Ball State University
11-9, 1-5
Bowling Green
8-8, 6-0
Baseball Suffers Loss to Bowling Green in Series Finale
March 17, 2024 | Baseball
The hosts (11-9, 1-5 Mid-American Conference) were tied with the Falcons (8-8, 6-0 MAC) after three innings with both teams scoring a single tally in the second inning and crossing the plate twice each in the third for a 3-3 score. Bowling Green scored two runs in the top of the fourth and would lead from there on out.
Blake Bevis hit an RBI double before Matthew Kamins rapped out a run-scoring single in the fifth to bring the Cardinals within one run (6-5).
Senior third baseman Michael Hallquist went 3-for-6 with his eighth home run of the year, three RBI and two runs scored. Bevis and Clay Jacobs added two hits each for the Ball State offense.
Bowling Green's Connar Penrod threw 2.0 innings of two-run ball in relief to improve his record to 1-1, while Cardinals starter Jacob Hartlaub (1-2) suffered the loss after allowing five runs (three earned) in 3.1 innings pitched.
Ball State is scheduled to play at 4 p.m. ET (3 p.m. CT) at Valparaiso on Tuesday in the first of two midweek games (Wednesday at Butler).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Penrod,Connar (1-1)
L: Hartlaub, Jacob (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Seidel, Sam 1 ; Ross,Tyler 1
3B: Newman, Dj 1
HR: Newman, Dj 2 ; Ross,Tyler 2 ; Banjoff,Leighton 1 ; Krause,Jack 2
RBI: Archer,Nathan 1 ; Newman, Dj 5 ; Ross,Tyler 3 ; Banjoff,Leighton 1 ; Krause,Jack 3 ; Wright, Garrett 1
SF: Wright, Garrett 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Seidel, Sam 2 ; Newman, Dj 3 ; Ross,Tyler 3 ; Banjoff,Leighton 1 ; Krause,Jack 3 ; Takats, TJ 1 ; Ganun,Gavin 1 ; Wright, Garrett 1
SB: Krause,Jack 1 ; Ganun,Gavin 1
CS: Archer,Nathan 1
Batting:
2B: Bevis, Blake 1
HR: Hallquist, Michael 1 ; Dobbins, Hunter 1
RBI: Hallquist, Michael 3 ; Bevis, Blake 2 ; Dobbins, Hunter 1 ; Kamins, Matthew 1
SF: Bevis, Blake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gregory, Nick 1 ; Hallquist, Michael 2 ; Scheffler, Decker 2 ; Bevis, Blake 1 ; Dobbins, Hunter 1 ; Jacobs, Clay 1
