2023 Michigan State Spartans baseball team

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, 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.

2023 Michigan State Spartans baseball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	33–22 (12–12 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jake Boss (15th season)
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

2023 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Maryland ‍†‍‡‍y	17	–	7	–	0		.708			42	–	19	–	0		.689
Indiana ‍‍‍y	16	–	8	–	0		.667			41	–	18	–	0		.695
Iowa ‍‍‍y	15	–	8	–	0		.652			43	–	14	–	0		.754
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0		.625			33	–	23	–	1		.588
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	14	–	10	–	0		.583			33	–	23	–	0		.589
Michigan  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			28	–	28	–	0		.500
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			33	–	22	–	0		.600
Illinois  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			25	–	27	–	0		.481
Purdue  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			24	–	29	–	0		.453
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			18	–	34	–	0		.346
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	9	–	15	–	0		.375			31	–	25	–	0		.554
Penn State  ‍‍‍	7	–	16	–	0		.304			25	–	25	–	0		.500
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	4	–	20	–	0		.167			10	–	40	–	0		.200
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 2, 2023 Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season

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

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.

Schedule and results

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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 Sloan Park MLB.com 15–8 Dzierwa (1–0) Goldensoph (0–1) Rush (1) 305 1–0 – 2 February 19 vs. Fresno State MLB Desert Invitational Salt River Fields at Talking Stick 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 at Grand Canyon Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark ESPN+ 7–1 Carson (1–0) Martinez (0–1) — 1,928 3–1 – 5 February 24 at USC Upstate Cleveland S. Harley Baseball Park ESPN+ 13–6 Dzierwa (2–0) Dutton (1–1) — 97 4–1 – 6 February 25 at Gardner–Webb Runnin' John Henry Moss Stadium 3–7 Switalski (1–1) Matheny (0–2) Maggi (1) 72 4–2 – 7 February 26 at Presbyterian Presbyterian Baseball Complex 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 at College of Charleston CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriot's Point FloSports 3–11 Hunter (2–1) Dzierwa (2–1) — 712 4–4 – 9 March 4 at Charleston Southern 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 vs. Air Force Shipyard Park 4–7 Jake (1–1) Carson (1–1) — 305 5–6 – 12 March 8 vs. Wofford Fluor Field 9–12 Zac (3–0) Higgins (1–1) — 305 5–7 – 13 March 10 vs. Western Carolina First Pitch Invitational Fluor Field YouTube 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 — March 17 at Indiana State Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium Cancelled — March 18 at Indiana State Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium Postponed 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 vs. Western Michigan Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium B1G+ 8–3 Powers (1–0) Szczepaniak (0–1) — 305 11–7 – 19 March 24 vs. Purdue Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium BTN 4–5 Suval (3–1) Carson (2–2) — 703 11–8 0–1 – March 25 vs. Purdue Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium Postponed 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 Hyames Field wmubroncos.com 8–6 Martin (1–0) Gernon (0–1) Rush (5) 319 14–8 – 23 March 31 at Rutgers 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 vs. Bowling Green Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium Postponed 26 April 7 vs. Ohio State Jackson Field 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 (7) Bruni (2–0) Cook (3–2) — — 17–10 5–3 28 April 8 vs. Ohio State Jackson Field 16–3 (7) Powers (2–0) Timmerman (0–1) — 1,002 18–10 6–3 29 April 11 at Notre Dame Frank Eck Stadium ESPN 7–6 (11) Rush (2–0) Lynch (0–1) — 572 19–10 – 30 April 12 vs. Oakland Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium B1G+ 8–3 Higgins (3–1) Fekete (1–2) — 1,541 20–10 – 31 April 14 vs. Western Illinois 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 (7) Cook (4–2) Kapraun (1–5) — — 22–10 – 33 April 15 vs. Western Illinois Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium B1G+ 11–1 (8) Powers (3–0) Kratz (0–3) — 1,935 23–10 – 34 April 19 vs. Purdue Fort Wayne 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 vs. Northwestern Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium Postponed 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 at Illinois 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 vs. Eastern Michigan Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium B1G+ 11–10 (10) Rush (4–0) Chittum (3–5) — 628 29–16 – 46 May 12 at Iowa 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 vs. Central Michigan Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium B1G+ 9–2 Chapman (1–0) Waters (4–1) — 719 30–19 – 50 May 18 vs. Indiana 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
Win   Loss   Postponement Bold: Spartans team member Reference: Rankings from D1Baseball.com. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

External links

• Paul, Tony (February 16, 2023). "'We can all grieve together': Michigan State baseball starts season in wake of tragedy". The Detroit News.