Ball State University Athletics
Ball St. vs Northern Ill.
5/9/2026
Ralph McKinzie Field
2:00 PM
Ball St.
21-28, 14-15
1
Final
11
Northern Ill.
31-13, 21-8
| 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 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 0 |
Win: Carter Cox (6-4)Loss: Strawmyer, Brady (1-2)
Scoring Summary
Team | BALL | NIU |
|---|---|---|
2nd Wyatt Wawro singled to shortstop, RBI (1-2 KBK); Charlie Parcell advanced to second; Ivan Dahlberg advanced to third; Nolan Sandee scored. | 0 | 1 |
4th Brady Davidson singled to center field, RBI (3-1 BFBB); Gavin Balius scored. | 1 | 1 |
4th Gavin Baldwin homered down the lf line, RBI (3-1 KBBB). | 1 | 2 |
4th Ivan Dahlberg homered to left field, RBI (1-2 BFF). | 1 | 3 |
5th Gavin Baldwin doubled to left center, RBI (0-1 K); Nolan Sandee scored. | 1 | 4 |
6th Vinny Spotofora tripled down the rf line, 2 RBI (1-0 B); Caden Robertson scored; Wyatt Wawro scored. | 1 | 6 |
6th Marcus Romero singled to right field, RBI (1-0 B); Vinny Spotofora scored. | 1 | 7 |
7th Caden Robertson singled down the rf line, RBI (1-0 B); Cole Smith advanced to third; Wyatt Wawro scored. | 1 | 8 |
7th Vinny Spotofora singled to right field, RBI (1-1 KB); Caden Robertson advanced to second; Cole Smith scored. | 1 | 9 |
7th Marcus Romero singled up the middle, RBI (0-0); Vinny Spotofora advanced to second; Caden Robertson scored. | 1 | 10 |
8th Wyatt Wawro singled to center field, RBI (3-2 BBBKK); Will Couchman advanced to third; Gavin Baldwin scored. | 1 | 11 |
Ball St.
Player | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brayden Huebner | CF/LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gavin Balius | 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jacob Gillis | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Muizelaar | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Huston Dunn | 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Davidson | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Griffiths | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kenskey Thomas | LF/RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| John Colligan | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Keller | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kendric Sorgius | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Preston Murphy | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy Landsnes | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Max Kalk | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Strawmyer | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Quinn | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Jones | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Leduc | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 28 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
Northern Ill.
Player | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wyatt Wawro | LF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cole Smith | 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Caden Robertson | DH | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Vinny Spotofora | 3B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Marcus Romero | RF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Nolan Sandee | SS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Gavin Baldwin | 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ivan Dahlberg | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
   Will Couchman | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Parcell | CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Carter Cox | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
   Cooper Cohn | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 39 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
Batting
2B: Wyatt Wawro (1); Gavin Baldwin (1); Will Couchman (1)
3B: Vinny Spotofora (1)
HR: Gavin Baldwin (1); Ivan Dahlberg (1)
Baserunning
SB: Marcus Romero (1)
Ball St.
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | WP | BK | HBP | IBB | AB | BF | FO | GO | NP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Strawmyer | 3.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 83 |
| Owen Quinn | 2.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 54 |
| Jeremy Jones | 1.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 29 |
| Zach Leduc | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| Totals | 17 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 46 | 7 | 8 | 187 |
Northern Ill.
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | WP | BK | HBP | IBB | AB | BF | FO | GO | NP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carter Cox | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 103 |
Cooper Cohn | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
| Totals | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 131 |