Iowa versus Michigan State: How to watch, listen, stream Hawkeye baseball against the Spartans
After securing a fourth consecutive Big Ten series win with a 9-1 rubber game victory over Purdue, Iowa (28-16, 12-6 Big Ten) hits the road for East Lansing, Mich., for a three-game series against Michigan State.
With the Hawkeyes sitting at No. 64 in the RPI and tied for third in the Big Ten standings with a 12-6 mark in league play, Iowa needs to play well in this three-game series against the Spartans in order to enhance its case for an at-large bid into an NCAA Regional.
In Iowa’s series-clinching win over the Boilermakers, sophomore Ty Langenberg registered a career-long seven innings start where he surrendered just one run and struck out seven.
“We gave a mature, professional effort today. After a tough day yesterday, we came out with a lot of energy. We were really dialed in against a good team and we needed a good start. Ty Langenberg delivered with that; he was solid today,” Iowa head baseball coach Rick Heller said after capturing the series over Purdue.
After recording 12 strikeouts in the Mother’s Day win, Iowa ran its strikeout total to 507 to set a single-season program record. Redshirt freshman Keaton Anthony hit his 10th home run of the season and finished with a pair of RBIs. Sophomore Cade Moss added two RBIs as well.
Meanwhile, Michigan State (22-25, 6-12 Big Ten) was swept by Penn State. A pair of games originally scheduled for Friday and Saturday were postponed. The Spartans played a Sunday doubleheader, losing both against Penn State by scores of, 15-3, and, 10-4. Then, Michigan State dropped the Monday contest against the Nittany Lions, 10-9, in 11 innings.
The Spartans split their midweek games at Notre Dame and at Western Michigan, losing to the Fighting Irish, 15-6, before topping the Broncos, 3-1.
Here’s how to watch, listen and stream the Hawkeyes’ series against Michigan State.
How to watch, stream, listen
Date: May 13-15
Time: Friday at 5:35 p.m. CT, Saturday at 3:05 p.m. CT, Sunday at 12:05 p.m. CT
Video stream: Big Ten Network+
Audio stream: The Varsity Network App
Friday starter for Iowa - RHP Adam Mazur
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Redshirt sophomore RHP Adam Mazur
6-2, 2.36 ERA
Friday starter for Michigan State - RHP Conner Tomasic
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Junior RHP Conner Tomasic
3-3, 4.61 ERA
RPI update entering the weekend
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Iowa sits at No. 64 in the latest Division I college baseball RPI rankings. Here’s where all of the Big Ten teams stand in the RPI rankings entering the weekend.
Maryland: No. 14
Rutgers: No. 46
Iowa: No. 64
Illinois: No. 75
Michigan: No. 95
Indiana: No. 103
Penn State: No. 125
Purdue: No. 130
Ohio State: No. 134
Northwestern: No. 138
Michigan State: No. 160
Nebraska: No. 180
Minnesota: No. 244
After Michigan State
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Iowa has one final midweek game at Illinois Chicago at 6:05 p.m. CT on Tuesday before closing the regular season with a three-game series versus Indiana starting next Thursday.
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