Monday, March 3, 2025
Michigan State College baseball continued their dominant non-conference run this weekend, sweeping Harvard in a three-game collection in Greenville, South Carolina.
Not solely did the Spartans choose up three dominant wins, however in addition they secured every victory by run rule. With the sweep, MSU improved to 9-1 \u2014 their greatest begin since 2016.
Sport One: <\/b>MSU 14 Harvard 1
After hitting only one dwelling run all season getting into Friday night time, the Spartans exploded for six lengthy balls in a 14-1 rout.
LHP Joseph Dzierva took the mound in Sport 1 and delivered one other masterful efficiency, tossing six innings of one-run ball. The Spartans’ ace allowed simply 4 hits and struck out ten for the third time this season. By way of three begins, the junior boasts an astonishing 0.47 ERA.
“I assumed Joseph threw properly,” head coach Jake Boss Jr. mentioned. “I feel lots of occasions it is onerous to return out and throw whenever you’ve been sitting for thus lengthy, and we had a protracted first inning and one other lengthy fourth inning, however to Joseph’s credit score, he went again out and did what he did and did an ideal job tonight.” 
The Spartans wasted no time on Friday night time, erupting for eight first-inning runs, together with three dwelling runs from Parker Picot, Caleb Berry, and JT Sokolove.
The Spartans had been quiet till the fourth after they put collectively a six-run-inning to steer 14-1. Three 400-foot dwelling runs highlighted the fourth with a two-run shot from OF Nick Williams, Parker Picot\u2019s second dwelling run of the night time and a three-run dwelling run from junior captain Jacob Anderson. 
The rating remained unchanged till the sport ended through run rule, sealing MSU\u2019s emphatic 14-1 victory.
Sport Two: <\/b>MSU 11 Harvard 1
MSU surrendered a run within the high of the primary however by no means appeared again, cruising to an 11-1 win.
Boss break up the pitching on Saturday night time between starter Nolan Higgins throwing 3 1\/3 innings whereas Miami Ohio switch Zach Maxey completed the sport via 3 2\/3 innings and picked up the win. Spartan pitchers allowed seven hits, walked 4 and struck out seven solely permitting one earned run from a solo dwelling run within the first. 
The Spartan bats mixed for seven hits, 9 walks and 7 strikeouts within the second sport of the collection. The scoring began within the third with three runs scored on zero hits. As a substitute, the runs got here from three walks, a hit-by-pitch, a sacrifice bunt, and a sacrifice fly.
MSU took off within the fifth tallying 5 runs on three hits. With the bases loaded, Caleb Dresselhouse laced a single to proper scoring two together with his sixth hit of the season touchdown him with a .300 batting common. Two extra RBI singles got here within the fifth from Randy Seymour and Jacob Anderson to spice up the Spartans to an 8-0 lead. 
The remainder of the scoring got here from a Parker Picot sixth-inning bunt and a Nick Williams RBI single within the seventh. 
“I am happy with our guys, they stayed the course and I do not suppose anyone panicked,” Boss mentioned. “We had a fairly constant strategy that basically paid off for us. I assumed our guys did a pleasant job of simply remaining affected person and taking what we got.”
Sport three: <\/b>MSU 13 Harvard 3
MSU capped off the collection in dominant style on Sunday afternoon, defeating Harvard 13-3. With the sweep, the Spartans now maintain an 8-1 all-time report in opposition to the Crimson.
Freshman pitcher Aidan Donovan made his first collegiate begin, tossing 4 shutout innings with three strikeouts whereas permitting only one hit. The Orchard Lake St. Mary\u2019s product was a two-time first-team All-State choice in highschool.
Tate Farquar, Tyler Horvath and Logan Pikur every tossed one inning on the mound till the sport ended by run rule within the seventh. 
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