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Michigan State Comes Back to Defeat BGSU, 6-4
March 25, 2003 | Baseball
March 25, 2003
Bowling Green, Ohio - Michigan State scored two runs in the top of the ninth inning to break a 4-4 tie and defeat Bowling Green on Tuesday afternoon at Warren Steller Field, 6-4. The two teams combined for seven errors in the game.
Bowling Green had battled back from a 4-1 deficit to tie the game with three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning. Freshman Josh Baughman began the inning with a double to right field and moved to third on a single by Kelly Hunt. Nolan Reimold was then hit by a pitch to load the bases. After Bobby Majer struck out, Tyler Wasserman hit a slow rolling grounder to third base that he beat out, scoring Baughman. Hunt then scored on the errant throw to first base to bring BGSU to within one, 4-3. Then Kevin Longstreth doubled to left field, scoring Reimold and knotting the game at 4-4.
BGSU got on the board in the first inning when Jimmy Lipari was hit by a pitch, moved to third on a single by Baughman, and then scored on a wild pitch.
Michigan State (5-13 overall) tied the score in the top of the third inning and went ahead in the fourth with one run, 2-1. The Spartans scored two more runs in the top of the eighth inning for a three-run lead.
Tom Oestrike started the game on the mound for the Falcons, lasting four innings and allowing two unearned runs while walking two and striking out two. Ryan Lindquist pitched the fifth and sixth innings (one hit, no runs), Matt Hundley pitched the seventh and part of the eighth inning (four hits, two runs), and Neil Schmitz (0-2) suffered the loss, pitching the final one and two-third innings (one hit, two unearned runs).
BGSU stranded 12 runners while MSU left 11 runners on base. BGSU committed four errors, including a catcher's interference, while the Spartans had three errors. Baughman ended 3-for-4 at the plate while Hunt was the only other Falcon with multiple hits (2-for-4).
The Falcons drop to 3-8 overall (2-0 in the Mid-American Conference) while MSU improves to 5-13 overall. BGSU hosts Dayton on Wednesday at Warren Steller Field at 2 p.m. for a single contest.
