Baseball beats MSU for the 200th time in extra inning thriller

WHAT. A. GAME.

Though the chance to win the B1G Championship went away quickly when PSU layed down against Nebraska, losing 22-3. Tell this Michigan team that today's game didn't matter.

#19 Michigan took on MSU today out at East Lansing in the regular season finale.

Michigan eliminated MSU from B1G Tournament contention yesterday, so today was the final game for MSU in 2017. 

It was a pitcher's duel. 

MSU took a 1-0 lead in the 4th inning after scraping one together on two hits and a walk.

The Wolverines waited until the last minute to get it going. 

In the 9th, Drew Lugbauer got in with a leadoff single. He was replaced by the banged up Ako Thomas who would pinch run for him. A sac bunt moved Ako to 2B and then a steal with no throw got him to 3rd.

Nick Poirier hit a one out RBI groundout that was bobbled by the MSU 1B to push Ako Thomas across the plate easily, to tie the game at 1-1. 

MSU had one last shot to end it in regulation. They had bases loaded in the 9th against closer Jackson Lamb.

After a force at home, a nearly dropped infield fly out and a fielder's choice at 2B, the Lamb escaped in heart stopping fashion to extend the game.

In the 10th with two outs, Jake Bivens reached with a single. Johnny Slater then singeled on 0-2 to move Bivens to second.

Michael Brdar then hit an RBI double to score Jake Bivens and give the Wolverines the 2-1 lead.

Will Tribucher came in for Lamb in the bottom of the 10th and finished it off, with Brdar fittingly getting the force at 2B for the game-ender.

Michigan beats MSU, 2-1 in 10 innings.

This is the 200th all-time win over MSU. The series record stands at 200-110-1 Michigan (see note).

Michigan is now 42-13 and finishes 2nd in the B1G with a 15-8 record. 

2 Michigan will head to Bloomington for the B1G Tournament on Wednesday and face 7 Northwestern at 1:30pm. The tournament is double elimination and all of its games will be on BTN.

^Athletic department record book says 198-106-2 is the record, but I've researched the entire series game-by-game using Michigan Daily and Lansing State Journal archives, and found MANY errors in the U-M record book on that series alone. Some games are credited to the wrong team, the extra tie the ADept claims is actually a game we won. Baseball's records are a long term fix project.