Baseball Drops Nonconference Game to Michigan State

Tuesday, March 24

Mount Pleasant, Mich.

3 p.m.

Central Michigan University

Michigan State

CMU's Cole Prout is greeted by teammates after his first-inning three-run homer on Tuesday at Theunissen Stadium.

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CMU returns to MAC play with weekend series at Eastern Michigan

By: Andy Sneddon

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. -- Central Michigan pitching surrendered four home runs among 19 hits on Tuesday as the Chippewas dropped a 19-8 nonconference baseball game to Michigan State on Keilitz Field at Theunissen Stadium.

The Chippewas (9-12) return to Mid-American Conference play this weekend with a three-game series at Eastern Michigan. CMU is 3-6 in league play. The Eagles are 2-7 MAC, 7-17 overall.

"We've got to keep getting better," CMU coach Jake Sabol said. "We're a little thin on the mound right now. We've got some (pitchers) that we like a lot, but we've got to get them better to help us on the weekends; specially with some guys going down, we're going to need all hands on deck.

"We've got some stuff to clean up. We'll learn from it and move on. This weekend's important coming up."

Three of the Spartans' home runs came from Randy Seymour. MSU's 19 runs and 19 hits were season highs for a CMU opponent. MSU improved to 8-15.

The teams are scheduled to play on Tuesday, March 31, in East Lansing.

Chippewa pitching issued 10 walks and the Spartans scored at least one run in eight of their nine turns at the plate.

"Hard to win those kinds of games," Sabol said. "I felt like we were prepared, we answered early offensively, but eventually you just need a few zeros to string together."

Cole Prout hit a three-run homer in the first inning to help the Chippewas to a 4-1 lead. Prout doubled in a run to highlight a three-run CMU third, after which the Chippewas led, 7-5.

Seymour hit his second homer of the game, a three-run shot, in the fourth to put the Spartans in front, 8-7, and CMU never regained the lead.

Prout, who tied his season high with four RBI, and Zach Knowlton finished with two hits apiece to lead CMU's eight-hit attack.

Jack Griffiths (1-1), who relieved starter Jake Brown, took the loss.