2020 SCHEDULE/RESULTS MICHIGAN STATE (8-4, 0-0 B1G) AT PENSACOLA COX DIAMOND INVITATIONAL Overall: 8-4 (0-0 B1G) H: 0-0 A: 0-0 N: 8-4 FEBRUARY Fri., 14 Morehead State [1] W, 15-3 Blue Wahoos Stadium || Pensacola, Fla. Sat., 15 Morehead State [1] W, 5-2 Sat., 15 Morehead State [1] W, 5-3 Probable Pitching Match-Ups Sun., 16 Morehead State [1] W, 10-4 Fri., 21 Merrimack [2] L, 6-9 (11) GM Friday, Mar. 6 - 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT Sat., 22 Merrimack [2] L, 1-3 TROY: #40 RHP Levi Thomas (JR) (2-0, 0.00 ERA) Sat., 22 Merrimack [2] L, 5-7 MSU: #30 RHP Mason Erla (JR) (1-0, 1.42 ERA) Sun., 23 Merrimack [2] W, 15-14 (10) 1 Fri., 28 Kansas [2] [3] W, 8-7 Sat., 29 Western Carolina [2] [3] W, 4-3 GM Saturday, Mar. 7 - 4 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. CT MARCH UL: #32 RHP Brandon Young (SR) (2-0, 1.47 ERA) Sun., 1 Ball State [2] [3] W, 8-6 Wed., 4 USC Upstate [2] L, 4-7 Michigan State 2 MSU: #12 LHP Jarret Olson (SR) (1-1, 2.18 ERA) Fri., 6 Troy [4] 7 p.m. Sat., 7 Louisiana-Lafayette [4] 4 p.m. 8-4, 0-0 B1G Sun., 8 Samford [4] 12 p.m. GM Sunday, Mar. 8 - 12 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. CT Fri., 13 Indiana State 3 p.m. Jake Boss Jr. SAM: #45 RHP Jesse McCord (SR) (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Head Coach Sat., 14 Indiana State 2 p.m. MSU: TBA (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Sun., 15 Indiana State 1 p.m. AT MSU: 341-271 3 Wed., 18 TOLEDO 4:05 p.m. 12th Year Fri., 20 Maryland * 6:30 p.m. OVERALL: 366-305 Sat., 21 Maryland * 2 p.m. 13th Year Series History Sun., 22 Maryland * 1 p.m. MSU vs. TROY: Spartans lead, 3-2 Wed., 25 OAKLAND 4:05 p.m. Series Notes: Previous met 2016 also in Pensacola, FL, MSU W, Fri., 27 MINNESOTA * 4:05 p.m. BOSS vs. TROY: 3-0; first met in 1992; MSU 3-0 vs. Troy in neutral match-ups. Sat., 28 MINNESOTA * 4:05 p.m. 1-0, 2016 Sun., 29 MINNESOTA * 1:05 p.m. APRIL MSU vs. LOUISIANA: 0-0 - First Meeting Wed., 1 WESTERN MICHIGAN 6:35 p.m. BOSS vs. UL: Series Notes: First meeting, MSU's fourth opponent this sea- Fri., 3 Ohio State * 6:35 p.m. First Meeting son meeting for first time. Sat., 4 Ohio State * 3:05 p.m. Sun., 5 Ohio State * 1:05 p.m. BOSS vs. SAM: MSU vs. SAMFORD: Spartans lead 1-0 Tue., 7 NOTRE DAME 6:35 p.m. First Meeting Series Notes: Only previous meeting 2010 in Birmingham, Fri., 10 PENN STATE * 6:35 p.m. MSU W, 7-4 Sat., 11 PENN STATE * 4:05 p.m. Sun., 12 PENN STATE * {BTN} 12 p.m. Tue., 14 MICHIGAN [5] 6 p.m. Wed., 15 EASTERN MICHIGAN [6] 6:35 p.m. Fri., 17 Indiana * 6:05 p.m. Sat., 18 Indiana * 2:05 p.m. Sun., 19 Indiana * 12:05 p.m. Tue., 21 ARKANSAS 6:35 p.m. Wed., 22 ARKANSAS {BTN} 3 p.m. Fri., 24 IOWA * 6:35 p.m. TROY LOUISIANA SAMFORD Sat., 25 IOWA * 4:05 p.m. Sun., 26 IOWA * 1:05 p.m. 8-5, 0-0 Sun Belt 5-8, 0-0 Sun Belt 10-1, 0-0 SoCon MAY Fri., 1 VILLANOVA 6:35 p.m. Mark Smart Matt Deggs Casey Dunn Sat., 2 VILLANOVA 4:05 p.m. Sun., 3 VILLANOVA 1:05 p.m. Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Tue., 5 Michigan 6 p.m. AT TROY: 144-106 AT LOUISIANA: 5-8 AT SAM: 495-397 Wed., 6 Western Michigan 4:05 p.m. Fifth Year First Year 16th Year Fri., 8 Illinois * 7 p.m. OVERALL: 308-269 OVERALL: 192-126 OVERALL: Same Sat., 9 Illinois * 4 p.m. Sun., 10 Illinois * 2 p.m. 11th Year Sixth Year Tue., 12 AKRON 6:35 p.m. Thur., 14 PURDUE * 6:35 p.m. Fri., 15 PURDUE * 6:35 p.m. Sat., 16 PURDUE * 1:05 p.m. JUNE Wed.-Sun. 20-24 B1G Tournament [7] TBA None "Live Stats" link "Live Stats" link at Cox Sports Television Fri.-Mon.29-31 NCAA Regional TBA at MSUSpartans.com (Sunday Only) Fri-Sun. 5-7 NCAA Super Regional TBA MSUSpartans.com (when available) Fri-Sat. 12-23 College World Series TBA Home games in CAPS at McLane Stadium Times listed are ET and are subject to change. Leading Off... Spartan Baseball Squaring Off With Troy, Louisiana * - B1G Game [1] - Shipyard Park - Charleston, S.C. and Samford This Weekend at Pensacola Cox Diamond Invite [2] - Fluor Field - Greenville, S.C. • Michigan State baseball will wrap up its Spring Break trip this weekend in Pensacola, Florida, participat- [3] - First Pitch Invitational - Fluor Field - Greenville, S.C. [4] - Pensacola Cox Diamond Invite - Blue Wahoos Stadium - Pensacola, Fla. ing in the Pensacola Cox Diamond Invitational at the Pensacola Blue Wahoos Stadium ... MSU will square [5] - Cooley Law School Stadium - Lansing, Mich. off with Troy on Friday, March 6 at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT, then taking on Louisiana on Saturday, March 7 at [6] - Comerica Park - Detroit, Mich. 4 p.m. ET/3 p.m. CT, before wrapping up against Samford on Sunday, March 8 at 12 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. ET. [7] - B1G Tournament - TD Ameritrade Park - Omaha, Neb. @statebaseball msuspartans.com 334 260 .562 136 117 .538 Home Staters MSU TOTAL (10 + yrs.) 309 226 .578 Michigan State has 21 players on its 2018 roster from the state of Michigan, while the Cornhuskers have 12 players from Nebraska on their roster. Neither MSU or Nebraska have any players from the opposite state. 2020 MICHIGAN STATE BASEBALL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL NUMERICAL # Name Position No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. B/T Hometown/Previous School 16 Ahn, Peter INF 1 Danny Gleaves OF 6-0 183 RS-JR R/R Homer Glen, IL/St. Rita HS 18 Antoncic, Justin INF 2 Dillon Kark INF 6-1 195 FR R/R White Lake, MI/Orchard Lake St. Mary’s HS 8 Benschoter, Sam RHP 3 Zaid Walker OF 6-1 203 SO R/R Homewood, IL/Homewood-Flossmoor HS 44 Berghorst, Adam RHP 5 Joe Stewart OF/1B 6-4 196 RS-JR R/R Portage, MI/Portage Central HS 26 Bianucci, Zac LHP 6 Wyatt Rush RHP 6-3 195 JR R/R Grand Ledge, MI/Lansing CC 31 Christophersen, William RHP 7 Brian Martin OF/RHP 6-0 204 RS-FR R/R Westland, MI/John Glenn HS 35 Combs, Scott C 8 Sam Benschoter RHP 6-2 217 SR R/R Tecumseh, MI/Tecumseh HS 30 Erla, Mason RHP 9 Ryan King INF 5-8 158 RS-SO R/R Munster, IN/Brother Rice HS 21 Frank, Jack OF 11 Gabe Sotres C 5-9 201 RS-FR R/R Allen Park, MI/Brother Rice HS 34 Gieselman, Danny RHP 12 Jarret Olson LHP 6-0 182 SR L/L La Salle, IL/Parkland CC 1 Gleaves, Danny OF 13 Zach Hopman OF/LHP 5-11 166 FR L/L Brighton, MI/Brighton HS 47 Heikkinen, Jesse LHP 14 Andrew Morrow INF/OF 6-2 197 SR R/R Omaha, NE/Fort Scott CC 39 Hopman, Trevor INF 15 Reese Trahey INF/OF 6-1 176 SO L/R West Bloomfield, MI/Brother Rice HS 13 Hopman, Zach OF/LHP 16 Peter Ahn INF 6-1 186 RS-SO L/R Delafield, WI/Marquette University HS 32 Iverson, Zach INF/OF/RHP 17 Bryce Kelley OF/LHP 6-1 205 SR L/L Rockford, MI/Rockford HS 2 Kark, Dillon INF 18 Justin Antoncic INF 6-2 181 SR R/R Westerville, OH/St. Francis DeSales HS 17 Kelley, Bryce OF/LHP 19 Jacob Seipenko RHP 6-4 237 RS-FR R/R Canton, MI/Salem HS 9 King, Ryan INF 21 Jack Frank OF 6-0 196 FR L/L Strongsville, OH/Strongsville HS 7 Martin, Brian OF/RHP 22 Bailey Peterson INF/OF 6-0 190 SR R/R Grandville, MI/Kellogg CC 33 Mayes, Casey OF 25 Brendan Regan INF 5-10 172 RS-SO R/R Northfield, OH/Walsh Jesuit HS 14 Morrow, Andrew INF/OF 26 Zac Bianucci LHP 6-2 210 RS-JR L/L Naperville, IL/Naperville Central HS 12 Olson, Jarret LHP 28 Adam Proctor C 6-1 247 JR L/R St. Johns, MI/St. Johns HS 22 Peterson, Bailey INF/OF 30 Mason Erla RHP 6-4 217 RS-JR R/R Cass City, MI/Cass City HS 28 Proctor, Adam C 31 William Christophersen RHP 6-4 186 RS-FR R/R Bettendorf, IA/Pleasant Valley HS 25 Regan, Brendan INF 32 Zach Iverson INF/OF/RHP 6-2 194 JR L/R Charlotte, NC/Providence Day HS 6 Rush, Wyatt RHP 33 Casey Mayes OF 6-0 200 SO L/R Wichita, KS/Andover HS 19 Seipenko, Jacob RHP 34 Danny Gieselman RHP 6-0 201 SR R/R Commerce, MI/Walled Lake Northern HS 38 Sleeman, Caleb RHP 35 Scott Combs C 6-3 206 RS-SO R/R Northville, MI/Divine Child HS 11 Sotres, Gabe C 38 Caleb Sleeman RHP 6-2 211 SR R/R Alto, MI/Caledonia HS 5 Stewart, Joe OF/1B 39 Trevor Hopman INF 5-10 185 RS-SO R/R Brighton, MI/Brighton HS 15 Trahey, Reese INF/OF 44 Adam Berghorst RHP 6-7 250 FR R/R Zeeland, MI/East HS 3 Walker, Zaid OF 47 Jesse Heikkinen LHP 6-0 184 JR L/L Holt, MI/Holt HS BREAKDOWN BY POSITION MICHIGAN STATE COACHES / STAFF Pitchers (16: 11-RHP, 5-LHP) Outfield (12) 23 Jake Boss Jr., Head Coach (12th year at MSU / 13th overall) 6 Wyatt Rush, RHP 1 Danny Gleaves 45 Graham Sikes, Assistant Coach (Third Base Coach), 7 Brian Martin, RHP 3 Zaid Walker 8 Sam Benschoter, RHP 5 Joe Stewart 4 Mark Van Ameyde, Assistant Coach (Pitching Coach) 10 Jacob Erickson, RHP 7 Brian Martin 27 Matt Rembielak, Volunteer Assistant Coach (First Base Coach) 12 Jarret Olson, LHP 13 Zach Hopman 10 Ryan Krokos, Director of Operations 13 Zach Hopman, LHP 14 Andrew Morrow Matt Moreau, Athletic Trainer 17 Bryce Kelley, LHP 15 Reese Trahey Managers: Daniel Alva, Aaron Boise, Kevin Heiligenthal, Rorke Landis, Brandon Mostyn, 19 Jacob Seipenko, RHP 17 Bryce Kelley 26 Zac Bianucci, LHP 21 Jack Frank Scott Newhard 30 Mason Erla, RHP 22 Bailey Peterson 31 William Christophersen, RHP 32 Zach Iverson PRONUNCIATION GUIDE = prə-nənsē-āSH(ə)n ɡīd 32 Zach Iverson, RHP 33 Casey Mayes Peter Ahn = On Andrew Morrow = Tomorrow minus To- 34 Danny Gieselman, RHP Infield (11) Justin Antoncic = Ann-TAWN-sick Brendan Regan = Ree-gan 38 Caleb Sleeman, RHP 2 Dillon Kark Sam Benschoter = Ben-scooter Matt Rembielak = Rem-bull-ack 44 Adam Berghorst, RHP Jacob Seipenko = Suh-pen-ko 5 Joe Stewart Adam Berghorst = Berg-Horst 47 Jesse Heikkinen, LHP Gabe Sotres = So-tress 9 Ryan King Zac Bianucci = Bee-uh-NOOCH-ee Reese Trahey = Trey-hee 14 Andrew Morrow Mason Erla = Urr-la (like an urn) Catcher (3) Mark Van Ameyde = VAN-uh-mead 15 Reese Trahey Jesse Heikkinen = Hake-uh-nin 11 Gabe Sotres Ryan Krokos = Crow-kiss (like the flower) Zaid Walker = Zeye-eed 28 Adam Proctor 16 Peter Ahn 35 Scott Combs 18 Justin Antoncic 22 Bailey Peterson FOLLOW SPARTAN BASEBALL 25 Brendan Regan 32 Zach Iverson msuspartans.com MichiganStateBaseball BREAKDOWN BY CLASS 39 Trevor Hopman Seniors (8) Juniors (8) Sophomores (8) @StateBaseball @StateBaseballGoGreen Freshmen (8) @statebaseball msuspartans.com PROBABLE DEFENSIVE LINEUP (2020 STATS) SPARTANS BY THE NUMBERS Pos.