Michigan State baseball’s first appearance in the Big Ten tournament since 2018 may be a short one.
The Spartans will need a win Thursday to keep playing in Omaha, Nebraska, after a 3-2 loss to top-seeded Maryland on Tuesday night, despite an impressive effort by junior Nick Powers on the mound.
Luke Shliger went 2-for-3 with two doubles, a run and the go-ahead RBI in the eighth inning to send the eighth-seeded Spartans to an elimination game on Thursday. MSU (32-21) will face the loser of Wednesday’s game between fourth-seeded Nebraska and fifth-seeded Rutgers; the knockout game is scheduled for 11 a.