
Homa, after criticizing golf outbursts, throws club
Max Homa throws his club in frustration after criticizing golfers' behavior.
The Michigan State Spartans defeated the Washington Huskies 13-8, securing their 14th win of the season. This victory marks the Spartans' second consecutive win on their West Coast trip.
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You had to stay up late into the early morning hours of Sunday to catch the finale of game two between the Michigan State Spartans and Washington Huskies if you wanted to see the resolution.
On a brisk Saturday nightâprobably not the same Saturday night Elton John once sang about, as that one was likely much warmer than what Mother Nature gave us this weekendâa cold spell pushed through North America. However, a heat wave funneled through the Spartansâ dugout.
The Spartans secured their 14th victory of the season and their second straight on this West Coast trip with a monstrous 13-8 road win.
Michigan State improves to 14-22 on the season and 8-12 in the Big Ten, sitting at 12th in the conference standings. That positioning keeps them in the Big Ten Tournamentâfor now. The loss drops Washington back to 11th in the standings, sitting at 7-10 in conference play.
Striking first is nothing new for the Spartans, as theyâve kicked off scoring in 17 of the last 27 games. However, maintaining that lead has been a different story at times. But for the second straight game, MSU struck first, did everything needed to play from ahead with aggressiveness, and came away victorious.
The MVP of the gameâand arguably the season for MSU hittersâhas been none other than Randy Seymour. Entering the game with 12 home runs, already more than doubling the number two hitter for MSU, CJ Deckinga (5), Seymour decided a dozen wasnât enough. Apparently, he had a few extra helpings of Wheaties Saturday morning, as he launched two more out of the yard, leaving with 14 on the season and now nearly tripling Deckinga.
In the first inning, with one out and one on after an Isaac Sturgess single, Seymour crushed a ball that was outside, forcing him to reach for it. Yet he still made it look effortlessâlike swatting a fly out of the airâturning it into a towering home run to put MSU on the board first, 2-0.
Then in the second inning, Seymour stepped up again with a 3-0 lead and two men on base. He crushed his second home run of the dayâhis second in as many inningsâsending a towering moonshot over the left-center field wall. A no-doubter from the second you heard the bat crack. By the time your ears processed the sound, the ball was already flying through the air like a podracer heading for the finish line.
Seymour leads MSU in nearly every hitting category imaginable: runs (26), home runs (14), RBIs (41), total bases (93), and slugging percentage (.628). Heâs tied for the most hits with Isaac Sturgess (45), sits third in batting average behind Sturgess and Khamaree Thomas, andâinterestinglyâalso leads in strikeouts (40).
The final score was 13-8 in favor of the Michigan State Spartans.
The Spartans have secured 14 victories this season.
This victory is significant as it marks the Spartans' second straight win on their West Coast trip.
The game took place late on Saturday night, extending into early Sunday morning.

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Still, Seymour continues his dominant season, forcing his name into the notebooks of scouts.
The Spartans also sent out their top pitcher, Aidan Donovan, for the bump in game two. MSU had previously fallen into a pattern of winning Donovanâs series-opening starts, only to drop the next two games. This time, head coach Jake Boss Jr. switched things up, giving Donovan the ball in game two.
Donovan secured the win to move to 3-2 on the season, though he didnât have his best stuff on a frigid road night. He went 6.2 strong innings, but it turned into an offensive battle on both sidesâand sometimes, in games like that, you just buckle in for the ride.
Allowing ten hits, six earned runs, and just three strikeouts isnât exactly dominant, but MSUâs bats consistently bailed him out of trouble.
After Washington stormed back in the second inning to cut the lead to 6-4, the Spartans responded in a big way, pushing their total to 12 runs by the end of the fifth inning. The rally was capped by Khamaree Thomasâ second home run of the seasonâa line drive over the right field wall that hugged the foul poleâgiving MSU an eight-run cushion and full control of the game.
Washington added three more runs before the final pitch, but MSU had already done more than enough. The Spartans flexed their offensive muscle out west, securing a second straight win and handing Washington its first-ever home series loss in Big Ten play.
The two teams will square off one final time Sunday at 4:05 PM EST, as Spartans fans start dusting off the brooms, hoping for their first series sweep of the 2026 season.