Coming into the weekend, Michigan State University’s baseball team was sitting at .500 in Big Ten play with a chance to move up in the standings with a pair of games against both the Illinois Fighting Illini and the Purdue Boilermakers in Champaign, Illinois. But, the Spartans failed to earn even a single win in the four games.
In game one on Friday night in Champaign, the Spartans got off to a good start. With one out in the top of the first inning, the Spartans strung together three consecutive singles from senior left fielder Bryce Kelly, senior center fielder Joe Stewart, and sophomore right fielder Zaid Walker.