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Baseball Falls Late at Kent State; No. 3 Seed in Next Week's MAC Tournament
May 18, 2024 | Baseball
The Ball State baseball team was tied with Kent State entering the eighth inning, but the Golden Flashes pulled away to salvage a 7-2 win on Saturday afternoon at Schoonover Stadium.
The Cardinals (32-21-1, 18-12 Mid-American Conference) finished the season third in the league's regular season standings with the decision and will play No. 6 seed Toledo at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday in next week's MAC Tournament in Avon, Ohio.
Blake Bevis hit an RBI single that plated Nick Gregory in the first to put the visitors on the board. Kent State knotted the score at 1-1 with a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth inning. The Golden Flashes busted out with a six-run eighth inning to take the series finale after the Cardinals took the first two contests of the weekend.
Ball State got an RBI single from Hunter Dobbins in the ninth and ended the game with the bases loaded. The Cardinals previously had a chance with the bases full in the top of the eighth but couldn't push across the go-ahead run.
Bevis went 3-for-4 with a walk and double on the day, while Dobbins and Gregory had two hits each. Will Jacobson (4.0 innings, three strikeouts, one run) and Sam Klein (three strikeouts in 2.2 shutout frames) led the visiting pitching staff early.
Kent State's Peyton Cariaco (5-3) went 1.2 innings of one-run ball out of the bullpen to earn the win, while Nate Blain (2-5) suffered the loss after allowing three runs in an inning of work.
Even with the setback, the Cardinals clinched their seventh straight MAC series win and are the reigning MAC Tournament champions heading into next week.
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The Cardinals (32-21-1, 18-12 Mid-American Conference) finished the season third in the league's regular season standings with the decision and will play No. 6 seed Toledo at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday in next week's MAC Tournament in Avon, Ohio.
Blake Bevis hit an RBI single that plated Nick Gregory in the first to put the visitors on the board. Kent State knotted the score at 1-1 with a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth inning. The Golden Flashes busted out with a six-run eighth inning to take the series finale after the Cardinals took the first two contests of the weekend.
Ball State got an RBI single from Hunter Dobbins in the ninth and ended the game with the bases loaded. The Cardinals previously had a chance with the bases full in the top of the eighth but couldn't push across the go-ahead run.
Bevis went 3-for-4 with a walk and double on the day, while Dobbins and Gregory had two hits each. Will Jacobson (4.0 innings, three strikeouts, one run) and Sam Klein (three strikeouts in 2.2 shutout frames) led the visiting pitching staff early.
Kent State's Peyton Cariaco (5-3) went 1.2 innings of one-run ball out of the bullpen to earn the win, while Nate Blain (2-5) suffered the loss after allowing three runs in an inning of work.
Even with the setback, the Cardinals clinched their seventh straight MAC series win and are the reigning MAC Tournament champions heading into next week.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Cariaco,Peyton (5-3)
L: Blain, Nate (2-5)
Batting:
2B: Dobbins, Hunter 1 ; Bevis, Blake 1
RBI: Dobbins, Hunter 1 ; Bevis, Blake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gregory, Nick 1 ; Jacobs, Clay 1
HBP: Gregory, Nick 1 ; Scheffler, Decker 1 ; Jacobs, Clay 1
PO: Bevis, Blake 1
Batting:
2B: McNamara,Michael 1
HR: Johnson,Josh 1 ; Kibler,Dom 1 ; Reese,Ripken 1
RBI: Johnson,Josh 1 ; Jackson,Kyle 1 ; Williams,Brody 1 ; Kibler,Dom 1 ; Reese,Ripken 2
SH: Reese,Ripken 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Johnson,Josh 1 ; Orr,Tim 1 ; McNamara,Michael 1 ; Jackson,Kyle 1 ; Kibler,Dom 1 ; Schaller,Kolton 1 ; Reese,Ripken 1
SB: Orr,Tim 1
CS: Johnson,Josh 1
HBP: Schaller,Kolton 1
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