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24-11, 11-2
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Photo by: Caden Vincent
Early Offense Leads Baseball to 7-5 Win vs Northern Illinois
April 11, 2025 | Baseball
MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State baseball team scored six runs in the first three innings of the game in a 7-5 win over Northern Illinois on Friday afternoon at Shebek Stadium.
The Cardinals (24-11, 11-2 Mid-American Conference) took the series opener with the Huskies (12-20, 3-10 MAC) thanks to scoring four times in the second frame and twice in the third to build a 6-0 lead.
After the visitors plated four runs of their own in the fourth, the bullpen duo of Owen Quinn and Garrett Harker limited NIU over the remainder of the game to lead Ball State to its fourth straight win in conference play.
Clay Jacobs got the scoring started in the bottom half of the second on a single that plated Garrett Arnold. Brayden Huebner followed with a grounder that scored Blake Bevis, and Gavin Balius put a cap on the inning with a two-run single through the right side to bring the score to 4-0 in the hosts' favor.
Huebner extended the Ball State advantage in the third on a two-run knock, and Bevis added an insurance run with an RBI single up the middle that brought home Dylan Grego and gave the Cardinals a 7-4 edge.
Quinn (2-1) entered the game in the fifth and struck out three in 4.1 innings of one-run ball to earn the win, while Harker got the final two outs to pick up his sixth save of the season.
"An outstanding relief performance from Owen Quinn gave our team a big lift," Ball State head coach Rich Maloney said. "An excellent team effort. Offensively a lot of guys contributed."
Northern's starter Adam Brouwer (3-3) surrendered six runs in four frames to suffer the loss.
Ball State and NIU are set to play the middle game of the series at 1 p.m. on Friday.
The Cardinals (24-11, 11-2 Mid-American Conference) took the series opener with the Huskies (12-20, 3-10 MAC) thanks to scoring four times in the second frame and twice in the third to build a 6-0 lead.
After the visitors plated four runs of their own in the fourth, the bullpen duo of Owen Quinn and Garrett Harker limited NIU over the remainder of the game to lead Ball State to its fourth straight win in conference play.
Clay Jacobs got the scoring started in the bottom half of the second on a single that plated Garrett Arnold. Brayden Huebner followed with a grounder that scored Blake Bevis, and Gavin Balius put a cap on the inning with a two-run single through the right side to bring the score to 4-0 in the hosts' favor.
Huebner extended the Ball State advantage in the third on a two-run knock, and Bevis added an insurance run with an RBI single up the middle that brought home Dylan Grego and gave the Cardinals a 7-4 edge.
Quinn (2-1) entered the game in the fifth and struck out three in 4.1 innings of one-run ball to earn the win, while Harker got the final two outs to pick up his sixth save of the season.
"An outstanding relief performance from Owen Quinn gave our team a big lift," Ball State head coach Rich Maloney said. "An excellent team effort. Offensively a lot of guys contributed."
Northern's starter Adam Brouwer (3-3) surrendered six runs in four frames to suffer the loss.
Ball State and NIU are set to play the middle game of the series at 1 p.m. on Friday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Quinn, Owen (2-1)
L: Adam Brouwer (3-3)
S: Harker, Garrett (6)
Batting:
2B: Kaden Kosobucki 1 ; Logan Gregorio 1
HR: Charlie Parcell 1
RBI: Charlie Parcell 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Ben Loyd 1 ; Andrew Smart 1 ; Ryan Birr 1 ; Charlie Parcell 2
HBP: Kaden Kosobucki 1
Batting:
2B: Grego, Dylan 1
RBI: Bevis, Blake 1 ; Jacobs, Clay 1 ; Huebner, Brayden 3 ; Balius, Gavin 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Grego, Dylan 1 ; Arnold, Garrett 1 ; Bevis, Blake 1 ; Davis, Ty 2 ; Jacobs, Clay 2
SB: Jacobs, Clay 1
CS: Grego, Dylan 1 ; Huebner, Brayden 1
HBP: Richter, Alex 1
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