Mastodons Defeat Michigan State 10-1
4/22/2025 10:22:00 PM | Baseball
The 'Dons never trailed in the contest, leading 5-0 after three and a half innings.
Brooks Sailors started the third with a single, extending his on-base streak to 33 games. He scored on a Jackson Micheels sac fly later in the inning. Justin Osterhouse came around on a Sage Adams two-out single.
The 'Dons put three on the board in the fourth. Owen Willard started the inning with a hit by pitch. He was bunted over by Ryan Jenkins and scored on a Sailors single. Sailors and Osterhouse came around on a hard-hit ball off the bat of Camden Karczewski. The play resulted in two errors for Michigan State and two runs for the 'Dons.
The exclamation point came in the sixth inning. Kevin Hall smashed a three-run home run deep over the right field wall to put the Mastodons up 10-1. It would stay that way thanks to the Mastodon pitching staff. Five Mastodons combined to allow just one run on five hits on the night. Tyson Greenwood started and went two innings. Dillon Fischer threw the third. Cole Newell went the next three innings, allowing one run with three strikeouts. He got the win and is 1-3 after earning his first career victory. Theo Nagy threw a scoreless inning and Gavin Walters faced the minimum in the final two innings. The Mastodon defense didn't commit an error on the night and turned one double play.
Sailors finished with three hits and two runs. Micheels and Adams also had two hits. Willard celebrated his first career start in the field by going 2-for-3 with a double, walk and a run.
Aidan Donovan (1-3) took the loss for Michigan State.
Michigan State falls to 23-16. The Mastodons improve to 7-31. The 'Dons are at Notre Dame on Wednesday (April 23).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Newell, Cole (1-3)
L: Donovan,Aidan (1-3)

Batting:
2B: Willard, Owen 1
HR: Hall, Kevin 1
RBI: Sailors, Brooks 1 ; Micheels, Jackson 1 ; Adams, Sage 1 ; Hall, Kevin 3 ; Sawa, Grant 1
SH: Karczewski, Camden 1 ; Jenkins, Ryan 1
SF: Micheels, Jackson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sailors, Brooks 2 ; Osterhouse, Justin 2 ; Karczewski, Camden 1 ; Micheels, Jackson 1 ; Adams, Sage 2 ; Hall, Kevin 1 ; Willard, Owen 1
SB: Jenkins, Ryan 1
HBP: Osterhouse, Justin 2 ; Adams, Sage 1 ; Willard, Owen 1

Batting:
2B: Busch,Sam 1
RBI: Seymour,Randy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Berry,Caleb 1