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Cardinals Fall to Chippewas in MAC Championship
May 29, 2022 | Baseball
MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State baseball team closed out the season in the Mid-American Conference Tournament Championship game on Sunday. The Cardinals dropped the hard-hitting contest to the Chippewas 11-7.
Zach Cole, Ryan Peltier, and Tyler Schweitzer were named to the MAC All-Tournament team after a great week in Muncie.
Amir Wright and Adam Tellier led the way as they each posted a 3-for-5 day at the plate. Peltier and Tellier each drove in two runs for the Cardinals.
Peltier extended his hitting streak to 14 games as he extended his streak of reaching safely to 19 straight. Cole recorded a hit in his 10th straight. Nick Powell has now reached safely in 22-straight games.
The Chippewas got on the board first in the top of the first on two hits and one Cardinal error.
Wright led off the bottom of the first with a triple down the right field line. Cole followed with a single to center field to tie the game. Trenton Quartermaine drew a five-pitch walk to give the Cardinals runners on first and second. Powell singled to left field and scored Cole from second. Tellier recorded a ground-rule double down the right field line to score Quartermaine. With runners on second and third, Peltier singled up the middle to score Powell. Peltier stole second and a throwing error by the catcher allowed Tellier to score. Ball State took a 5-1 lead into the second inning.
Central Michigan added a run on three hits in the top of the second.
In the top of the third, CMU loaded the bases, but Trennor O'Donnell closed the door and got out of the inning unscathed. Ball State held a 5-2 lead as the game went into the fifth inning.
In the home half of the fifth, Hunter Dobbins led off the inning with a triple to right center for the Cardinals. Powell grounded out to the shortstop as Dobbins scored from third.
The Chippewas closed the gap to 6-4 in the top of the fifth on a two-run homer by Robby Morgan. Garret Navarra gave CMU its first lead of the day with a three-run home run to left center in the top of the seventh. Central Michigan held a 7-6 lead as the game went to the bottom of the seventh.
Powell started a two-out rally in the bottom of the seventh with a single to left field. Tellier kept the inning alive with a single through the left side. Peltier doubled off the bag at third and scored Powell. The Cardinals tied it at 7-7 as the game went to the eighth inning.
In the top of the eighth inning, Central Michigan scored two runs on three hits to take a 9-7 lead as the game entered the home half of the eighth. CMU added two more runs in the top of the ninth and took an 11-7 lead. The Chippewas went on to claim an 11-7 victory.
O'Donnell got the start on the mound for the Cardinals. He struck out three batters and surrendered four runs, three earned, in five innings of work. Sam Klein got the loss in 2 1/3 innings of relief and fell to 4-3 on the season. He struck out three and gave up four earned runs. Tyler Schweitzer, Ty Johnson, and Ryan Brown finished the game with a combined 1 2/3 innings between the three of them.
Jake Jones started the game for Central Michigan and went 1/3 of an inning with four earned runs. Andrew Taylor notched 4 2/3 innings in relief with six strikeouts with two runs surrendered, one earned. Ryan Palmblad added 1 2/3 innings with one earned run. Adam Mrakitsch picked up the win in 1 1/3 innings with one strikeout. Jordan Patty added a scoreless inning to close out the game.
The Cardinals finished the season with a 40-19 record and were the MAC regular season champions with a conference record of 32-7. It is just the third time in Ball State history that a team has recorded 40 wins in a season.
The Chippewas improved to 42-17 and earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament with the MAC's automatic bid.
From the Coach – Head Coach Rich Maloney
"What a fantastic season with a great group of young men. Grinding for 40 wins and winning the MAC regular season title is special. For our boys to pull that off is pretty amazing. To beat a Central Michigan team five-straight times is really amazing considering the rest of the league was hardly beating them at all. I feel bad for our boys that we couldn't finish off this tournament. They played their hearts out today and all year long. Down the stretch, Central just got it done a little better than us."
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Zach Cole, Ryan Peltier, and Tyler Schweitzer were named to the MAC All-Tournament team after a great week in Muncie.
Amir Wright and Adam Tellier led the way as they each posted a 3-for-5 day at the plate. Peltier and Tellier each drove in two runs for the Cardinals.
Peltier extended his hitting streak to 14 games as he extended his streak of reaching safely to 19 straight. Cole recorded a hit in his 10th straight. Nick Powell has now reached safely in 22-straight games.
The Chippewas got on the board first in the top of the first on two hits and one Cardinal error.
Wright led off the bottom of the first with a triple down the right field line. Cole followed with a single to center field to tie the game. Trenton Quartermaine drew a five-pitch walk to give the Cardinals runners on first and second. Powell singled to left field and scored Cole from second. Tellier recorded a ground-rule double down the right field line to score Quartermaine. With runners on second and third, Peltier singled up the middle to score Powell. Peltier stole second and a throwing error by the catcher allowed Tellier to score. Ball State took a 5-1 lead into the second inning.
Central Michigan added a run on three hits in the top of the second.
In the top of the third, CMU loaded the bases, but Trennor O'Donnell closed the door and got out of the inning unscathed. Ball State held a 5-2 lead as the game went into the fifth inning.
In the home half of the fifth, Hunter Dobbins led off the inning with a triple to right center for the Cardinals. Powell grounded out to the shortstop as Dobbins scored from third.
The Chippewas closed the gap to 6-4 in the top of the fifth on a two-run homer by Robby Morgan. Garret Navarra gave CMU its first lead of the day with a three-run home run to left center in the top of the seventh. Central Michigan held a 7-6 lead as the game went to the bottom of the seventh.
Powell started a two-out rally in the bottom of the seventh with a single to left field. Tellier kept the inning alive with a single through the left side. Peltier doubled off the bag at third and scored Powell. The Cardinals tied it at 7-7 as the game went to the eighth inning.
In the top of the eighth inning, Central Michigan scored two runs on three hits to take a 9-7 lead as the game entered the home half of the eighth. CMU added two more runs in the top of the ninth and took an 11-7 lead. The Chippewas went on to claim an 11-7 victory.
O'Donnell got the start on the mound for the Cardinals. He struck out three batters and surrendered four runs, three earned, in five innings of work. Sam Klein got the loss in 2 1/3 innings of relief and fell to 4-3 on the season. He struck out three and gave up four earned runs. Tyler Schweitzer, Ty Johnson, and Ryan Brown finished the game with a combined 1 2/3 innings between the three of them.
Jake Jones started the game for Central Michigan and went 1/3 of an inning with four earned runs. Andrew Taylor notched 4 2/3 innings in relief with six strikeouts with two runs surrendered, one earned. Ryan Palmblad added 1 2/3 innings with one earned run. Adam Mrakitsch picked up the win in 1 1/3 innings with one strikeout. Jordan Patty added a scoreless inning to close out the game.
The Cardinals finished the season with a 40-19 record and were the MAC regular season champions with a conference record of 32-7. It is just the third time in Ball State history that a team has recorded 40 wins in a season.
The Chippewas improved to 42-17 and earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament with the MAC's automatic bid.
From the Coach – Head Coach Rich Maloney
"What a fantastic season with a great group of young men. Grinding for 40 wins and winning the MAC regular season title is special. For our boys to pull that off is pretty amazing. To beat a Central Michigan team five-straight times is really amazing considering the rest of the league was hardly beating them at all. I feel bad for our boys that we couldn't finish off this tournament. They played their hearts out today and all year long. Down the stretch, Central just got it done a little better than us."
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: MRAKITSCH, Adam (6-1)
L: Klein, Sam (4-3)
Batting:
2B: MARSEE, Jakob 1 ; WUESTENFELD, Danny 1
HR: CAMILLETTI, Mario 1 ; NAVARRA, Garrett 1 ; MORGAN, Robby 1
RBI: CAMILLETTI, Mario 2 ; MARSEE, Jakob 1 ; WUESTENFELD, Danny 1 ; NAVARRA, Garrett 3 ; MORGAN, Robby 2 ; PROCTOR, Adam 1
SH: SIMPSON, Justin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: CAMILLETTI, Mario 2 ; MARSEE, Jakob 3 ; WUESTENFELD, Danny 1 ; NAVARRA, Garrett 3 ; MORGAN, Robby 1 ; LECHNIR, Drew 1
SB: MARSEE, Jakob 1
HBP: MARSEE, Jakob 1 ; SHEPARDSON, Aidan 1
Batting:
2B: Tellier, Adam 1 ; Peltier, Ryan 1
3B: Wright, Amir 1 ; Dobbins, Hunter 1
RBI: Cole, Zach 1 ; Powell, Nick 2 ; Tellier, Adam 1 ; Peltier, Ryan 2
SH: Conant, Justin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wright, Amir 1 ; Cole, Zach 1 ; Quartermaine, Trenton 1 ; Dobbins, Hunter 1 ; Powell, Nick 2 ; Tellier, Adam 1
SB: Peltier, Ryan 1
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