Grinsell Excellent Again In Hard-Luck Loss

Friday, May 2

East Lansing, Mich.

3:05 p.m.

University of Oregon

31-13, 14-8

Michigan State

24-19, 10-12

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Oregon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Michigan State	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	2	2	1

Photo by: Zoe Rivers

05/02/25 | Baseball

Box Score Box Score: Michigan State 2, #6 Oregon 0

EAST LANSING, Mich. — For the second time in his last three starts, Oregon starting pitcher Grayson Grinsell tossed a two-hit complete game. The difference this time, Michigan State starter Joseph Dzierwa held No. 6 Oregon's potent offense scoreless in a 2-0 Big Ten Conference win at McLane Stadium in game one of the series on Friday night.

Grinsell (7-2) allowed just one earned run, a solo home run in the fifth inning. MSU's other run came on a two-out error in the second. The Ducks' lefty fanned nine Spartans and retired all 11 batters he faced after giving up the solo homer, six on punch outs.

How It Happened: Michigan State took an early lead with some help from the Ducks. Randy Seymour lifted a two-out fly ball into center field that should have ended the inning, but Anson Aroz dropped it allowing Will Shannon to score an unearned run from first. MSU (24-19, 10-12 Big Ten) added a solo home run, just its second hit of the game, to make it 2-0 in the fifth.

Oregon (31-13, 14-8 Big Ten) managed just three hits of their own while threatening to score against Dzierwa (7-2) on just a couple of occasions.

Ryan Cooney doubled in the third with one out but was stranded at third base. Jacob Walsh flew out to the wall in right-center field in the fourth before Aroz flew out to the wall in left field with a runner on in the seventh.

Box Score Notes: Walsh (LF) and Dominic Hellman (1B) made their first starts of the season at their respective positions, while Aroz made his second start of the season in center field … Drew Smith went 2-for-3 … Cooney reached twice, once on a hard hit ball to the backhand side of the second baseman that was ruled an error … Smith and Cooney were the only Ducks to reach base … Michigan State left no runners on base, thanks to Grinsell picking off a runner at second base in the first and a runner at first base in the fourth … The runner who reached on the Aroz error was throwing out trying to advance to third on the play.

On Deck: Game two of the series is Saturday (12:32 p.m. PT, B1G+).