Ball State University Athletics
Saturday, March 9
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Photo by: Zach Greer
Eastern Michigan Beats Baseball in Game Two of Series
March 09, 2024 | Baseball
MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State baseball team fell 6-2 to Eastern Michigan on Saturday afternoon at the First Merchants Ballpark Complex.
The Cardinals (9-6, 0-2 Mid-American Conference) dropped the second league game of the year to the Eagles (5-9, 2-0 MAC), who led the entirety of the contest after putting two runs on the board in the third inning.
In the sixth, Matthew Gonzalez knocked in Michael Hallquist on a triple to right center field before Dylan Grego brought home Gonzalez on an RBI infield single to cut into the EMU edge at 3-2. The Eagles responded with a 3-run seventh inning highlighted by a Darren Kraft 2-run home run that proved to be final scoring of the day.
Ball State starter Logan Schulfer (1-2) was hit with the loss after allowing a pair of runs in 2.2 innings, while Eastern's Drew Beckner tossed 6.0 innings of 2-run ball to improve his record to 2-1. Niko Kreuzer threw 3.0 shutout innings to pick up his first save on the season.
Nate Blain gutted out 5.1 innings in relief, striking out seven while allowing four runs, to save the bullpen, while Brady Owens threw a scoreless ninth inning for the Cardinals.
"Today we were beaten in all facets," head coach Rich Maloney said. "The beauty is we have a 30-game league season."
Ball State will play for its first conference win of the year at 1 p.m. on Sunday in the series finale with Eastern Michigan.
The Cardinals (9-6, 0-2 Mid-American Conference) dropped the second league game of the year to the Eagles (5-9, 2-0 MAC), who led the entirety of the contest after putting two runs on the board in the third inning.
In the sixth, Matthew Gonzalez knocked in Michael Hallquist on a triple to right center field before Dylan Grego brought home Gonzalez on an RBI infield single to cut into the EMU edge at 3-2. The Eagles responded with a 3-run seventh inning highlighted by a Darren Kraft 2-run home run that proved to be final scoring of the day.
Ball State starter Logan Schulfer (1-2) was hit with the loss after allowing a pair of runs in 2.2 innings, while Eastern's Drew Beckner tossed 6.0 innings of 2-run ball to improve his record to 2-1. Niko Kreuzer threw 3.0 shutout innings to pick up his first save on the season.
Nate Blain gutted out 5.1 innings in relief, striking out seven while allowing four runs, to save the bullpen, while Brady Owens threw a scoreless ninth inning for the Cardinals.
"Today we were beaten in all facets," head coach Rich Maloney said. "The beauty is we have a 30-game league season."
Ball State will play for its first conference win of the year at 1 p.m. on Sunday in the series finale with Eastern Michigan.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: BECKNER, Drew (2-1)
L: Schulfer, Logan (1-2)
S: KREUZER, Niko (1)
Batting:
2B: TAYLOR, Cory 1
HR: TAYLOR, Cory 1 ; KRAFT, Darren 1
RBI: TAYLOR, Cory 2 ; SCHROEDLE, Kyle 1 ; KRAFT, Darren 2 ; KLEIMAN, Brendan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: HUGO, Logan 1 ; MCRAE, Blake 2 ; TAYLOR, Cory 2 ; KRAFT, Darren 1
SB: HUGO, Logan 1
CS: ZUCCARO, Giano 1
HBP: HUGO, Logan 1
Batting:
3B: Gonzalez, Matthew 1
RBI: Gonzalez, Matthew 1 ; Grego, Dylan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hallquist, Michael 1 ; Gonzalez, Matthew 1
SB: Scheffler, Decker 1 ; Grego, Dylan 1
CS: Scheffler, Decker 1
Game Leaders
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