Friday, April 5
Mount Pleasant, Mich.
3:05 p.m.
Ball State University
19-10, 4-1
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Winning Streak Snapped At Central Michigan
April 05, 2019 | Baseball
Cardinals can even series Saturday afternoon
MT. PLEASANT, Mich. - All winning streaks come to an end. The Ball State baseball team can now start a new one after dropping a 5-4 game at Central Michigan on Friday.
The Cardinals (4-1 in MAC play) rallied late in the game but ran out of outs as CMU (6-1) held on. Ball State, which hadn't lost since March 15, nearly tied the game with 3 runs in the 7th inning after falling behind 5-1. Noah Powell worked a bases-loaded walk to make the score 5-2. After a CMU pitching change, Tim Blankenberger and Aaron Simpson each smacked a sac fly to make it a 1-run game.Â
"We did a nice job battling back," head coach Rich Maloney. "I liked that we fought back, we just ran out of outs. I loved our double play in the 8th that gave us a chance. We made some plays but they just made a little more than we did."
Ball State (19-10 overall) put the go-ahead run on 1st base in the top of the 9th but fell short.Â
Noah Navarro had a pair of hits and Chase Sebby scored twice to lead Ball State.Â
CMU's Pat Leatherman earned the win, working 6 innings and allowing just the one unearned run. He yielded just 2 hits and fanned 4 Cardinals. Cameron Miller earned a save.
Ball State can even the series Saturday when it takes on CMU at 1 p.m. ET. Fans can follow the Cards on Twitter or Instagram at @BallStateBB.
The Cardinals (4-1 in MAC play) rallied late in the game but ran out of outs as CMU (6-1) held on. Ball State, which hadn't lost since March 15, nearly tied the game with 3 runs in the 7th inning after falling behind 5-1. Noah Powell worked a bases-loaded walk to make the score 5-2. After a CMU pitching change, Tim Blankenberger and Aaron Simpson each smacked a sac fly to make it a 1-run game.Â
"We did a nice job battling back," head coach Rich Maloney. "I liked that we fought back, we just ran out of outs. I loved our double play in the 8th that gave us a chance. We made some plays but they just made a little more than we did."
Ball State (19-10 overall) put the go-ahead run on 1st base in the top of the 9th but fell short.Â
Noah Navarro had a pair of hits and Chase Sebby scored twice to lead Ball State.Â
CMU's Pat Leatherman earned the win, working 6 innings and allowing just the one unearned run. He yielded just 2 hits and fanned 4 Cardinals. Cameron Miller earned a save.
Ball State can even the series Saturday when it takes on CMU at 1 p.m. ET. Fans can follow the Cards on Twitter or Instagram at @BallStateBB.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: LEATHERMAN, Pat (5-0)
L: Jameson, Drey (1-3)
S: MILLER, Cameron (5)
Batting:
2B: Messina, Ross 1
RBI: Simpson, Aaron 1 ; Powell, Noah 1 ; Blankenberger, Tim 1
SF: Simpson, Aaron 1 ; Blankenberger, Tim 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Baker, William 1 ; Murphy, Mack 1 ; Sebby, Chase 2
Batting:
2B: LOCKWOOD-POWELL, G. 1 ; CRUM, Jacob 1
RBI: GILLES, Zach 1 ; LOCKWOOD-POWELL, G. 2 ; CRUM, Jacob 1 ; COLE, David 1
Base Running:
RUNS: HEEKE, Zach 1 ; WARREN, Zavier 1 ; GILLES, Zach 1 ; CRUM, Jacob 1 ; COLE, David 1
SB: COLE, David 2
Game Leaders
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