2023 Michigan State Spartans baseball team explained

Sport:	baseball
Year:	2023
Team:	Michigan State Spartans
Conference:	Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:	Big Ten
Record:	33–22
Conf Record:	12–12
Head Coach:	Jake Boss
Hc Year:	15th
Asst Coach1:	Graham Sikes
Ac1 Year:	14th
Asst Coach2:	Andrew Stone
Ac2 Year:	2nd
Pitch Coach:	Mark Van Ameyde
Pc Year:	6th
Stadium:	Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium at John H. Kobs Field

The 2023 Michigan State Spartans baseball team represented Michigan State University in the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Spartans were led by head coach Jake Boss in his fifteenth-season,^[1] were a member of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium at John H. Kobs Field in East Lansing, Michigan.^[2]

Previous season

The Spartans finished the 2022 season 24–30, including 8–16 in conference play, finishing in twelve place in their conference.^[3]

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.^[4]

Schedule and results

Reference:

2023 Michigan State Spartans baseball game log
Regular season (32–20)
February (4–3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium TV Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record 1 February 17 vs. Michigan MLB Desert Invitational 15–8 Dzierwa (1–0) Goldensoph (0–1) Rush (1) 305 1–0 – 2 February 19 vs. MLB Desert Invitational MLB.com 7–4 Pisnto (1–0) Angelo (0–1) — 480 2–0 – 3 February 19 vs. Arizona MLB Desert Invitational Salt River Fields at Talking Stick MLB.com 1–7 Zastrow (1–0) Matheny (0–1) — 503 2–1 – 4 February 20 7–1 Carson (1–0) Martinez (0–1) — 1,928 3–1 – 5 February 24 ESPN+ 13–6 Dzierwa (2–0) Dutton (1–1) — 97 4–1 – 6 February 25 3–7 Switalski (1–1) Matheny (0–2) Maggi (1) 72 4–2 – 7 February 26 6–8 McDaniel (1–1) Szczepaniak (0–1) Smith (2) 250 4–3 –
March (11–5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium TV Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record 8 March 3 FloSports 3–11 Hunter (2–1) Dzierwa (2–1) — 712 4–4 – 9 March 4 Nielsen Field at CSU Ballpark ESPN+ 19–10 Higgins (1–0) Gleason (1–2) — 202 5–4 – 10 March 5 at College of Charleston CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriot's Point FloSports 3–10 Duval (2–0) Cook (0–1) Hunter (1) 868 5–5 – 11 March 6 Shipyard Park 4–7 Jake (1–1) Carson (1–1) — 305 5–6 – 12 March 8 9–12 Zac (3–0) Higgins (1–1) — 305 5–7 – 13 March 10 vs. Western Carolina First Pitch Invitational Fluor Field 6–5 Rush (1–0) Torres (1–1) — 503 6–7 – 14 March 11 vs. Kansas First Pitch Invitational Fluor Field YouTube 10–6 Carson (2–1) Muck (0–1) — 2,428 7–7 – 15 March 11 vs. Western Carolina First Pitch Invitational Fluor Field YouTube 7–2 Berghorst (1–0) Eldridge (0–2) Rush (2) 503 8–7 – — March 12 vs. Kansas First Pitch Invitational Fluor Field Cancelled ^[5] — March 17 Cancelled ^[6] — March 18 at Indiana State Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium Postponed ^[7] 16 March 19 at Indiana State Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium ESPN+ 8–2 Higgins (2–1) Fenlong (1–2) — 731 9–7 – 17 March 19 at Indiana State Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium ESPN+ 10–7 Cook (1–1) Gregersen (1–1) Rush (3) 596 10–7 – 18 March 22 B1G+ 8–3 Powers (1–0) Szczepaniak (0–1) — 305 11–7 – 19 March 24 Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium 4–5 Suval (3–1) Carson (2–2) — 703 11–8 0–1 – March 25 vs. Purdue Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium Postponed ^[8] 20 March 26 vs. Purdue Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium B1G+ 5–4 Szczepaniak (1–1) Dannelley (1–3) Rush (4) — 12–8 1–1 21 March 26 vs. Purdue Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium B1G+ 12–6 Cook (2–1) Iwinski (1–2) — 1,024 13–8 2–1 22 March 28 at Western Michigan wmubroncos.com 8–6 Martin (1–0) Gernon (0–1) Rush (5) 319 14–8 – 23 March 31 Bainton Field B1G+ 3–2 Dzierwa (3–1) Conover (2–2) Rush (6) 421 15–8 3–1
April (13–5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium TV Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record 24 April 1 at Rutgers Bainton Field B1G+ 10–4 Cook (3–1) Coppola (1–3) — 501 16–8 4–1 25 April 2 at Rutgers Bainton Field B1G+ 5–10 Gorski (1–0) Carson (2–3) — 521 16–9 4–2 — April 5 Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium Postponed ^[9] 26 April 7 Jackson Field^[10] 7–1 Dzierwa (4–1) Coupet (3–3) Carson (1) 1,423 17–9 5–2 27 April 8 vs. Ohio State Jackson Field 2–13 Bruni (2–0) Cook (3–2) — — 17–10 5–3 28 April 8 vs. Ohio State Jackson Field 16–3 Powers (2–0) Timmerman (0–1) — 1,002 18–10 6–3 29 April 11 Frank Eck Stadium 7–6 Rush (2–0) Lynch (0–1) — 572 19–10 – 30 April 12 Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium B1G+ 8–3 Higgins (3–1) Fekete (1–2) — 1,541 20–10 – 31 April 14 Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium B1G+ 10–9 Carson (3–3) Bell (0–3) Rush (7) 1,196 21–10 – 32 April 15 vs. Western Illinois Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium B1G+ 12–2 Cook (4–2) Kapraun (1–5) — — 22–10 – 33 April 15 vs. Western Illinois Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium B1G+ 11–1 Powers (3–0) Kratz (0–3) — 1,935 23–10 – 34 April 19 Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium B1G+ 2–3 Reid (2–2) Berghorst (1–1) Miller (4) 503 23–11 – 35 April 21 at Michigan Ray Fisher Stadium B1G+ 3–5 Rennard (6–2) Dzierwa (4–2) Voit (4) 1,766 23–12 6–4 36 April 22 at Michigan Fisher Stadium B1G+ 3–8 O'Halloran (7–2) Cook (4–3) — 1,960 23–13 6–5 37 April 23 at Michigan Fisher Stadium B1G+ 14–2 Powers (4–0) Allen (4–3) — 2,595 24–13 7–5 38 April 25 vs. Notre Dame Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium B1G+ 12–5 Rush (3–0) Bedford (1–2) — 1,033 25–13 – — April 28 Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium Postponed ^[11] 39 April 29 vs. Northwestern Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium B1G+ 8–3 Dzierwa (5–2) McClure (1–6) Cook (1) — 26–13 8–5 40 April 29 vs. Northwestern Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium B1G+ 6–3 Higgins (4–1) Garewal (0–4) Rush (8) 1,053 27–13 9–5 41 April 30 vs. Northwestern Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium B1G+ 9–2 Powers (5–0) Benneche (0–6) — 1,102 28–13 10–5
May (4–7) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium TV Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record 42 May 5 Illinois Field B1G+ 9–10 Crowder (3–2) Szczepaniak (1–2) — 2,113 28–14 10–6 43 May 6 at Illinois Illinois Field B1G+ 7–14 Swartz (2–2) Higgins (4–2) — 947 28–15 10–7 44 May 7 at Illinois Illinois Field B1G+ 3–10 Constertina (2–2) Powers (5–1) — 947 28–16 10–8 45 May 10 Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium B1G+ 11–10 Rush (4–0) Chittum (3–5) — 628 29–16 – 46 May 12 Duane Banks Field B1G+ 0–9 Morgan (4–2) Dzierwa (5–3) Simpson (1) 1,778 29–17 10–9 47 May 13 at Iowa Duane Banks Field B1G+ 6–8 Christophers (3–1) Carson (3–4) Llewellyn (3) 1,249 29–18 10–10 48 May 14 at Iowa Duane Banks Field B1G+ 1–5 Brecht (4–2) Powers (5–2) Whitlock (1) 1,221 29–19 10–11 49 May 16 Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium B1G+ 9–2 Chapman (1–0) Waters (4–1) — 719 30–19 – 50 May 18 Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium BTN 8–6 Dzierwa (6–3) Sinnard (6–3) Rush (9) 621 31–19 11–11 51 May 19 vs. Indiana Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium BTN 7–6 Cook (5–3) Risedorph (2–1) Rush (10) 608 32–19 12–11 52 May 20 vs. Indiana Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium BTN 5–6 Hayden (2–0) Szczepaniak (1–3) Foley (3) 1,391 32–20 12–12
Postseason (1–2)
B1G Ten Tournament (1–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium TV Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1GT Record 53 May 23 vs.(1) Maryland (8) Charles Schwab Field BTN 2–3 Falco (4–0) Powers (5–3) — 2,037 32–21 0–1 54 May 25 vs.(5) Rutgers (8) Charles Schwab Field BTN 6–4 Rush (5–0) Marshall (5–2) — — 33–21 1–1 55 May 26 vs.(4) Nebraska (8) Charles Schwab Field BTN 0–4 Walsh (5–3) Dzierwa (6–4) — 5,317 33–22 1–2
External links News: 'We can all grieve together': Michigan State baseball starts season in wake of tragedy. The Detroit News. February 16, 2023. Paul, Tony.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Michigan State baseball set to open 2023 season in Phoenix against rival. Yahoo! Sports. Linsner, Corey. February 16, 2023.
2. Web site: 2023 Baseball Schedule. Michigan State Spartans.
3. Web site: 2022 Baseball Schedule. Michigan State Spartans.
4. Web site: Six Spartans Collect All-Big Ten Accolades . May 23, 2023 .
5. News: Game cancelled. Michigan State Spartans.
6. News: Game cancelled. Michigan State Spartans.
7. News: Game Postponed. Michigan State Spartans.
8. News: Game Postponed. Michigan State Spartans.
9. News: Game Postponed. Michigan State Spartans.
10. News: Game Moved. Michigan State Spartans.
11. News: Game Postponed. Michigan State Spartans.