Ball State University
Northern Illinois
No. 2 Seed Cardinals Ready For #MACtion
May 22, 2019 | Baseball
Cardinals (20-5) enter tourney having won 11 of last 13 games
MAC Baseball Championship
May 23-26, 2019
Sprenger Stadium – Avon, Ohio
Tournament Coverage
Games are streamed on ESPN+. All of the links to video and live stats can be found on the MAC tourney central page.Joel Godett will have the call for all of Ball State's games on BSU's mixlr.com audio page.
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Road To The Regional
Six MAC teams remain for the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Baseball Championship. Ball State is the No. 2 seed in the weekend tournament after finishing 20-5 in MAC play, just 2 half-games behind No. 1 seed Central Michigan.
BSU, which won its last 6 games, will play Thursday evening against the second-lowest seed that wins on Wednesday.Â
Ball State has the league's pitcher of the year in Drey Jameson and first-team picks John Baker and Nick Floyd. Jameson and Baker are scheduled to start Thursday and Friday, giving the Cardinals a pair of ace starting pitchers as they work toward the championship round.Â
Ball State last won the MAC Tournament in 2006. Kent State, the No. 4 seed is the defending champion. No. 1 seed Central Michigan won the tournament in 1994-95. The tournament champion will advance to an NCAA regional, which will be announced Monday, May 27 on ESPNU.
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What's Trending
- Ball State enters tournament play as the NCAA Division I team leader with 11.2 strikeouts per 9 innings, just ahead of Texas A&M (11.0). The next best team in the MAC in Ks per 9 is Kent State (30th, 9.4).Â
- Ball State enters the tournament having won 6 straight and 11 of its last 13. Ball State's run differential is +21 over the last 6 games, which includes 4 wins by 3 runs or fewer.
- During BSU's current 6-game win streak, William Baker is hitting .480 with 7 runs. John Ricotta is batting .458 with 8 RBIs during that span.
- Nick Floyd (7-0, 2.19 ERA) hasn't allowed a run since April 28. That's a streak of 12.2 scoreless innings.
