Baseball Secures MAC Tournament Berth with 6-3 Win vs Bowling Green; Friday to Now Feature Doubleheader Starting at Noon

Thursday, May 14

Muncie, Ind.

3 PM

Ball State University

23-28, 16-15

Bowling Green

19-33, 12-19

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Bowling Green	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	10	2
Ball State	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	X	6	8	1

Owen Quinn in a black Ball State baseball uniform throwing a pitch

Photo by: Caden Vincent

Baseball Secures MAC Tournament Berth with 6-3 Win vs Bowling Green; Friday to Now Feature Doubleheader Starting at Noon

May 14, 2026 | Baseball

Box Score

MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State baseball team scored the last three runs of the game in a 6-3 win against Bowling Green on Thursday afternoon at Shebek Stadium.

With the decision, the Cardinals (23-28, 16-15 Mid-American Conference) clinched a berth in next week's MAC Tournament. The visiting Falcons (19-33, 12-19 MAC) tied the game at 3-3 on an RBI single in the seventh inning but were eliminated from contention to make the conference tournament with the loss.

Max Kalk drove in Brady Davidson on a single in the second frame to start the day's scoring, but Bowling Green got two runs in the top of the fifth to take a 2-1 edge. Ball State responded with a sacrifice fly from Ryan Muizelaar and RBI single by Davidson in the bottom half of the inning to claim a 3-2 edge.

Davidson hit a go-ahead safety in the seventh, and Jacob Gillis drove him in on a single in the next at bat to put the Cardinals ahead 5-3. Kendric Sorgius added an insurance run with a homer in the eighth frame for the final tally of the game.

Brendan Garza worked 6.2 innings of three-run ball with four strikeouts for Ball State before Owen Quinn (5-0) came on in the seventh and notched two outs to be credited with the win. Zander Bretza secured his third save of the year with three outs in the ninth.

Davidson paced the Ball State offense with a 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI performance at the plate.

"We got good pitching, played good defense and got timely hitting," Ball State head coach Rich Maloney said. "Good team win!"

Ty Roder (3-3) allowed two runs (one earned) in 2.2 relief innings to suffer the loss for the Falcons.

Saturday's game has been pushed up to Friday, which will now feature a doubleheader starting at Noon. A Senior Day ceremony will take place between games.