EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State baseball posted a pair of run-rule victories over Western Illinois Saturday afternoon to sweep a doubleheader at McLane Stadium at Kobs Field, winning 12-2 in seven innings and 11-1 in eight innings, that included a weather delay.
Before the clouds rolled in, it was a sun-shining bright day for MSU’s Military Appreciation Game in the second contest of the twinbwill, which included the dedication of the Military Honor Chair at McLane Stadium at Kobs Field, and a motorcycle ride-in by the Rolling Thunder group, and a special National Anthem singer and first-pitch ceremony. After wearing their traditional “throwback” uniforms for game one, the Spartans wore their new Military Appreciation Day jerseys for the Military Appreciation game.
Game two saw a 1-hour, 4-minute weather delay with two outs in the top of the eighth with MSU leading 10-1, resuming at 6:35 p.m., and Michigan State added a run in the bottom of the eighth to post its second run-rule win of the day, and third run-rule win in the last six games after a 16-3 seven-inning win over Ohio State on April 8.
MSU won game one Saturday with 12 runs on 12 hits, while winning the second game with 11 runs on 14 hits, along with getting solid pitching and defense all day.
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