MSU Beaten By Nebraska Sunday In Series Finale

Sunday, March 8

Haymarket Park | Lincoln, Neb.

1 PM ET / 12 PM CT

Michigan State University

3-11, 0

Nebraska

10-5, 0

Michigan State

Nebraska

Photo by: Alexandra Carnochan

3/8/2026 5:26:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Seymour smacks team-leading third HR of season in first inning.

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Michigan State baseball was beaten by Nebraska on Sunday afternoon at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park in the final game of the three-game Big Ten Conference opening series to open league play.

For the second game in a row, the Spartans were the first team to score, as senior infielder Randy Seymour smacked an opposite-field solo home run to right in the top of the first. It was Seymour's team-leading third HR of the season and gave MSU an early 1-0 lead.

The Huskers quickly countered with five runs in the first, adding two more in the second, one each in the third and fourth frames and two in the fifth to open an 11-1 lead. Michigan State plated a run in the top of the sixth, as freshman infielder CJ Deckinga led off with a double to left, moved up to third on a balk, and scored on an RBI groundout by sophomore outfielder Khamaree Thomas to cut the gap to 11-2. Nebraska added a run in the bottom of the sixth to regain the 10-run lead at 12-2. Down to its last at bat to extend the game, MSU got a one-out pinch from sophomore Dayton Murphy, but nothing else and the game ended at 12-2 via the run-rule.

Michigan State is now 3-11 overall and 0-3 in Big Ten action after the first weekend of league play. Nebraska improves to 10-5 overall and 3-0 in conference competition.

Seymour finished 1-for-3 with the run scored and RBI, while Deckinga was 1-for-2 with the run scored, and Murphy was 1-for-1. Thomas joined Seymour in the RBI column.

On the mound, junior starter Logan Pikur was chased by the Huskers after the first inning, with five runs on five hits, with one walk. Freshman reliever Kyle Rudolph went 2.0 IP with a pair of punchouts, with two hits and three runs, two earned, for his first runs allowed this season. Junior reliever Gannon Grundman scattered three runs on four hits, one earned, with one K in 2.0 IP. Freshman Bobby Crane rang up three strikeouts with one run, unearned, in 1.0 IP.

Michigan State then returns home and will play its first game in the state of Michigan on Wednesday, March 11 at Eastern Michigan in a 3 p.m. start in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

The Spartans then head east to Piscataway, New Jersey for a B1G three-game weekend series at Rutgers, Friday-Sunday, March 13-15. The series opens on Friday at 4 p.m., followed by a 2 p.m. start on Saturday, before concluding on Sunday at 1 p.m.

MSU's schedule is subject to change, fans can stay tuned to MSUSpartans.com and @MSUBaseball on Twitter for schedule updates, along with follow action with "Watch Live," "Listen Live" and "Live Stats" links where available.