MSU baseball senior Ryan Krill having career season

Michigan State senior Ryan Krill (22) hits a Michigan pitch at Comerica Park in Detroit, Mich., on April 14, 2015.

(Patrick Record | The Ann Arbor News)

MINNEAPOLIS -- Ryan Krill absolutely smashed the ball Thursday afternoon at Target Field.

Michigan State trailed Nebraska 7-5 in the bottom of the eighth inning in the Big Ten tournament elimination game when Krill, a Portage Central High School alum, stepped up to the plate with the bases loaded.

With one swing of the bat he gave the Spartans the lead and might have secured an at-large NCAA tournament bid for MSU, which held on to win 9-7.

Krill said after the game he knew his 13th homer of the season was gone the moment he hit it.

Here is Krill's blast: