Ball State University Athletics
Ball St. vs Northern Ill.
5/8/2026
Ralph McKinzie Field
3:00 PM
Ball St.
21-27, 14-14
2
Final
5
Northern Ill.
30-13, 20-8
| Team | 1st innning 1 | 2nd innning 2 | 3rd innning 3 | 4th innning 4 | 5th innning 5 | 6th innning 6 | 7th innning 7 | 8th innning 8 | 9th innning 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 6 | 0 |
Win: Danny Cihocki (5-2)Loss: Garza, Brendan (4-5)Save: Blake Gaskey (3)
Scoring Summary
Team | BALL | NIU |
|---|---|---|
1st Jacob Gillis grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b (1-0 B); Ryan Muizelaar out on the play; Brayden Huebner scored. | 1 | 0 |
5th Ivan Dahlberg homered to right field, 2 RBI (2-0 BB); Gavin Baldwin scored. | 1 | 2 |
6th Gavin Baldwin doubled down the lf line, RBI (1-1 SB); Nolan Sandee advanced to third; Caden Robertson scored, unearned. | 1 | 3 |
6th Gavin Baldwin advanced to third; Nolan Sandee scored on a wild pitch, unearned. | 1 | 4 |
6th Charlie Parcell singled to third base, bunt, RBI (2-1 BBK); Ivan Dahlberg advanced to second; Gavin Baldwin scored, unearned. | 1 | 5 |
8th Brett Griffiths homered to left field, RBI (1-1 BF). | 2 | 5 |
Ball St.
Player | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brayden Huebner | CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Muizelaar | 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Gillis | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Bakus | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Kenskey Thomas | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Griffiths | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Charlie Keller | RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Kalk | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brady Davidson | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gavin Balius | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brendan Garza | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Burden | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 35 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
Batting
Baserunning
Fielding
Northern Ill.
Player | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wyatt Wawro | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Cole Smith | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Caden Robertson | DH | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Vinny Spotofora | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Marcus Romero | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Nolan Sandee | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Gavin Baldwin | 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ivan Dahlberg | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Charlie Parcell | CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Danny Cihocki | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
   John Lyman | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Blake Gaskey | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 29 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
Batting
2B: Gavin Baldwin (1); Charlie Parcell (1)
HR: Ivan Dahlberg (1)
Baserunning
HBP: Caden Robertson (1); Marcus Romero (1)
Fielding
DP: Cole Smith (2); Nolan Sandee (2); Gavin Baldwin (2)
Ball St.
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | WP | BK | HBP | IBB | AB | BF | FO | GO | NP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan Garza | 5.2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 90 |
| Alex Burden | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 31 |
| Totals | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 36 | 10 | 7 | 121 |
Northern Ill.
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | WP | BK | HBP | IBB | AB | BF | FO | GO | NP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Danny Cihocki | 7.2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 33 | 9 | 8 | 106 |
John Lyman | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Blake Gaskey | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Totals | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 37 | 11 | 10 | 121 |
Win: Danny Cihocki (5-2)
Loss: Garza, Brendan (4-5)
HBP: Garza, Brendan (1); Burden, Alex (1)
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Save:
Blake Gaskey (3)
PB: Kalk, Max (1)
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