Michigan State University
Grand Valley St
Spartan Baseball Routes Grand Valley, 20-2
4/10/2002 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 10, 2002
EAST LANSING, Mich. - A season-high seven home runs propelled the Michigan State baseball team past Grand Valley State Wednesday (April 10) by a score of 20-2. The 18-run triumph was State's largest margin of victory this season. Nineteen different Spartans saw action as MSU improved to 20-6 on the season while the Lakers fell to 14-7.
A two-run home run by Brady Burrill (Jr., Newhall, Calif.) just cleared the left field fence in the first inning to give the Spartans a 2-0 lead. In the third, Bob Malek (Jr., Canton) started a four-run MSU charge when he drove in Brett Wattles (Jr., Rochester). Chris McCuiston (Jr., Birmingham) and James Moreno (So., Holt) followed with back-to-back home runs.
Jared Koutnik (Sr., Milwaukee, Wis.) continued the long-ball theme in the fourth, hitting a two-run blast to straight away center field. Kevin Crews (Sr., Hinckley, Ohio) and James Deliz (Fr., Clinton Twp.) each knocked two-run hits later in the inning to give State a 12-0 lead.
MSU continued its attack in the fifth as freshmen Travis Gulick (East Lansing) and Jim Duffy (Carleton) led off the inning with back-to-back home runs to increase the lead to 15-0.
Each team put up one run in the sixth, and the Lakers followed with one run in the seventh. McCuiston, who finished the day 3-for-5 with 5 RBI, added his second homer of the game in the seventh, highlighting a three-run MSU inning. The Spartans closed out the scoring, putting up one more in the eighth, making the final 20-2.
MSU starter Pat Gill (Jr., Grandville) threw three complete innings en route to his fourth victory of the season.
Michigan State, just a game and a half back of conference-leading Indiana, resumes Big Ten play Friday, April 12 when it plays host to the Hoosiers at 3 p.m. in the first of a four-game series.
Box Score
The Automated ScoreBook Grand Valley State at Michigan State Apr 10, 2002 at East Lansing, MI (Kobs Field)
Grand Valley State 2 (14-7) Michigan State 20 (20-6)
AB R H RBI AB R H RBI
J. Badall lf/cf 4 1 0 0 Wattles lf 3 2 1 0T. Pfennig ss 3 0 1 0 Anderson lf 2 0 0 0C. TerVree ph/ss 2 0 0 0 Koutnik ss 3 3 3 2G. Teague 2b 2 0 1 0 Gulick ph/2b 3 2 2 1J. Hackman ph/2b 1 0 0 0 Malek rf 3 0 1 1J. Brunink 1b 4 0 2 1 Geswein ph/p 0 1 0 0M. Grimm rf 4 0 0 0 Squires p 0 0 0 0M. Wright 3b/c 3 1 0 0 Day ph 0 1 0 0J. Mertes dh 2 0 0 0 White p 1 0 0 1B. Crawford ph 1 0 0 0 Burrill c 2 2 1 2J. Pethoud c 1 0 0 0 Duffy c 2 2 1 2S. Allen ph/3b 3 0 1 1 McCuiston cf 5 3 3 5McCallister cf 1 0 0 0 Moreno 3b 3 2 1 1S. Kolcun ph/lf 2 0 0 0 Ortiz ph/1b 1 0 0 0N. Barden p 0 0 0 0 Crews 1b/3b 5 1 1 2B. Lawler p 0 0 0 0 Braun 2b/ss 2 1 2 0T. Alderink p 0 0 0 0 Deliz dh/rf 5 0 1 2R. Williams p 0 0 0 0 Gill p 0 0 0 0 Huizinga p 0 0 0 0
Totals...... 33 2 5 2 Totals...... 40 20 17 19
Score by innings: R H E----------------------------------------------Grand Valley State 000 001 100 - 2 5 1Michigan State 204 631 31 - 20 17 2----------------------------------------------
E - M. Wright, Moreno 2(7). DP - Lakers 1, Spartans 1. LOB - Lakers 9,Spartans 5. 2B - G. Teague, Koutnik(8), Gulick(1), McCuiston(9), Braun(3),Deliz(1). 3B - J. Brunink. HR - Koutnik(6), Gulick(1), Burrill(4),Duffy(3), McCuiston 2(12), Moreno(2). SB - G. Teague, J. Brunink, Crews(3),Braun(8).
IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF Fly Gnd
N. Barden L 0-1 3.0 8 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 18 3 4B. Lawler 1.0 5 8 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 12 1 1T. Alderink 2.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 8 3 2R. Williams 2.0 2 4 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 8 11 2 2
Gill W 4-1 3.0 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 12 13 2 3Huizinga 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 7 8 1 2Geswein 1.0 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 0Squires 1.0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 1White 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 6 1 3
WP - R. Williams. HBP - by Huizinga (McCallister). BK - T. Alderink.
Strikeouts - J. Badall, C. TerVree, J. Hackman, J. Brunink 2, M. Grimm 2,M. Wright 2, J. Mertes, B. Crawford, McCallister, S. Kolcun, Wattles,Duffy, Ortiz, Deliz. Walks - J. Badall, G. Teague, M. Wright, J. Mertes,Wattles, Geswein, Day, Burrill, Duffy, Moreno, Braun 3.
Umpires - Home:Buddy Landerway 2nd:Frank BarketStart: 3:04 Time: 2:36 Attendance: 331B. Lawler faced 2 batters in the 5th.
