MAC Showdown: 1 vs. 2

THIS WEEKEND'S GAMES

Ball State (23-13, 7-3)) vs. Miami (29-7, 10-2)
April 19-21, 2019 - Oxford, Ohio
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Possible Pitching Match-ups

Friday: RHP Sam Bachman (5-0, 4.81 ERA, 43 IP, 40 H, 18 BB, 44 K)
RHP Drey Jameson (2-3, 3.93 ERA, 52.2 IP, 45 H, 18 BB, 80 K)

Saturday: RHP Spencer Mraz (5-2, 3.28 ERA, 46.2 IP, 35 H, 24 BB, 48 K)
RHP John Baker (4-1, 2.38 ERA, 34 IP, 29 H, 14 BB, 46 K)

Sunday: RHP Jack Corbell (4-1, 2.49 ERA, 47 IP, 45 H, 20 BB, 31 K)
RHP Chayce McDermott (4-1, 3.38 ERA, 40 IP, 33 H, 20 BB, 53 K)

This weekend pits the first and second place teams in the MAC against each other, with Easter and rain in the forecast adding a little intrigue and flavor to the matchup.

Miami (10-2) is 2 full games ahead of BSU (7-3) and Central Michigan (8-4) in the standings. The series is expected to go a long way to determine the top of the standings and seeding for the MAC Baseball Championship.

Each team is coming off a double-digit midweek loss, as BSU lost at Indiana and Miami lost 15-5 at Cincinnati.

Miami is statistically the best pitching team in the MAC, leading the league in ERA (3.89), batting average allowed (.239) and fewest XBH allowed (81). Offensively, Miami is 2nd in the league in scoring with 7.94 runs per game. BSU is 3rd in the league at 7.06 per game.

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What's Trending

- Ball State leads the MAC with 3 shutouts this season. The rest of the MAC teams combined only have 5.

- As of April 14, Ball State is 4th in the nation with 10.9 Ks per 9 innings. Only 3 SEC teams (Miss. State, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt) strike out batters more efficiently.

- Ross Messina is in the top 10 in the MAC in 8 different categories. The starting RF leads the MAC in doubles (16), is 3rd in RBIs (37) and 4th in total bases (79).

- Shortstop Noah Powell is 18 for his last 61 (.295) dating back to March 16. He was batting .161 for the year back then, but has since added 62 points to his average.

All-Time Series - Ball State vs. Miami

Ball State is 65-77 (.458) all-time in the series against Miami that dates back to 1927:

At Miami: BSU is 25-45 all-time at Miami, but won 2 of 3 at MU in 2016.

Maloney vs. MU: Ball State is 23-16 against Miami under Rich Maloney (6-7 during Maloney's 2nd BSU stint).

Ball State went 7-1 against Miami from 2010-12.

THIS WEEKEND'S GAMES

Possible Pitching Match-ups

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Players Mentioned

John Baker

Drey Jameson

Chayce McDermott

Ross Messina

Noah Powell