MSU Baseball 2024 Schedule Altered

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State baseball's 2024 schedule has had a couple changes, including changing location during the second weekend of the season, as well as some date and time changes for some other games.

MSU was slated to face Northern Kentucky in North Carolina on the second weekend of the season, Feb. 23-25, but due to a NKU scheduling conflict, the Norse had to back out of the scheduled games. Michigan State will now travel to Port Charlotte, Florida on Feb. 23-24 to play in the Snowbird Classic at Centennial Park. MSU will open the weekend with a doubleheader, taking on Indiana State on Friday, Feb. 23 at 12 p.m., then meeting Marshall at 3:30 p.m. On Saturday, Feb. 24, the Spartans wrap up the weekend by facing Marshall again, also at 3:30 p.m.

Michigan State's home game against Notre Dame on April 30 has been changed to a 7:05 p.m. start time at McLane Stadium at Kobs Field.

Additionally, MSU's previously scheduled game vs. Bowling Green is moving from April 16 to May 7, with first pitch scheduled for 6:05 p.m.

The Spartans will also be altering a home game vs. Eastern Michigan, moving from May 8 to May 14, replacing a previously scheduled game at Western Michigan. The MSU vs. EMU contest is slated for a 6:05 p.m. first pitch at McLane Stadium at Kobs Field.

The Spartans open the 2024 season in Charleston, South Carolina at the Swig & Swine Classic at Shipyard Park, facing Merrimack on Feb. 16.

Michigan State baseball kickoff the 2024 season by holding its 18th Annual First Pitch Dinner on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024 at the Kellogg Center in East Lansing. Tickets are on sale for the event, which will begin at 12 p.m. with a silent auction and player autographs. Lunch and a formal program will follow at 1 p.m.

This year's event will feature actor, comedian and Emmy Award-winning writer Robert Wuhl as the keynote speaker, while honoring Dr. Tom Dieters as the Alumnus of the Year.

Wuhl has starred in multiple movies including Bull Durham, Cobb, The Hollywood Knights, Batman and Good Morning Vietnam, as well as the creator and star of the television comedy series Arliss.

Dieters was a four-year letterwinner on the Spartan baseball team from 1980-83, earning his bachelor's degree from MSU in 1983. He is a recipient of the Jack Breslin Lifetime Achievement Award Winner by the MSU Varsity S Club. Dieters is also the founder of "This is Sparta" NIL collective, as well as the Board President at Charitable Gift America. He is also President of Thomas Mitchell & Associates.

The 2024 MSU Baseball First Pitch Dinner will feature a silent auction, door prizes, player autographs, a team poster and special tribute to the Annual Crosstown Showdown between the Spartans and Lansing Lugnuts.

Tickets for the 2024 First Pitch Dinner range in price from $30 per person for children and students (8th grade and under), $40 for college students (with student ID), $55 for Spartan baseball alumni and $65 each for adults. Sponsored tables of eight are also available.

For more information on the 2024 First Pitch Dinner, download the registration form HERE, or contact Tommy Merlo in the MSU baseball office at 517-355-4486 or email at TMerlo@ath.msu.edu. Fans are encouraged to sign up for the 2024 First Pitch Dinner online at www.msuspartans.com/firstpitchtix.

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