2025 Michigan State Spartans baseball team

2025 Michigan State Spartans baseball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	28–27 (13–17 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jake Boss (17th season)
Assistant coaches	Graham Sikes (16th season) Andrew Stone (4th season)
Pitching coach	Mark Van Ameyde (8th season)
Home stadium	Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium at John H. Kobs Field
Seasons ← 2024 2026 →

2025 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 5 Oregon  ‍†‍‍y	22	–	8	–	0		.733			42	–	16	–	0		.724
No. 13 UCLA  ‍†‍‍y	22	–	8	–	0		.733			48	–	16	–	0		.750
Iowa  ‍‍‍	21	–	9	–	0		.700			33	–	22	–	1		.598
USC  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			37	–	23	–	0		.617
Washington  ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0		.567			29	–	28	–	0		.509
Indiana  ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			32	–	24	–	0		.571
Michigan  ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			33	–	23	–	0		.589
Nebraska  ‍‍‡‍y	15	–	15	–	0		.500			33	–	29	–	0		.532
Penn State  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			33	–	23	–	0		.589
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			29	–	28	–	0		.509
Illinois  ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0		.467			30	–	24	–	0		.556
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			28	–	27	–	0		.509
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			25	–	27	–	0		.481
Maryland  ‍‍‍	12	–	18	–	0		.400			27	–	29	–	0		.482
Purdue  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			31	–	23	–	0		.574
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0		.333			24	–	28	–	0		.462
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	5	–	25	–	0		.167			13	–	37	–	0		.260
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 2, 2025 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 Michigan State Spartans baseball team will represent Michigan State University in the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. Head coach Jake Boss will lead the Spartans in his seventeenth season. The Spartans are members of the Big Ten Conference and will play their home games at Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium ^[2] in East Lansing, Michigan.

Previous season

The Spartans finished the 2024 season 24–27, ^[3] including 11–13 in conference play, finishing in tenth place in their conference. ^[4] They failed to make the BIG 10 Tournament and did not receive a bid to the NCAA Tournament.

2025 season start

The Spartans began their season in Cary, North Carolina, at the USA Baseball National Training Complex. They defeated Western Michigan twice to open their season in a 7-inning double header on February 14th. Spartan ace Joseph Dzierwa threw incredibly well, going 6 innings, allowing 0 runs, and striking out 11. The Spartans went on to play Monmouth University in a doubleheader on February 15. Taking both games and beginning their season 4-0. ^[5]

Roster

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2024 Michigan State Baseball Roster
	Pitchers 6 – Garrett Brewer – Sophomore 7 – Jaxon Huffman – Sophomore 11 – Tate Farquhar – Sophomore 14 – Tommy Szczepanski – Junior 15 – Gannon Grundman – Sophomore 16 – Joseph Dzierwa – Junior 20 – Josh Klug – Sophomore 22 – Gavin Moczydlowsky – Sophomore 26 – Dominic Pianto – Senior 28 – Aidan Donovan – Freshman 29 – Noah Matheny – Junior 32 – Zach Maxey – Graduate 38 – Tyler Horvath – Graduate 39 – Gavin Sitarz – Junior 41 – Nolan Higgins – Junior 42 – Ryan "Four-Two" Szczepaniak – Junior 44 – Ryan Zimmer – Graduate 47 – George Viebrock III – Graduate 55 – Brady Chambers – Freshman		Catchers 5 – Christian Williams – Senior 18 – Noah Bright – Senior 19 – Adam Broski – Sophomore 31 – Caleb Berry – Graduate 53 – Atticus Huffstutler – Freshman First basemen 29 – Sam Busch – Senior 50 – Will Shannon – Senior 8 – Isaac Sturgess – Freshman Infielders 1 – Ryan McKay – Sophomore 3 – Dayton Murphy – Freshman 9 – Jacob Anderson – Junior 25 – Reggie Sharpe – Freshman 35 – Randy Seymour – Junior		Outfielders 2 – JT Sokolove – Senior 10 – Nick Williams – Senior 13 – Parker Picot – Sophomore 21 – Khamaree Thomas – Freshman 30 – Jake Dresselhouse – Junior 43 – Griffin Brown – Junior

Coaching staff

2025 Michigan State Baseball Coaching Staff [7]
Name	Position	Seasons at Michigan State
Jake Boss	Head Coach	17
Graham Sikes	Recruiting Coordinator	16
Mark Van Ameyde	Pitching Coach	8
Andrew Stone	Hitting Coach and Recruiting Coordinator	4
Adam Eaton	Director of Player Development	3
Tommy Merlo	Director of Baseball Operations	2

Student Manager staff

2025 Michigan State Baseball Student Managers
Name	Year	Seasons at Michigan State
Griffin Novak	Senior	3
Garrett Hearl	Senior	3
Frank Lollo	Junior	3
Elan Wasserman	Junior	3
Jack Novick	Senior	2
Jake Bernstein	Senior	2
Beau Belkowski	Senior	2
Tyler Wolters	Sophomore	2
Murphy Wegner	Junior	1
Marcelo Rodriguez	Freshman	1
Jett Weeder	Freshman	1

Schedule and results

2025 Michigan State Baseball Game Log (28–26) [8]
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Canceled      Bold = MSU Baseball team member     * = Non-Conference Game
Regular Season (28–26)
February (7–1) Date Time Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Big Ten record February 14 4:00 p.m. vs. Western Michigan* USA Baseball National Training Complex Cary, NC 2–0 (7) Dzierwa (1–0) Mckinstry (0–1) Pikur (1) USABaseball.TV 1–0 – February 14 6:10 p.m. vs. Western Michigan* USA Baseball National Training Complex Cary, NC 6–3 Maxey (1–0) Shapiro (0–1) Horvath (1) USABaseball.TV 214 2–0 – February 15 9:30 a.m. vs. Monmouth* USA Baseball National Training Complex Cary, NC 2–0 (7) Higgins (1–0) Greeley (0–1) Pikur (2) USABaseball.TV 100 3–0 – February 15 2:53 p.m. vs. Monmouth* USA Baseball National Training Complex Cary, NC 4–1 Szczepanski (1–0) Tamburro (0–1) Horvath (2) USABaseball.TV 125 4–0 – February 16, 1:00 p.m. vs. Dayton* USA Baseball National Training Complex Cary, NC Cancelled February 21 1:00 p.m. vs. Washington State* Kleberg Bank Classic Whataburger Field Corpus Christi, Texas 9–2 Dzierwa (2–0) Smith (0–1) — FloSports 50 5–0 – February 22 7:35 p.m. at. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi* Kleberg Bank Classic Whataburger Field Corpus Christi, Texas 8–3 Maxey (2–0) Singleton (0–2) — FloSports 674 6–0 – February 23 10:30 a.m. vs. UCLA Kleberg Bank Classic Whataburger Field Corpus Christi, Texas 9–15 Barnett (2–0) Horvath (0–1) — FloSports 50 6–1 – February 28 6:00 p.m. vs. Harvard* Fluor Field Greenville, SC 14–1 (7) Dzierwa (3–0) Begsma (0–2) — ESPN+ 516 7–1 –
March (10–9) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Big Ten record March 1 6:00 p.m. vs. Harvard* Fluor Field Greenville, SC 11–1 (7) Maxey (3–0) Pauley (0–2) — ESPN+ 509 8–1 – March 2 12:00 p.m. vs. Harvard* Fluor Field Greenville, SC 13–3 (7) Horvath (1–1) Colasante (0–1) — ESPN+ 302 9–1 – March 5 6:30 p.m. vs Western Carolina* Fluor Field Greenville, SC 7–10 Langley (1–0) Pikur (0–1) — ESPN+ 1,805 9–2 – March 7 10:00 a.m. vs Cornell* First Pitch Invitational Fluor Field Greenville, SC 3–2 Horvath (2–1) William (0–1) — ESPN+ 235 10–2 – March 7 2:00 p.m. vs UAB* First Pitch Invitational Fluor Field Greenville, SC 5–2 Dzierwa (4–0) Cheatham (2–2) — ESPN+ 423 11–2 – March 8 4:50 p.m. vs Winthrop* First Pitch Invitational Fluor Field Greenville, SC 7–0 Grundman (1–0) Sarna (1–2) Pianto (1) ESPN+ 268 12–2 – March 9 12:00 p.m. vs UAB* First Pitch Invitational Fluor Field Greenville, SC 7–12 Hicks (1–0) Donovan (0–1) — ESPN+ 526 12–3 – March 12 4:05 p.m. vs Michigan Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium East Lansing, Michigan 7–11 Kasner (2–0) Grundman (1–1) — B1G+ 1,487 12–4 – March 14 1:02 p.m. at Iowa Duane Banks Field Iowa City, Iowa 12–8 (11) Horvath (3–1) Anthony (1–2) — B1G+ 13–4 1–0 March 14 5:02 p.m. at Iowa Duane Banks Field Iowa City, Iowa 3–7 Savary (4–0) Higgins (1–1) Detaeye (1) B1G+ 1,057 13–5 1–1 March 15 2:02 p.m. at Iowa Duane Banks Field Iowa City, Iowa 0–10 (7) Reece (3–0) Donovan (0–2) — B1G+ 878 13–6 1–2 March 19 4:02 p.m. vs Oakland* Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium East Lansing, Michigan 8–5 Farquhar (1–0) Glassman (0–3) Horvath (1) B1G+ 850 14–6 – March 21 5:32 p.m. at Penn State Medlar Field at Lubrano Park State College, Pennsylvania 4–0 Dzierwa (5–0) Desanto (4–1) Horvath (1) B1G+ 1,650 15–6 2–2 March 22 2:02 p.m. at Penn State Medlar Field at Lubrano Park State College, Pennsylvania 5–11 Horwat (4–1) Brewer (0–1) Steele (1) B1G+ 1,309 15–7 2–3 March 23 1:02 p.m. at Penn State Medlar Field at Lubrano Park State College, Pennsylvania 10–5 Pikur (1–1) Olson (0–1) Horvath (5) B1G+ 1,091 16–7 3–3 March 26 4:30 p.m. at Notre Dame* Frank Eck Stadium South Bend, Indiana 6–9 Klosterman (1–0) Szczepaniak (0–1) Mcdonough (1) ACCN 482 16–8 – March 28 1:30 p.m. vs Illinois Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium East Lansing, Michigan 6–9 Girard (1–0) Pikur (1–2) Bates (1) B1G+ 16–9 3–4 March 28 4:00 p.m. vs Illinois Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium East Lansing, Michigan 3–10 Plumley (2–2) Higgins (1–2) — B1G+ 714 16–10 3–5 March 30 12:02 p.m. vs Illinois Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium East Lansing, Michigan 14–4 (8) Farquhar (2–0) Hall (2–2) — B1G+ 824 17–10 4–5
April (6–9) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Big Ten record April 2 vs Bowling Green* Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium East Lansing, Michigan Cancelled April 6 1:02 p.m. at Indiana Bart Kaufman Field Bloomington, Indiana 4–6 Seebold (2–3) Dzierwa (5–1) Vogel (1) B1G+ 1,211 17–11 4–6 April 7 12:02 p.m. at Indiana Bart Kaufman Field Bloomington, Indiana 2–14 (7) Gilley (6–1) Higgins (1–3) — B1G+ 973 17–12 4–7 April 7 3:02 p.m. at Indiana Bart Kaufman Field Bloomington, Indiana 2–18 (7) Holderfield (2–0) Grundman (1–2) Decker-petty (1) B1G+ 1,247 17–13 4–8 April 9 3:00 p.m. vs Central Michigan* Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium East Lansing, Michigan 5–6 Ross (1–2) Brewer (0–2) Stumpf (1) B1G+ 311 17–14 – April 11 5:32 p.m. vs Northwestern Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium East Lansing, Michigan 10–11 (11) Crawford (3–4) Horvath (3–2) — BTN 567 17–15 4–9 April 12 3:32 p.m. vs Northwestern Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium East Lansing, Michigan 10–0 (8) Dzierwa (6–1) Forniss (1–1) — B1G+ 1,324 18–15 5–9 April 13 1:02 p.m. vs Northwestern Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium East Lansing, Michigan 3–1 Higgins (2–3) Kouser (3–3) Brewer (1) B1G+ 602 19–15 6–9 April 15 6:02 p.m. vs Western Michigan* Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium East Lansing, Michigan 14–4 (8) Donovan (1–2) Lehmann (1–3) — B1G+ 442 20–15 – April 18 6:02 p.m. vs Ohio State Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium East Lansing, Michigan 11–4 Viebrock III (1–0) Erdmann (0–5) Horvath (6) B1G+ 1,331 21–15 7–9 April 19 3:32 p.m. vs Ohio State Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium East Lansing, Michigan 10–9 (11) Brewer (1–2) Shaw (2–4) — B1G+ 1,262 22–15 8–9 April 20 1:02 p.m. vs Ohio State Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium East Lansing, Michigan 14–4 (7) Higgins (3–3) Michalak (1–4) — B1G+ 678 23–15 9–9 April 22 6:02 p.m. vs Purdue Fort Wayne* Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium East Lansing, Michigan 1–10 Newell (1–3) Donovan (1–3) — B1G+ 654 23–16 – April 25 6:00 p.m. at Michigan Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan 2–8 Barr (5–3) Farquhar (2–1) — B1G+ 1,663 23–17 9–10 April 26 2:00 p.m. at Michigan Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan 2–9 Lally Jr. (4–3) Dzierwa (6–2) — B1G+ 1,884 23–18 9–11 April 27 1:00 p.m. at Michigan Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan 5–6 Carey (7–0) Higgins (3–4) Rogers (7) B1G+ 2,226 23–19 9–12
May (5–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Big Ten record May 2 6:00 p.m. vs No. 6 Oregon Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium East Lansing, Michigan 2–0 Dzierwa (7–2) Grinsell (7–2) — B1G+ 1,016 24–19 10–12 May 3 3:30 p.m. vs No. 6 Oregon Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium East Lansing, Michigan 5–13 Clarke (4–2) Farquhar (2–2) Umlandt (1) B1G+ 852 24–20 10–13 May 4 11:30 a.m. vs No. 6 Oregon Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium East Lansing, Michigan 1–3 Reitz (3–0) Higgins (3–5) Mattox (1) B1G+ 562 24–21 10–14 May 6 6:00 p.m. vs Eastern Michigan* Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium East Lansing, Michigan 3–1 Donovan (2–3) Gillies (0–1) Pianto (2) B1G+ 725 25–21 – May 7 4:05 p.m. at Western Michigan* Hyames Field Kalamazoo, Michigan 5–6 (12) Maloney (1–0) Moczydlowsky (0–1) — YouTube 328 25–22 – May 9 9:30 p.m. at No. 25 USC OC Great Park Baseball Complex Irvine, California 5–0 Dzierwa (8–2) Hunter (6–4) — B1G+ 789 26–22 11–14 May 10 5:00 p.m. at No. 25 USC OC Great Park Baseball Complex Irvine, California 15–5 (8) Farquhar (3–2) Aoki (5–3) — B1G+ 503 27–22 12–14 May 11 4:00 p.m. at No. 25 USC OC Great Park Baseball Complex Irvine, California 3–10 Edwards (2–0) Higgins (3–6) — B1G+ 703 27–23 12–15 May 15 6:00 p.m. vs Minnesota Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium East Lansing, Michigan 3–4 Sundquiat (3–1) Dzierwa (8–3) Clausen (1) B1G+ 535 27–24 12–16 May 16 6:00 p.m. vs Minnesota Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium East Lansing, Michigan 5–11 Remington (2–6) Farquhar (3–3) Rooney (1) B1G+ 805 27–25 12–17 May 17 1:00 p.m. vs Minnesota Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium East Lansing, Michigan 11–10 Brewer (2–2) Clausen (0–2) — B1G+ 805 28–25 13–17
Postseason (0–2)
Big Ten Tournament (0–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record B1GT Record May 20 6:23 p.m. vs (8) Nebraska Pool A (12) Charles Schwab Field Omaha, Nebraska 4–5 (10) Broderick (4–2) Pianto (0–1) — BTN 2,843 28–26 0–1 May 22 5:11 p.m. vs (1) Oregon Pool A (12) Charles Schwab Field Omaha, Nebraska 2–4 Garcia (3–0) Horvath (3–3) Mattox (1) BTN 28–27 0–2

*Denotes non–conference game • source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the D1 Baseball Poll • Game is in EST • . |}

References

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