Michigan State University Athletics
Benschoter Named To Collegiate Baseball National Players Of Week List
4/26/2021 4:08:00 PM | Baseball
Spartan senior pitcher fired career-high 17 strikeouts Sunday.
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State's Sam Benschoter has been named to Collegiate Baseball National Players of the Week list, announced by the publication Monday afternoon.
Benschoter, a senior pitcher from Tecumseh, Mich., fired a career-high 17 strikeouts in 9.1 innings of relief on Sunday vs. Big Ten Conference-leader Nebraska. Coming into game to start the third inning, Benschoter struck out the side in the third and fifth innings on the way on the way to stymieing Nebraska bats, as they entered game leading the Big Ten in batting average, and Benschoter did not allow a hit until the eighth.Â
The 17 strikeouts is the most in modern day school history, bettering Mark Mulder's 16 Ks against Campbell on March 7, 1998.
Benschoter now has three double-digit strikeout outings on the season, as his previous career-best was 10 punchouts done twice this season, most recently against Indiana on March 27, also in a relief role, and he also had 10 Ks after starting against Maryland on March 5 in the season-opener.
In the sixth inning, Benschoter racked up two strikeouts in the fourth and sixth innings, and after yielding leadoff single in the ninth, chalked up three strikeouts.
Benschoter's 17 Ks matches the most in the B1G this season and is tied for the second-most in a game in the NCAA this season, while the 9.1 IP is the most in the B1G and second-most in NCAA.
Michigan State returns to the road, heading to University Park, Pennsylvania to take on Penn State in a three-game series, Friday-Sunday, April 30-May 2. Friday's series opener has a 6 p.m. start time in the final game of April. The May portion of the schedule opens with Saturday's game two of the series, with a 1 p.m. first pitch, before Sunday's series finale with a 12 p.m. start time.Â
Along with any schedule updates, fans can follow the games with links for live stats, live audio (when available) and live streaming from Big Ten Network+ at MSUSpartans.com.
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Benschoter, a senior pitcher from Tecumseh, Mich., fired a career-high 17 strikeouts in 9.1 innings of relief on Sunday vs. Big Ten Conference-leader Nebraska. Coming into game to start the third inning, Benschoter struck out the side in the third and fifth innings on the way on the way to stymieing Nebraska bats, as they entered game leading the Big Ten in batting average, and Benschoter did not allow a hit until the eighth.Â
The 17 strikeouts is the most in modern day school history, bettering Mark Mulder's 16 Ks against Campbell on March 7, 1998.
Benschoter now has three double-digit strikeout outings on the season, as his previous career-best was 10 punchouts done twice this season, most recently against Indiana on March 27, also in a relief role, and he also had 10 Ks after starting against Maryland on March 5 in the season-opener.
In the sixth inning, Benschoter racked up two strikeouts in the fourth and sixth innings, and after yielding leadoff single in the ninth, chalked up three strikeouts.
Benschoter's 17 Ks matches the most in the B1G this season and is tied for the second-most in a game in the NCAA this season, while the 9.1 IP is the most in the B1G and second-most in NCAA.
Michigan State returns to the road, heading to University Park, Pennsylvania to take on Penn State in a three-game series, Friday-Sunday, April 30-May 2. Friday's series opener has a 6 p.m. start time in the final game of April. The May portion of the schedule opens with Saturday's game two of the series, with a 1 p.m. first pitch, before Sunday's series finale with a 12 p.m. start time.Â
Along with any schedule updates, fans can follow the games with links for live stats, live audio (when available) and live streaming from Big Ten Network+ at MSUSpartans.com.
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