Ball State University
26-19-1, 0
Northern Illinois
16-30, 0
Baseball Can't Withstand Early NIU Offense in Setback to the Huskies
May 04, 2024 | Baseball
The Cardinals (26-19-1, 13-10 Mid-American Conference) scored once each in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings, but it was too late as NIU (16-30, 10-13 MAC) plated one in the first, four in the second and four more in the fifth inning to build a 9-0 advantage on their way to evening the three-game set.
Blake Bevis drove in Hunter Dobbins on an RBI grounder in the seventh before Decker Scheffler brought home Corey Miley on a fielder's choice in the eighth. Max Kalk hit his first home run of the year with a solo shot to right center in the ninth inning to account for the day's final scoring for the Cardinals.
Keegan Johnson (6-2) surrendered five runs (four earned) in 1.2 innings to suffer the loss for the visitors, while Huskies starter Adam Brouwer (6-5) threw 7.0 innings of one-run ball to earn the win.
Northern Illinois claimed its first game in the head-to-head series since 2019 after Ball State had won 14 in a row.
The rubber match between the MAC opponents is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET (1 CT) on Sunday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: BROUWER, Adam (6-5)
L: Johnson, Keegan (6-2)
Batting:
2B: Dobbins, Hunter 1
HR: Kalk, Max 1
RBI: Scheffler, Decker 1 ; Kalk, Max 1 ; Bevis, Blake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dobbins, Hunter 1 ; Kalk, Max 1 ; Miley, Corey 1
HBP: Husovsky, Nick 1
Batting:
2B: SUMMERHILL, Colin 1 ; PARCELL, Charlie 1 ; KELLEY, Mason 1
RBI: DEMETRAL, Andre 1 ; ERATO, Eric 1 ; SUMMERHILL, Colin 4 ; COHN, Cooper 1 ; PARCELL, Charlie 2 ; KELLEY, Mason 1
SF: COHN, Cooper 1
Base Running:
RUNS: DEMETRAL, Andre 3 ; ERATO, Eric 1 ; COHN, Cooper 1 ; HARPER, Aaron 1 ; NELSON, Jake 2 ; KELLEY, Mason 2 ; BARTEL, Spencer 2
SB: ERATO, Eric 1
HBP: ERATO, Eric 2 ; KELLEY, Mason 2
PO: KELLEY, Mason 1
