring Break week in South Carolina in Charleston, S.C., losing at College of Charleston, 11-3, on Friday, March 3, before sinking the Buccaneers of Charleston Southern, 19-10, on Saturday, March 4, then losing, 10-3, back at College of Charleston on Sunday, March 5 ... Air Force played those two teams on the other days that MSU was playing them, and the Spartans and Falcons met at scenic Shipyard Park on Monday, March 6 with AF winning, 7-4.
After the game on March 6, the Spartans bussed from Charleston to Greenville, arriving there Monday night at their home-away-from-home, Fluor Field, home of the Greenville Drive, the A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox ... MSU played Wofford and lost in 12-9 thriller on Wednesday, March 8, as MSU rallied from being down 9-1 in the third, including a 5-run ninth inning and had the tying run in the on-deck circle when the game ended.
The Spartans hosted the 2023 First Pitch Invitational Friday-Sunday, March 10-12 at Fluor Field, opening action with a 6-5 Victory for MSU over Western Carolina on junior infielder Dillon Kark's walk-off inside-the-park home run to lead off the bottom of the ninth, as MSU rallied from down 5-3 after the seventh inning with two runs in the eighth to tie it before Kark's heroics for the win ... the Spartans then played a split twinbill on Saturday, March 11, beating Kansas, 10-6, in the opener, knocking three triples in the first inning as part of a 5-run first frame adding a run in the second for a 6-0 lead, only to see Kansas come back and tie it with six runs in the fourth, before pulling away with a 3-run seventh and a run in the eighth ... in the nightcap, MSU got a gem from sophomore pitcher Adam Berghorst with a career-high 11 Ks in 6.0 IP, more than doubling his previous career-best of five Ks, most recently done in his last outing on March 6 vs. Air Force, and first done on March 27, 2021 vs. Indiana ... the 11 strikeouts by Berghorst was the first MSU pitcher with 10 or more Ks since Nick Powers rang up 10 strikeouts against the same Western Carolina and almost a year to the day on March 12, 2022 ... Sunday's finale vs. Kansas was rained out and won't be made up.
SEASON-OPENING SUCCESS
• The 15-8 Victory for MSU over Michigan in the season-opener marked the fourth time in the last five seasons that the Spartans were victorious in their season-opener, getting back on the winning track after dropping last year's lid-lifter at UNLV following winning the previous three openers ... overall, MSU is 12-3 in the 15 season-openers under Coach Boss, only losing in 2013 vs. Furman, 2018 at Fresno State and 2022 at UNLV.
TWO MSU BASEBALL PLAYERS EARN BIG TEN WEEKLY HONORS
• Michigan State baseball players Brock Vradenburg and Dominic Pianto both collected weekly award honors from the Big Ten Conference, the league office announced on Feb. 21 for the opening week of the season. Vradenburg garnered Player of the Week accolades, while Pianto was tabbed Co-Pitcher of the Week.
Both Vradenburg and Pianto collected their first career weekly B1G honors for their performances over the weekend in Phoenix, helping MSU to a 3-1 record, marking the third-straight season that the Spartans have opened 3-1 or better. Vradenburg is MSU's first B1G Player of the Week Award since Mitch Jebb collected the honor on March 16 of last season, while Pianto is the first Spartan to earn B1G Pitcher of the Week since Sam Benschoter on April 27, 2021.
Vradenburg, a junior from Pasadena, Calif., hit .556 (10-for-18) for the weekend with four RBI, seven runs scored, with a double and triple, and also drawing two walks. He posted a .600 on-base percentage for the weekend, along with a .722 slugging percentage, logging three hits in three of the four games and had two RBI each in a pair of games, along with scoring at least two runs in three of the four games, adding three runs in the win over Fresno State.
The Spartans' first baseman started the season and the weekend going 3-for-5 with two ribbies and two runs scored in MSU's emotional win over Michigan, the Spartans' first game after the shooting on campus at MSU, as the Spartans rallied from down 5-1. He knocked in MSU first run of game with an RBI single in the first inning, then after drawing a walk in the third frame, roped a triple to the right-center gap in the fifth to spark the Spartan comeback, later scoring a run as well. In the eighth, he again sparked the rally leading off the inning with a single to center and two batters later scored the Spartans' first run of the inning, and later batted again in the inning, reaching on an RBI fielder's choice, part of a seven-run stanza.
Vradenburg went 3-for-4 with three runs scored in the 7-1 Victory for MSU over Fresno State, including giving MSU the 3-2 lead when he scored in the third after a walk. He also sparked a Spartan rally in the fifth with a single to lead off the frame, coming around to score from first on a double by Jack Frank, then knocked a ground-rule double in the seventh into the bullpen down the right-field line. In the ninth, he laced a single and later came around to score MSU's final run of the game to secure the 7-4 win.
In the loss to Arizona, Vradenburg knocked his lone hit in the game with a single in the sixth.
He wrapped up the weekend going 3-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored in the 7-1 win over Grand Canyon, the same team that beat No. 2 Tennessee on Saturday. Vradenburg got MSU's scoring going with an RBI single in the third inning for the Spartans' first run of the day, and came around to score the second and last run of the inning as the Spartans took a 2-0 lead. He started the Spartan rally in the seventh by leading off with a single and came around to score on a sac fly, and capped weekend with an RBI single in the eighth.
Pianto, a redshirt-sophomore relief pitcher from Hendersonville, Tenn., came on with two on and two outs in the first inning with MSU already down 2-0 to Fresno State in Sunday's game. He then went the remaining 8.1 innings of relief for a new career-long outing, ringing up a career-high tying four strikeouts, with just three hits and only yielding one earned run without a walk, as MSU rallied for a 7-4 triumph
The Spartan hurler rang up a total of five 3-up, 3-down innings in the eight innings he started the frame, starting with opening the second with back-to-back strikeouts, then worked around a one-out single in the fourth, another in-order inning in the fourth and fifth, ending with another K, before some defensive miscues led to Bulldog base runners in the sixth and scoring two runs, one earned, before getting out of the jam by fielding position on a comebacker and starting a 1-6-3 double play to end the inning. After retiring Fresno State in order in the seventh and eighth, he worked around a one-out single in the ninth, getting a popup and flyout to end the game and seal the Victory for MSU.
DOUBLE THE SPARTAN B1G AWARDS
• With Brock Vradenburg winning B1G Player of the Week and Dominic Pianto winning B1G Pitcher of the Week, it marked the first time since April 29, 2013 that two Spartan players collected weekly honors in the same week, when Blaise Salter collected Freshman of the Week accolades and Andrew Waszak was tabbed Pitcher of the Week ... it was the first time since Feb. 28, 2011 that two Spartans won both the Player and Pitcher awards in the same week, when Brandon Ecklerle was named the Player of the Week, while Kurt Wunderlich was the Pitcher of the Week.
MICHIGAN STATE ONE OF 10 SCHOOLS WITH A CFP, MF4 AND CWS APPEARANCE
• Michigan State is one of 10 schools in the country with a College Football Playoff, Men's Basketball Final Four appearance and a College World Series appearance, including one of three Big Ten Conference schools:
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UP NEXT
• Michigan State's further postseason status and schedule depends on the Spartans' success this weekend at the B1G Tournament, as a tournament title would automatically qualify the Green & White for the NCAA Tournament.
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