2023 Michigan State Spartans baseball team

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2023 Michigan State Spartans baseball
Michigan State Spartans script.svg
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record33–22 (12–12 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Graham Sikes (14th season)
  • Andrew Stone (2nd season)
Pitching coach Mark Van Ameyde (6th season)
Home stadium Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium at John H. Kobs Field
Seasons
← 2022
2024 →
2023 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Maryland  ‍†‍‡‍y17–7–0 .70842–19–0 .689
Indiana  ‍‍‍y16–8–0 .66741–18–0 .695
Iowa  ‍‍‍y15–8–0 .65243–14–0 .754
Nebraska  ‍‍‍15–9–0 .62533–23–1 .588
Rutgers  ‍‍‍14–10–0 .58333–23–0 .589
Michigan  ‍‍‍13–11–0 .54228–28–0 .500
Michigan State  ‍‍‍12–12–0 .50033–22–0 .600
Illinois  ‍‍‍12–12–0 .50025–27–0 .481
Purdue  ‍‍‍11–13–0 .45824–29–0 .453
Minnesota  ‍‍‍10–14–0 .41718–34–0 .346
Ohio State  ‍‍‍9–15–0 .37531–25–0 .554
Penn State  ‍‍‍7–16–0 .30425–25–0 .500
Northwestern  ‍‍‍4–20–0 .16710–40–0 .200
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 2, 2023 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Michigan State Spartans baseball team represents Michigan State University in the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Spartans are led by head coach Jake Boss in his fifteenth-season, [2] are a member of the Big Ten Conference and play their home games at Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium at John H. Kobs Field in East Lansing, Michigan. [3]

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Previous season

The Spartans finished the 2022 season 24–30, including 8–16 in conference play, finishing in twelve place in their conference. [4]

All-Big Ten

Six Spartans received conference honors in 2023 - 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. Wyatt Rush was also named MSU's Sportsmanship Award honoree. [5]

Schedule and results

Reference: [3]

2023 Michigan State Spartans Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (32–20)
February (4–3)
#DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTVScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall
Record		B1G
Record
1February 17vs. Michigan
MLB Desert Invitational		 Sloan Park MLB.com 15–8Dzierwa (1–0)Goldensoph (0–1)Rush (1)3051–0–
2February 19vs. Fresno State
MLB Desert Invitational		 Salt River Fields at Talking Stick MLB.com7–4Pisnto (1–0)Angelo (0–1)—4802–0–
3February 19vs. Arizona
MLB Desert Invitational		Salt River Fields at Talking StickMLB.com1–7Zastrow (1–0)Matheny (0–1)—5032–1–
4February 20at Grand Canyon Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark ESPN+ 7–1Carson (1–0)Martinez (0–1)—1,9283–1–
5February 24at USC Upstate Cleveland S. Harley Baseball Park ESPN+13–6Dzierwa (2–0)Dutton (1–1)—974–1–
6February 25at Gardner–Webb Runnin' John Henry Moss Stadium 3–7Switalski (1–1)Matheny (0–2)Maggi (1)724–2–
7February 26at Presbyterian Presbyterian Baseball Complex 6–8McDaniel (1–1)Szczepaniak (0–1)Smith (2)2504–3–
March (11–5)
#DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTVScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall
Record		B1G
Record
8March 3at College of Charleston CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriot's Point FloSports 3–11Hunter (2–1)Dzierwa (2–1)—7124–4–
9March 4at Charleston Southern Nielsen Field at CSU BallparkESPN+19–10Higgins (1–0)Gleason (1–2)—2025–4–
10March 5at College of CharlestonCofC Baseball Stadium at Patriot's PointFloSports3–10Duval (2–0)Cook (0–1)Hunter (1)8685–5–
11March 6vs. Air Force Shipyard Park4–7Jake (1–1)Carson (1–1)—3055–6–
12March 8vs. Wofford Fluor Field 9–12Zac (3–0)Higgins (1–1)—3055–7–
13March 10vs. Western Carolina
First Pitch Invitational		Fluor Field YouTube 6–5Rush (1–0)Torres (1–1)—5036–7–
14March 11vs. Kansas
First Pitch Invitational		Fluor FieldYouTube10–6Carson (2–1)Muck (0–1)—2,4287–7–
15March 11vs. Western Carolina
First Pitch Invitational		Fluor FieldYouTube7–2Berghorst (1–0)Eldridge (0–2)Rush (2)5038–7–
—March 12vs. Kansas
First Pitch Invitational		Fluor FieldCancelled [6]
—March 17at Indiana State Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium Cancelled [7]
—March 18at Indiana StateBob Warn Field at Sycamore StadiumPostponed [8]
16March 19at Indiana StateBob Warn Field at Sycamore StadiumESPN+8–2Higgins (2–1)Fenlong (1–2)—7319–7–
17March 19at Indiana StateBob Warn Field at Sycamore StadiumESPN+10–7Cook (1–1)Gregersen (1–1)Rush (3)59610–7–
18March 22vs. Western Michigan Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium B1G+8–3Powers (1–0)Szczepaniak (0–1)—30511–7–
19March 24vs. Purdue Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium BTN 4–5Suval (3–1)Carson (2–2)—70311–80–1
–March 25vs. PurdueDrayton McLane Baseball StadiumPostponed [9]
20March 26vs. PurdueDrayton McLane Baseball StadiumB1G+5–4Szczepaniak (1–1)Dannelley (1–3)Rush (4)—12–81–1
21March 26vs. PurdueDrayton McLane Baseball StadiumB1G+12–6Cook (2–1)Iwinski (1–2)—1,02413–82–1
22March 28at Western Michigan Hyames Field wmubroncos.com8–6Martin (1–0)Gernon (0–1)Rush (5)31914–8–
23March 31at Rutgers Bainton Field B1G+3–2Dzierwa (3–1)Conover (2–2)Rush (6)42115–83–1
April (13–5)
#DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTVScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall
Record		B1G
Record
24April 1at RutgersBainton FieldB1G+10–4Cook (3–1)Coppola (1–3)—50116–84–1
25April 2at RutgersBainton FieldB1G+5–10Gorski (1–0)Carson (2–3)—52116–94–2
—April 5vs. Bowling Green Drayton McLane Baseball StadiumPostponed [10]
26April 7vs. Ohio State Jackson Field [11] 7–1Dzierwa (4–1)Coupet (3–3)Carson (1)1,42317–95–2
27April 8vs. Ohio StateJackson Field2–13 (7)Bruni (2–0)Cook (3–2)——17–105–3
28April 8vs. Ohio StateJackson Field16–3 (7)Powers (2–0)Timmerman (0–1)—1,00218–106–3
29April 11at Notre Dame Frank Eck Stadium ESPN 7–6 (11)Rush (2–0)Lynch (0–1)—57219–10–
30April 12vs. Oakland Drayton McLane Baseball StadiumB1G+8–3Higgins (3–1)Fekete (1–2)—1,54120–10–
31April 14vs. Western Illinois Drayton McLane Baseball StadiumB1G+10–9Carson (3–3)Bell (0–3)Rush (7)1,19621–10–
32April 15vs. Western IllinoisDrayton McLane Baseball StadiumB1G+12–2 (7)Cook (4–2)Kapraun (1–5)——22–10–
33April 15vs. Western IllinoisDrayton McLane Baseball StadiumB1G+11–1 (8)Powers (3–0)Kratz (0–3)—1,93523–10–
34April 19vs. Purdue Fort Wayne Drayton McLane Baseball StadiumB1G+2–3Reid (2–2)Berghorst (1–1)Miller (4)50323–11–
35April 21at Michigan Ray Fisher Stadium B1G+3–5Rennard (6–2)Dzierwa (4–2)Voit (4)1,76623–126–4
36April 22at MichiganFisher StadiumB1G+3–8O'Halloran (7–2)Cook (4–3)—1,96023–136–5
37April 23at MichiganFisher StadiumB1G+14–2Powers (4–0)Allen (4–3)—2,59524–137–5
38April 25vs. Notre DameDrayton McLane Baseball StadiumB1G+12–5Rush (3–0)Bedford (1–2)—1,03325–13–
—April 28vs. Northwestern Drayton McLane Baseball StadiumPostponed [12]
39April 29vs. NorthwesternDrayton McLane Baseball StadiumB1G+8–3Dzierwa (5–2)McClure (1–6)Cook (1)—26–138–5
40April 29vs. NorthwesternDrayton McLane Baseball StadiumB1G+6–3Higgins (4–1)Garewal (0–4)Rush (8)1,05327–139–5
41April 30vs. NorthwesternDrayton McLane Baseball StadiumB1G+9–2Powers (5–0)Benneche (0–6)—1,10228–1310–5
May (4–7)
#DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTVScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall
Record		B1G
Record
42May 5at Illinois Illinois Field B1G+9–10Crowder (3–2)Szczepaniak (1–2)—2,11328–1410–6
43May 6at IllinoisIllinois FieldB1G+7–14Swartz (2–2)Higgins (4–2)—94728–1510–7
44May 7at IllinoisIllinois FieldB1G+3–10Constertina (2–2)Powers (5–1)—94728–1610–8
45May 10vs. Eastern Michigan Drayton McLane Baseball StadiumB1G+11–10 (10)Rush (4–0)Chittum (3–5)—62829–16–
46May 12at Iowa Duane Banks Field B1G+0–9Morgan (4–2)Dzierwa (5–3)Simpson (1)1,77829–1710–9
47May 13at IowaDuane Banks FieldB1G+6–8Christophers (3–1)Carson (3–4)Llewellyn (3)1,24929–1810–10
48May 14at IowaDuane Banks FieldB1G+1–5Brecht (4–2)Powers (5–2)Whitlock (1)1,22129–1910–11
49May 16vs. Central Michigan Drayton McLane Baseball StadiumB1G+9–2Chapman (1–0)Waters (4–1)—71930–19–
50May 18vs. Indiana Drayton McLane Baseball StadiumBTN8–6Dzierwa (6–3)Sinnard (6–3)Rush (9)62131–1911–11
51May 19vs. IndianaDrayton McLane Baseball StadiumBTN7–6Cook (5–3)Risedorph (2–1)Rush (10)60832–1912–11
52May 20vs. IndianaDrayton McLane Baseball StadiumBTN5–6Hayden (2–0)Szczepaniak (1–3)Foley (3)1,39132–2012–12
Postseason (1–2)
B1G Ten Tournament (1–2)
#DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTVScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall
Record		B1GT
Record
53May 23vs.(1) Maryland (8) Charles Schwab Field BTN2–3Falco (4–0)Powers (5–3)—2,03732–210–1
54May 25vs.(5) Rutgers(8)Charles Schwab FieldBTN6–4Rush (5–0)Marshall (5–2)——33–211–1
55May 26vs.(4) Nebraska (8)Charles Schwab FieldBTN0–4Walsh (5–3)Dzierwa (6–4)—5,31733–221–2
  •   Win
  •   Loss
  •   Postponement
  • Bold: Spartans team member
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