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MSU Clashes With CMU Tuesday In Final Regular-Season Road Trip
5/13/2019 6:48:00 PM | Baseball
Spartans head to Mount Pleasant to meet with hot CMU.
MICHIGAN STATE (19-31, 7-13 B1G) at CENTRAL MICHIGAN (39-12, 19-5 MAC)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â |Â Â TICKETS | |
Location | Keilitz Field at Theunissen Stadium || Mount Pleasant, Mich. |
Weather | Tue. - Hi / Low: 69°/ 46°  |
Game Notes | Michigan State | Central Michigan |
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Game 1  | Tuesday, May 14 - 4:05 p.m. |
Probable Pitching Matchup | MSU: #12 LHP Jarret Olson (JR) (0-4, 5.20 ERA) vs. CMU: #29 LHP Jack Collins (FR) (1-1, 7.29 ERA) |
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• Michigan State baseball will open its final week of regular-season action with a road trip to Mount Pleasant, Mich., to clash with Central Michigan on Tuesday, May 14 ... Tuesday's first pitch from CMU's Keilitz Field at Theunissen Stadium is slated for 4:05 p.m. ... MSU is 19-31 overall after winning the series at No. 24 Iowa over the weekend ... CMU among others receiving votes in the USA Today Coaches Top 25 Poll, while ranked No. 24 in the Collegiate Baseball Poll and the Chippewas are riding an 11-game win streak into Tuesday, with a 39-12 record overall after sweeping Eastern Michigan in a weekend series ... Note: any schedule updates for Tuesday's game will be posted on MSUSpartans.com and on twitter @statebaseball.
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• Fans can follow this week's MSU action through "Live Stats," "Listen Live" and "Watch Live" links found at MSUSpartans.com ... The games will be video streamed on BTN2Go, and also carried on the Spartan Sports Network live audio stream, available exclusively at SpartanSportsNetwork.com and on the network's 24/7 app for mobile devices ... Broadcast veteran Scott Moore calls the action alongside former MSU manager/bullpen catcher David Greenberg.
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• Michigan State and Central Michigan are meeting for the second time this season and the 133rd time in the series history ... CMU won this season's first meeting, 8-6, on April 3 in East Lansing, in a game rescheduled for March 20 that was originally scheduled to be MSU's home opener, but postponed due to inclement weather.
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• Tuesday is MSU's final road trip of the regular-season, but one of its shortest, as it just 67 miles from the Spartans' home field of McLane Stadium at Kobs Field to CMU's Keilitz Field at Theunissen Stadium.
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• Tuesday is also Michigan State's ninth game against an in-state opposition, as along with already played Central Michigan earlier this season, MSU has played Michigan three times, Western Michigan twice, Eastern Michigan once and Oakland once ... MSU is 4-4 against in-state opponents so far, beating Western Michigan twice along with Eastern Michigan and Oakland, while losing to Michigan three times and Central Michigan once.
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• This week's midweek action features a pair of teams who have been on winning spurts of late, as Michigan State has won two in a row as part of five of seven, nine of its last 13 and 10 of its last 15 ... The Spartans have won their last three weekend series, including the last two on the road ... Central Michigan has swept its last three MAC series on the way to winning 11 games in a row since losing a shootout with Davenport, 26-19, on April 23.
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• Tuesday's clash between the Spartans and Chippewas is the 133rd all-time meeting between MSU and CMU, with Central Michigan owning a 70-62 advantage in the all-time series ... While the Chips have won the last three meetings, the Spartans have won five of the last nine meetings as part of winning 14 of the last 22 meetings dating back to 2011 ... Along with this season's 8-6 CMU win on April 3 in East Lansing, Central Michigan captured both of last season's meetings, 3-1, on March 21 in East Lansing and 11-2 on May 15 in Mount Pleasant ... In 2017, the Spartans posted a 2-0 mark against the Chippewas, winning 11-2 in the 2017 home opener on March 21, and 7-0 at Mt. Pleasant on May 16 ... Since head coach Jake Boss Jr. took over in 2009, MSU owns a 17-12 record against CMU.
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• Michigan State has 19 players on its 2019 roster from the state of Michigan, while the Chippewas have 21 Michiganders on their roster.
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• Michigan State head coach Jake Boss Jr. earned his 350th career victory on April 24 with the 4-2 Victory for MSU over Toledo ... Boss has a career ledger of 357-300 as a collegiate head coach ... Boss also has a 332-266 mark at MSU, and will be coaching his 600th game for the Green & White this weekend.
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• The Spartan trio of junior outfielder Bryce Kelley, junior outfielder Danny Gleaves and senior infielder Marty Bechina is the only the active threesome in the country to have three players on the respective school stolen base list, as Kelley is No. 2 with 64 stolen bases, Gleaves is No. 9 with 34 and Bechina is No. 10 with 32 ... Senior outfielder Dan Chmielewski is close behind with 27 ... Chmielewski had two swipes in the Purdue series, while Bechina swiped one.
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• With eight home runs out of his 15 hits, sophomore catcher Adam Proctor is one of only two players in the country with five or more round-trippers to have half of their hits be home runs ... Proctor is joined by Florida State's Cooper Swanson, who has seven home runs on 14 hits.
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• In addition to winning their last three series, the Spartans posted four season-highs for a three-game series in the Northwestern series, then were just shy of a couple other marks in the series at Purdue, before tallying three new season-highs at Iowa ... MSU scored a season-high for runs in a series and runs per game with 21 runs and 7.0 runs per game at Iowa, while defensively, the Spartan pitching staff yielded a season-low for a series seven walks ... Against Northwestern, MSU tallied season-highs in hitting .346 for the weekend, scored 18 runs, rapped out 37 hits and averaged 6.0 runs per game ... At Purdue, the Spartans had their highest runs/game average in a road B1G series and second-highest in a league series with 4.0 rpg, just below the 6.0 vs. Northwestern ... Defensively, the MSU pitching staff didn't have a season-best in Northwestern series, but they had four second-best marks as the Spartans hurlers had a 1.61 ERA, yielded eight runs, five earned runs and limited Northwestern to just a .216 average for the weekend - all second-best for a three-game series at the time behind the Indiana State series April 5-7, when MSU has a 0.64 ERA, two runs, both earns, and held ISU to a .122 average ... At Purdue, the Spartan pitchers bettered the previous weekend's marks with just seven runs allowed and a .189 batting average against {see series breakdown on the left}.
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• With 16 strikeouts over the weekend at Iowa, the Spartan pitchers have now rung up 419 strikeouts so far this season, marking the fifth-straight season of reaching the 400 K plateau ... The 419 Ks is currently No. 3 on the MSU single-season team strikeout list, needing just one more to match the 2017 season total of 420 at No. 2, while the top spot is 466 Ks in 2016.
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• Senior outfielder Dan Chmielewski was named to the 2019 Google Cloud Academic First-Team All-District® Baseball Team as selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) ... This marks the third-straight year that Chmielewski has collected the accolade ... Chmielewski will now advance to the national ballot ... The CoSIDA Academic All-District honor is the most current to Chmielewski's collection of academic accolades, as he was also recently named the Michigan State recipient of the Big Ten Post-Graduate Scholarship.
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• Senior infielder Royce Ando was tabbed the Big Ten Player of the Week on Monday, following his performance for the week of May 6-12 ... Ando hit .556 (10-for-18) for the week with at least one hit in all five of MSU's games last week, including multiple hits in three of the five games. He posted a .667 slugging percentage with eight singles and two doubles, along with a .636 on-base percentage and added five RBI.
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• Along with hitting .556 (10-for-18) in last five games, Ando is hitting .421 (16-for-38) over last 10 games with four doubles, along with 10 RBI and four walks in that span ... Ando totes a six-game hitting streak into Tuesday's game.
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• Senior infielder Marty Bechina now has 43 career doubles, moving up to tie for No. 6 on MSU's career doubles list, joining Jeff Holm (2008-11) and Joel Fisher (2011-14) ... Bechina leads MSU and ranks tied for fifth in the B1G with 15 doubles.
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• Junior reliever Indigo Diaz picked up his seventh save of the season in Sunday's 7-5 Victory for MSU at No. 24 Iowa, moving up to tie for No. 10 on MSU's single season saves list and ranking tied for eighth in the B1G.
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• Freshman outfielder Zaid Walker is hitting .415 (22-for-53) in his last 13 games, with six RBI, 12 runs scored and two walks in that 13-game stretch, raising his average from .227 to current .288 ... Walker had two or more hits a stretch of four games as part of a seven-game hit streak.
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• This Thursday night against Illinois will be MSU's 21st night game this season, as the Spartans are 12-8 overall in night games ... The Spartans have more night games this season, as it is Michigan State's first with lights at McLane Stadium at Kobs Field, after their installation project was completed in March ... The Spartans are 6-1 in home night games under the lights at McLane Stadium at Kobs Field.
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• Michigan State baseball celebrated the first-ever night baseball game at McLane Stadium at Kobs Field in grand fashion with a suicide squeeze bunt 1-0 walk-off win over Indiana State in 10 innings ... Senior catcher Nic Lacayo perfectly executed a suicide squeeze bunt to drive in fellow senior, infielder Royce Ando with the winning run, sparking off a jubilant celebration as the Spartans stormed the field and dogpiled on the infield, and the newly installed lights flickered in celebration ... The MSU lights project was completed in early March and Friday was the Spartans' first game played under the lights in 135 years of Michigan State baseball, and MSU made it a memorable one with the thrilling victory.
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• MSU head coach Jake Boss Jr. has now been involved in all three Division I schools in the state of Michigan first night games, as he was an assistant at Eastern Michigan for their first night game in 2000 and an assistant at Michigan for their first night game in 2005, and now Friday night as head coach of Michigan State ... With the April 5 victory for MSU over Indiana State, Boss is now 3-0 in those first night games at a Michigan school.
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Friday Night Lights
Thanks in large part to an anonymous contribution of near $1.4 million from a Spartan alum, Michigan State University announced in January that lights were to be installed at McLane Stadium at Kobs Field and Secchia Stadium, the respective homes of Spartan baseball and softball, in preparation for the upcoming 2019 season. The lights project was completed in early March and the Spartans played their first game played under the lights in 135 years of MSU baseball on Friday, April 5.
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The LED lights are identical to the lighting system currently at Spartan Stadium, home of Spartan football, and DeMartin Stadium, home of Spartan men and women's soccer, as well the Breslin Center, home of MSU men and women's basketball, Munn Ice Arena, home of Spartan hockey, and the Duffy Daugherty Indoor Practice Facility, utilized by MSU football and a majority of MSU athletics teams. Michigan State will be the first baseball and softball teams in the Big Ten Conference with this type of lighting system by Musco Lighting.
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MSU baseball is slated to host a total of host nine games starting at 5 p.m. or later in 2019.
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Under The Lights
The Spartans' success at night is nearly twice as good so far this season, as MSU is 12-7 this season in night games ... MSU is 6-1 under the lights at McLane Stadium at Kobs Field, winning the inaugural night game in the program's 135 years of baseball.
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350 For 23
MSU head coach Jake Boss Jr., who wears jersey No. 23, earned his 350th career victory on April 24 with the 4-2 Victory for MSU over Toledo ... Boss has a career ledger of 357-300 as a collegiate head coach ... Last season Boss earned his 300th victory at the helm of the Spartans with MSU's 6-0 blanking of Rutgers on April 30, 2018 ... In 2017, Boss won his 300th career game as a collegiate head coach with the Spartans' 13-4 route at Richmond on March 18, 2017 .... Now in his 11th season as the MSU head coach, Boss has 332-267 mark with the Green & White, and is nearing his 600th game at Michigan State, as Tuesday will be No. 599 and Thursday vs. Illinois will be game number 600.
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Son Of A Chippewa
MSU junior outfielder Bryce Kelley's mother, Jody Beerman Kelley, played basketball at Central Michigan and is one of the top women's basketball players in CMU history, leading the Chippewas to an 81-35 record with two Mid-American Conference championships and two second-place finishes during her four-year career at CMU (1984-87).
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Beerman Kelley earned Honorable Mention Freshman All-American accolades in 1984 and twice made the MAC All-Tournament team. She ended her career setting the school scoring record with 1,527 and currently ranks No. 8 on the CMU career scoring list. Beerman Kelley still holds the CMU record for career free throws made (491) and free throw percentage (.851), as well as now No. 3 in career assists (445), No. 3 in career scoring average (13.4 ppg), No. 4 in field goal percentage (.519), No. 6 in steals (196) and No. 8 in free throws made (514). She also still holds the single-season records for scoring average (20.8 ppg in 1986-87), free throws made (174 in 1986-87) and field goal percentage (.591 in 1985-86). In the 1985-86 season, Beerman Kelley led the nation in free throw percentage at .905 and also and set an NCAA mark for consecutive free throws with 57. Beerman Kelley also earned several academic honors, being tabbed a first team GTE-CoSIDA Academic All-American in 1987 and an honorable mention selection in 1986. She also collected first team Academic all-MAC three times and first team all-MAC as a player once and second team once. Beerman Kelley was inducted into the Central Michigan Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997 and was also on a Wheaties box. Beerman Kelley's assists record was broken by current MSU women's basketball head coach Suzy Merchant, who played at CMU from 1988-91 and had 463 assists, before getting bumped to No. 3 this season as Presley Hudson passed Merchant's mark.
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Bryce Kelley set MSU's single-season stolen base record last season with 33 stolen bases and is currently No. 2 on the Spartans' career stolen base record with 64 swipes, needing 15 more to tie for the career record and join his mother as a career record holder.
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Home Staters
Michigan State has 19 players on its 2019 roster from the state of Michigan, while the Chippewas have 21 Michiganders on their roster.
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Michigan State vs. Central Michigan Series Breakdown
All-Time Series: CMU leads 70-62 / Home: 36-31 / Away: 23-32 / Neutral: 3-7 / Streak: CMU W3, MSU W5-of-9, 14-of-22
First Met: June 3, 1911 - East Lansing, Mich. - MSU W, 5-0
Last Meeting: April 3, 2019 - East Lansing, Mich. - CMU W, 8-6
Last Meeting In East Lansing: April 3, 2019 - East Lansing, Mich. - CMU W, 8-6
Last Meeting In Mount Pleasant: May 15, 2018 - Mount Pleasant, Mich. - CMU W, 13-2
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Series Notes: Tuesday's clash between the Spartans and Chippewas is the 133rd all-time meeting between MSU and CMU, with Central Michigan owning a 70-62 advantage in the all-time series ... While the Chips have won the last three meetings, the Spartans have won five of the last nine meetings as part of winning 14 of the last 22 meetings dating back to 2011 ... Along with this season's 8-6 CMU win on April 3 in East Lansing, Central Michigan captured both of last season's meetings, 3-1, on March 21 in East Lansing and 11-2 on May 15 in Mount Pleasant ... In 2017, the Spartans posted a 2-0 mark against the Chippewas, winning 11-2 in the 2017 home opener on March 21, and 7-0 at Mt. Pleasant on May 16 ... Since head coach Jake Boss Jr. took over in 2009, MSU owns a 17-12 record against CMU.
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Last Meeting - CMU 8, MSU 6 - East Lansing, Mich. - April 3, 2019
Michigan State baseball was clipped by Central Michigan, 8-6, on April 3, 2019 at McLane Stadium at Kobs Field.
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After CMU had taken an early 5-0 lead, MSU rallied with a five-run bottom of the second to tie it, but the Chippewas added a run in the third and two more in the sixth for an 8-5 lead. The Spartans tried to rally in the bottom of the ninth, scoring one run and getting the tying run on base and the winning run at bat, but a fly out ended the game.
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Sophomore infielder Zach Iverson was 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored, while freshman outfielder Zaid Walker was 2-for-4 with two runs scored. Freshman infielder Reese Trahey was 1-for-2 with two RBI and a run scored. Senior infielder Marty Bechina and junior outfielder Bryce Kelley were both 1-for-3, with Bechina posting an RBI and Kelley scoring a run. Sophomore catcher Adam Proctor was 1-for-2 with a run scored and junior infielder Bailey Peterson was 1-for-1.
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Walker posted his fourth multi-hit outing of the season and the two runs scored tied a season-high.
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Quick Look At Central Michigan
The Chippewas are riding an 11-game win streak into Tuesday, with a 39-12 record overall after sweeping Eastern Michigan in a weekend series. CMU won the opener, 11-1, Friday night, before taking the series with a 3-1 win Saturday, then completed the sweep with an 8-7 win Sunday, plating four runs in the top of the sixth for the 8-7 lead and neither team scored the rest of the way.
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CMU holds a one-game lead over Ball State in the MAC standings and conclude regular-season action at home with a three-game series against Miami (Ohio), which is tied for third place. The Chippewas have clinched a spot in the six-team MAC Tournament. The regular-season champion earns the No. 1 seed for the tournament, which begins on May 22 in Avon, Ohio.
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CMU is hitting .303 as team, which leads the MAC and ranks 17th in the NCAA, along with averaging 8.5 runs per game to also top the MAC and rank sixth in the nation.
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The Chips have six regulars hitting over .300 as part of eight total players. Junior outfielder Zach Giles has started all 51 games of the season and is hitting .366 with 26 RBI, tallying five doubles and five triples. Sophomore catcher/infielder Zavier Warren has also started all 51 games and is close behind hitting at a .361 clip, with 62 RBI, matched by sophomore catcher Griffin Lockwood-Powell, who has 10 HR, while hitting .340.
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Freshman left-hander Jack Collins is slated to start Tuesday's contest on the mound. Collins has a 1-1 record with a 7.29 ERA in 15 appearances with two starts. He has 12 Ks and 12 BB in 21.0 IP, with a .330 batting average against. Out of the bullpen, junior right-handed reliever Grant Frazer has a team-leading 22 appearances with a 1-0 record and a 3.09 ERA, tallying 21 Ks and three BB, with the opposition hitting .238 against him. Sophomore righty reliever Cameron Miller leads CMU in saves with five, adding a 1-2 record with a 1.42 ERA, logging 23 strikeouts without allowing a walk, and opponents are hitting .258 against him.
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CMU head coach Jordan Bischel is in his first season at CMU with a 39-12 record so far. This is Bischel's fifth season as a collegiate head coach, posting a 176-88 overall record, coaching at Northwood University for four seasons before coming to CMU, leading them to the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament championships in 2017 and 2018.
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About Michigan State
The Spartans are 19-31 overall and have a 7-13 B1G record, having won their last three series. MSU has won has two in a row as part of winning five of seven, nine of its last 13 and 10 of its last 15.
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MSU is coming off winning its second-straight road series as part of its third series win in a row. The Spartans have won four series in the last six weekends, taking two of three at No. 24 Iowa last weekend, which came on the heels of winning two of the three games at Purdue May 3-5.
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The Spartans bounced back from falling in Friday's series opener at No. 24 Iowa, 7-5, rallying from down 4-0 in the first inning to tie it, before the Hawkeyes pulled away. On Saturday, it was MSU's turn to jump out to a 4-0 lead, and Michigan State went on to win 9-4. In Sunday's rubber match, MSU rallied from a 4-1 deficit after six innings with a five-run seventh inning, and went on to win 7-5.
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MSU is hitting .239 as a team, led by senior infielder Royce Ando, who is hitting .312. Junior outfielder Bryce Kelley is the only other Spartan hitting over .300 at .308. Kelley also leads not just the Spartans, but the Big Ten with 18 stolen bases. Freshman outfielder Zaid Walker is hitting .288, while senior catcher Nic Lacayo has a .253 average.
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The Spartans' keystone connection of infielders Marty Bechina and Ando (2B) lead MSU in RBI, as Bechina has 29 and Ando had 26. Bechina is hitting .250 with a team-leading 15 doubles to go with four HRs. Bechina ranks tied for fifth in the B1G in doubles. Bechina is second on the team with 10 stolen bases.
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Sophomore catcher Adam Proctor has smacked eight home runs, ranking tied for 11th in the B1G. Bechina and freshman outfielder Casey Mayes are tied for second on the team with four HRs each.
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On the mound, junior lefty Jarret Olson is slated to get the nod as Tuesday's starter. Olson has a 5.20 ERA with an 0-4 record in 12 appearances with five starts, logging 23 Ks and 29 BB in 27.2 IP, with a .238 opposition batting average.
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Chmielewski Named CoSIDA Academic All-District
Michigan State baseball senior outfielder Dan Chmielewski was named to the 2019 Google Cloud Academic First-Team All-District® Baseball Team as selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). This marks the third-straight year that Chmielewski has collected the accolade.
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Chmielewski will now advance to the national ballot.
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The CoSIDA Academic All-District honor is the most current to Chmielewski's collection of academic accolades, as he was also recently named the Michigan State recipient of the Big Ten Post-Graduate Scholarship, awarded to one male and one female student-athlete from each of the 14 Big Ten institutions who plan to continue their education at a graduate degree program were each awarded a $7,500 scholarship, based on primarily academic achievements. Chmielewski was joined by Ellie Roche of the MSU Women's Swimming & Diving team.
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This is the third-straight season that Chmielewski has earned CoSIDA First-Team All-District honors. He was also recognized as the recipient of the Michigan State President's Award during Michigan State's Student-Athlete Support Services (SASS) 22nd annual Spartan Academic Excellence Gala last month.
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Chmielewski also was presented with the Scholar-Athlete Award for the baseball team at the event. The Scholar-Athlete Award is presented to the individual from each team who has reached at least junior academic status, has received a minimum of one Varsity Letter, has competed during the 2018-19 season and while meeting these requirements, maintains the highest cumulative grade point average on their team.
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As a top student-athlete, Chmielewski, a native of Shelby Township, Michigan, has experienced tremendous success at Michigan State University. He currently maintains a 3.986 cumulative GPA in psychology, is a team captain, and has served on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for the past three years. In addition, this four-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten honoree has made a profound impact in the community during his time at MSU. He has been an active participant in the McLaren Hospital Maternity Ward, Miracle League of Mid-Michigan, Ronald McDonald House and the Muscular Dystrophy Baseball Clinic. Upon graduation, Chmielewski will begin his journey toward his goal of becoming a physician when he starts medical school at MSU's College of Osteopathic Medicine in the fall.
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On the field, Chmielewski is currently hitting .213 with 10 RBI, adding five stolen bases. Chmielewski has played in 48 of MSU's 50 games, making 46 starts, mostly in center field. He also leads the team with eight sacrifice hits, while adding two sacrifice flies, also topping the team in total sacrifices.
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Ando Tabbed Big Ten Player of the Week
Michigan State baseball senior infielder Royce Ando was named the Big Ten Conference Player of the Week for his performance the week of May 6-12, announced by the conference office on May 13.
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Ando, a native of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, hit .556 (10-for-18) for the week with at least one hit in all five of MSU's games last week, including multiple hits in three of the five games. He posted a .667 slugging percentage with eight singles and two doubles, along with a .636 on-base percentage and added five RBI.
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This is Ando's first Big Ten Player of the Week accolade to go with earning Academic All-Big Ten honors twice. Ando is the first Spartan to earn Big Ten Player of the Week award since former teammate, Dan Durkin earned the award on Feb. 20, 2017.
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Ohio State's Seth Lonsway was the B1G Pitcher of the Week, while Indiana pitcher Gabe Bierman was the B1G Freshman of the Week.
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In the Spartans' three games at No. 24 Iowa, Ando was 7-for-11 (.636), as MSU snapped Iowa's six-series win streak, dealing the Hawkeyes their first home series loss of the season, spoiling their Senior Day and graduation weekend, as well as helping the Spartans to their first two wins over a ranked team this season. In Sunday's series-clinching win, Ando had a two-out RBI in the seventh as MSU rallied from a 4-1 deficit after six innings with a five-run seventh inning, scoring all five runs with two outs. He added another RBI single in the ninth to cap the Spartans' comeback and seal the Victory for MSU.
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Last week's performance boosted Ando's average up to .312, which leads MSU and is tied for 11th in the B1G. Ando is also second on the team with 53 hits and 26 RBI and third on the team with nine doubles. He also tops the team with a .397 on-base percentage, sharing the team lead with 22 walks drawn. Sunday's two-RBI outing was his team-leading eighth multi-RBI game this season.
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