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Baseball Captures Win Over Nova Southeastern, 5-2
3/7/2001 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 7, 2001
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The MSU baseball team won its second game of the year Wednesday (March 7) by a score of 5-2 over Nova Southeastern University. The Spartans are now 2-5 while Nova falls to 12-12.
The Spartans started the scoring with two runs on two hits in the second inning. Rick Court (Sr., Grosse Pointe) led off the inning with a double to center field, followed by a walk to Kyle Geswein (Dayton, Ohio). Troy Bergman (Jr., Grosse Pointe) then singled to load the bases, and two batters later, Charlie Braun (So., Grosse Pointe) walked, scoring Court. Brett Wattles (So., Rochester) drove in Geswein to give the Spartans an early 2-0 lead.
In the third inning, Geswein singled to drive in Jared Koutnik (Jr., Milwaukee, Wis.), who reached base on a walk. In the fifth, a single by Malek scored Koutnik, putting the Spartans up 4-0. Malek went two for four with one RBI, as he now has a hit in all seven Spartans games this season, while Koutnik has a five-game hitting steak.
State added one last run in the seventh inning as Braun scored after reaching base on an error. Nova answered in its half of the seventh inning, scoring two runs on three hits, making the final score 5-2.
The Spartans' starting pitcher Dylan Putnam (Jr., Ann Arbor) pitched seven strong innings as he struck out a career-high nine batters. He gave up just four hits after throwing a no-hitter through three innings. Domanick Squires (Jr./Rochester Hills, Mich.) pitched the ninth for his first save of the season.
The Spartans will play again Thursday (March 8), at 7 p.m., as they will take on Monmouth in Boca Raton, Fla.
Michigan State 5, Nova 2Score By Innings R H EMichigan State 021 010 100 5 8 2Nova 000 000 200 2 5 5
WP- Putnam (1-1)LP- Nova (5-2)
