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Photo by: Bobby Ellis (Ball State Creative Services)
Cards Sweep Doubleheader At Bowling Green
May 01, 2021 | Baseball
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - After a run-rule win Friday at Bowling Green, BSU swept a pair to clinch a series win on Saturday. Ross Messina and Chase Sebby each homered and had three hits for the day while Nick Powell had two extra-base hits and walked twice. The strong offense was more than enought for MAC-leading Ball State (28-11, 19-4), which got two quality starts on the mound.Â
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Our boys earned two excellent wins. Two strong pitching performances by Chayce McDermott and Luke Jaksich led our team. Several hitters had productive days. Go Cardinals!
— Rich Maloney (@CoachMaloney) May 2, 2021
Game 1 - Ball State 6, Bowling Green 2 (7 innings)Â Â BOX SCORE
Chayce McDermott pitched into the 7th inning and the homers by Sebby and Messina got Ball State off to a good start on the day.Â
McDermott struck out eight and allowed two runs on four hits before Tyler Schweitzer came in to get the final three outs. BSU got a pair of runs in innings 2-3-4, got good defensive by turning a couple double plays and McDermott took care of the rest.
Ball State took advantage of BG's miscues, staying disciplined at the plate and the making the home team pay. BSU drew eight walks in the game and had two hit batters, counting for 10 of the 15 free bases allowed by Bowling Green. Five of the six runs were unearned, but when the situation was right, the Cardinals took advantage. Sebby's 2-run homer came with two outs in the 3rd inning after an error. Messina's homer came after Tellier had reached on an error.Â
Aaron Simpson scored two runs, crossing the plate both times he reached base. The only runs for BG came on a 2-run homer by Dylan Dohanos.Â
Game 2 - Ball State 11, Bowling Green 7 (7 innings)Â BOX SCORE
The Cardinals put up a 5-spot in the top of the 2nd inning and dominated the game until Bowling Green got five runs late.Â
Lukas Jaksich improved to 6-1 with a 6-inning, 10-strikeout performance and Schweitzer earned the save. The Cardinals led 6-1 after the game's first nine outs extended the lead from there. BSU got five more runs in the top of the 4th when Sebby and Adam Christianson each hit a 2-run single. Â
Messina went 2-for-4 and Nick Powell doubled and tripled with two RBIs. Navarro scored three runs and Sebby drove in three. The game was 11-2 until Bowling Green scored five in the bottom of the 7th.Â
Over the three games of the series, Ball State has a 29-9 scoring advantage. Sunday's final game is set for 1 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: McDermott, Chayce (7-1)
L: RAMOS (1-5)
Batting:
HR: Messina, Ross 1 ; Sebby, Chase 1
RBI: Tellier, Adam 1 ; Navarro, Noah 1 ; Messina, Ross 2 ; Sebby, Chase 2
SH: Sebby, Chase 1
SF: Navarro, Noah 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Tellier, Adam 1 ; Messina, Ross 1 ; Quartermaine, Trenton 1 ; Simpson, Aaron 2 ; Sebby, Chase 1
CS: Navarro, Noah 1 ; Peltier, Ryan 1
HBP: Powell, Nick 1 ; Peltier, Ryan 1
Batting:
3B: GAYTAN 1
HR: DOHANOS 1
RBI: DOHANOS 2
Base Running:
RUNS: DOHANOS 1 ; GAYTAN 1
CS: HAAS 1
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