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38-Win Season Ends In MAC Championship Round
May 25, 2019 | Baseball
Cardinals finish 38-19; 2nd in MAC regular season and league tournament
AVON, Ohio - A year that featured school and league records, a 23-1 record at home and national rankings and awards came to an end in the MAC Baseball Championship final Saturday night, as Central Michigan outlasted Ball State 6-0.Â
Central Michigan (46-12) will represent the Mid-American Conference in the NCAA Tournament.
CMU got an early 2-run homer from tourney MVP Griffin Lockwood-Powell and a pitching gem Jordan Patty and finished a 3-0 weekend to earn its first NCAA berth since 1995.
Ball State finishes the season 39-19, runner-up in both the conference standings and conference tournament. The Cardinals, who won an exciting 11-inning game earlier on Saturday, got a championship-quality start from Mike Pachmayer, who pitched 5.2 innings and kept BSU in the game. The score was 3-0 in the 6th inning when Central Michigan added a few insurance runs to put the game out of reach.
"It was a memorable season, it's not often you go 20-5 in the league and not win a championship," head coach Rich Maloney said. "But you have to tip your hat to Central, they had a great season. I'm proud of our guys because we are a true team. We got contributions from so many players. As a coach, when your players become a team, that's everything we talk about in our program. We didn't get the ultimate prize, but it was an outstanding season by every measure."
The 2019 baseball season featured many notable accomplishments, among others:
2019 MAC All-Tournament Team
Nick Floyd – Ball State
Noah Powell – Ball State
Rudy Rott – Ohio
Tanner Piechnick - Ohio
Tommy Szczasny – NIU
Michael Lasiewicz – NIU
Cameron Brown – Central Michigan
Griffin Lockwood-Powell – Central Michigan (MVP)
Jordan Patty – Central Michigan
Zavier Warren – Central Michigan
Central Michigan (46-12) will represent the Mid-American Conference in the NCAA Tournament.
CMU got an early 2-run homer from tourney MVP Griffin Lockwood-Powell and a pitching gem Jordan Patty and finished a 3-0 weekend to earn its first NCAA berth since 1995.
Ball State finishes the season 39-19, runner-up in both the conference standings and conference tournament. The Cardinals, who won an exciting 11-inning game earlier on Saturday, got a championship-quality start from Mike Pachmayer, who pitched 5.2 innings and kept BSU in the game. The score was 3-0 in the 6th inning when Central Michigan added a few insurance runs to put the game out of reach.
"It was a memorable season, it's not often you go 20-5 in the league and not win a championship," head coach Rich Maloney said. "But you have to tip your hat to Central, they had a great season. I'm proud of our guys because we are a true team. We got contributions from so many players. As a coach, when your players become a team, that's everything we talk about in our program. We didn't get the ultimate prize, but it was an outstanding season by every measure."
The 2019 baseball season featured many notable accomplishments, among others:
- a conference record strikeout total by Drey Jameson and a school record team total
- two national and nine league players of the week
- the MAC Pitcher of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year
- seven players named all-conference
- the 5th-best home field record in the country
- a combined no-hitter, the third no-no in school history
- six new Ball State baseball alumni
2019 MAC All-Tournament Team
Nick Floyd – Ball State
Noah Powell – Ball State
Rudy Rott – Ohio
Tanner Piechnick - Ohio
Tommy Szczasny – NIU
Michael Lasiewicz – NIU
Cameron Brown – Central Michigan
Griffin Lockwood-Powell – Central Michigan (MVP)
Jordan Patty – Central Michigan
Zavier Warren – Central Michigan
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: PATTY, J. (4-2)
L: Pachmayer, Mike (4-2)
Batting:
2B: Powell, Nick 1
Batting:
3B: GILLES, Z. 1
HR: LOCKWOOD-POW 1
RBI: GILLES, Z. 1 ; LOCKWOOD-POW 2 ; KRATT, E. 1 ; ROLLIN, C. 2
SF: KRATT, E. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: GILLES, Z. 1 ; LOCKWOOD-POW 1 ; SULLIVAN, J. 2 ; CLEVELAND, B 1 ; KRATT, E. 1
HBP: WARREN, Z. 1 ; LOCKWOOD-POW 1 ; CLEVELAND, B 1 ; COLE, D. 1
Game Leaders
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