Baseball Knocks Off Grand Valley, 8-3
4/26/2001 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 26, 2001
Lansing, Mich. - The Spartan baseball team (21-22, 6-12) collected an 8-3 win Thursday over Grand Valley State at Oldsmobile Park in Lansing. It was the second win of the season for the Spartans over the Lakers, as they knocked them off earlier this year in Grand Rapids.
MSU staked a 1-0 lead in the first when James Moreno (Fr., Holt) doubled in David Miller (Fr., Whitehall). In the fourth, Troy Bergman (Jr., Grosse Pointe) scored Scott Koerber (Fr., Grosse Pointe) on a sacrifice fly to centerfield to give MSU a 2-0 lead. Chris McCuiston (Jr., Birmingham) knocked State's second double of the inning to score Matt Haynes (Jr., Midland) to make the lead 3-0.
Three more runs in the fifth by the Green and White made the score 6-0 off RBI singles by Koerber, Bergman and Haynes. The Lakers got on the board in the sixth with two runs off two hits. The Spartans also added two more runs in the sixth off two hits and the help of two GVSU errors. Rick Court (Sr., Grosse Pointe) scored Bob Malek (So., Canton) on a sacrifice fly while David Miller (So., Whitehall) scored on an error.
A solo homer in the eighth inning by GVSU's Dustin Vugteveen, proved to be the game's final run, making the score, 8-3.
Moreno and Koerber each went 3-for-4 in the win for the Spartans.
Jon Huizinga (Jr., Wayland) started on the mound for MSU and threw seven complete innings and allowed just two runs and scattered six hits and struck out a season-high seven. Reggie Walters took the loss for GVSU, to fall to 4-3.
The Spartans will take on Indiana University Purdue University-Ft. Wayne tomorrow at 3 p.m. at Kobs Field.
Michigan State 8, Grand Valley State 3WP- Huizinga (4-2)LP- Walters (4-3)
Score By Innings R H EGrand Valley State 000 002 010 3 8 2Michigan State 100 232 00x 8 11 1
