Cardinals Head to BGSU for First Time in Three Years

Game #36 – Ball State at Bowling Green
Friday, April 20, 3:05 p.m.
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Game #37– Ball State at Bowling Green
Saturday, April 21, 1:05 p.m.
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Game #38– Ball State at Bowling Green
Sunday, April 22, 1:05 p.m.
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Projected Starting Pitchers (2018 stats)
Friday – John Baker, RHP (3-4, 3.97 ERA, 81 Ks)
Saturday – Drey Jameson, RHP (3-0, 4.85, 55 Ks)
Sunday – TBA

Around the Horn
Opening Pitch: Ball State will look to break its MAC trend this weekend. Since opening conference play by winning two of three at league leader Kent State, the Cardinals have gone 1-2 in each of the last three series against Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan and Miami.

Ball State is still hoping its bats will heat up. The Cardinals hit a league high .313 against MAC competition in 2017. This year, Ball State ranks ninth with a .235 batting average.

Ball State's pitching has struck out 111 league batters, which is right behind MAC leader Kent State (119). Meanwhile, Bowling Green batters have struck out a league-low 71 times in conference games.

Series History: This will be Ball State's first visit to Bowling Green since 2015. The last two meetings have taken place in Muncie. Ball State swept the three-game series in 2017, averaging 14.3 runs per game.

Former Cardinal Sean Kennedy was the star in a 23-5 win in game two of the series, going 5-for-5 with three home runs, a triple, a double and nine RBIs. He set a program single-game record with 17 total bases. Kennedy's home run and RBI numbers were each one shy of the Ball State record.

Bowling Green holds a 61-56-2 lead in the all-time series and is 31-16 against the Cardinals at home.

This and That: Some random stats heading into the weekend …

• OF Colin Brockhouse needs two more starts to reach 100 for his collegiate career.

• Ball State starting pitchers have only notched one win in the last 11 games.

• Ball State's last three games have all been decided by one run. The Cardinals are 4-6 in one-run games and have lost four of their last five games decided by a run.

• C Chase Sebby has thrown out 10 of the last 12 runners attempting to steal a base.

• C Chase Sebby ranks second in the MAC and 24th nationally in on-base percentage (.495).

• Four players have batting averages over .300 in road games – C Chase Sebby (.450), SS Noah Powell (.340), INF Justin Kirkpatrick (.308) and OF Jeff Riedel (.307).

Cardinals Head to BGSU for First Time in Three Years

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Players Mentioned

John Baker

Colin Brockhouse

Drey Jameson

Sean Kennedy

Justin Kirkpatrick

Noah Powell

Jeff Riedel

Chase Sebby