EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State baseball had the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, but the rally ended without a run, falling to Purdue Fort Wayne, 3-2, Wednesday night at a rainy McLane Stadium at Kobs Field.
The Spartans were down 3-1 entering the eighth, and scored one in the home half of the eighth, and threatened in the ninth, but a groundout ended the rally and the game, which was played throughout a steady rain for most of the latter half of the contest.
Wednesday’s loss snapped MSU’s six-game win streak, as Michigan State is now 23-11 overall, while Purdue Fort Wayne moved to 10-28 with the win. The Spartans’ five-game win streak over the Mastadons was also halted with Wednesday night’s result, for MSU’s first loss to Purdue Fort Wayne in the all-time series.
The Spartans had four hits in the first inning, pushing across one run, but leaving two on. MSU managed just two hits the rest of the night, with one in the sixth and one in the eighth.
“One hundred percent it was definitely our approach,” MSU head coach Jake Boss Jr. said about the issues in Wednesday’s game. “We talked about several things before the game, like a consistent offensive approach and we had four hits in the first inning and finished with six. We talked about consistent energy throughout the game, and half the time it looked like we didn’t want to be there. We talked about not missing opportunities and we missed many of them, we missed an…
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