COLLEGE BASEBALL: Michigan State rolls over Oakland, 11-2
EAST LANSING — It was all Michigan State Saturday on the baseball diamond.
Mike Carson and Aaron Cieslak combined for five hits, but Oakland dropped an 11-2 decision to Michigan State at McClane Stadium.
Carson was 3-for-4, while Cieslak went 2-for-4 and each had an RBI for Oakland (3-15).
“We struggled in every facet of the game today,” said Oakland coach John Musachio. “The score reflected our team’s struggles.”
Carson put Oakland on the board with an RBI-double that hit the wall just under the 375 mark. He then scored to tie the game at 2-2 on a single by Cieslak.
The score remained tied until the fourth inning, when the Spartans took the lead with a single run. MSU (12-7) added runs in each of the next three innings to take a 7-2 lead, before opening up the game in the eighth with four runs on five hits to make it 11-2.
The Spartans outhit Oakland 14-9, but also took advantage of four OU errors.
MSU scored a single run in both the first and second inning. Right fielder John Estes, threw out a runner at the plate to end the second and kept it 2-0 early.
Oakland starter Hayden Fox (0-4) suffered the loss, going four innings. Andrew Waszak (2-1) pitched five innings and earned the win for MSU.
The Golden Grizzlies and Spartans will wrap up the three-game series on Sunday at 1:05 p.m.
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