Baseball vs Northern Ill. on 5/8/2026 - Box Score - Ball State University Athletics

5/8/2026

Ralph McKinzie Field

3:00 PM

Ball St.

21-27, 14-14

Final

Northern Ill.

30-13, 20-8

Team	1st innning 1	2nd innning 2	3rd innning 3	4th innning 4	5th innning 5	6th innning 6	7th innning 7	8th innning 8	9th innning 9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Ball St.	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	10	2
Northern Ill.	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	X	5	6	0

Win: Danny Cihocki (5-2)Loss: Garza, Brendan (4-5)Save: Blake Gaskey (3)

Scoring Summary

Team	BALL	NIU
1st Jacob Gillis grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b (1-0 B); Ryan Muizelaar out on the play; Brayden Huebner scored.	1	0
5th Ivan Dahlberg homered to right field, 2 RBI (2-0 BB); Gavin Baldwin scored.	1	2
6th Gavin Baldwin doubled down the lf line, RBI (1-1 SB); Nolan Sandee advanced to third; Caden Robertson scored, unearned.	1	3
6th Gavin Baldwin advanced to third; Nolan Sandee scored on a wild pitch, unearned.	1	4
6th Charlie Parcell singled to third base, bunt, RBI (2-1 BBK); Ivan Dahlberg advanced to second; Gavin Baldwin scored, unearned.	1	5
8th Brett Griffiths homered to left field, RBI (1-1 BF).	2	5

Ball St.


Brayden Huebner	CF	5	1	1	0	0	1	1
Ryan Muizelaar	3B	3	0	2	0	1	0	0
Jacob Gillis	1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
Jack Bakus	DH	4	0	1	0	0	2	1
Kenskey Thomas	LF	3	0	1	0	1	1	1
Brett Griffiths	SS	4	1	1	1	0	0	2
Charlie Keller	RF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0
Max Kalk	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
Brady Davidson	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gavin Balius	2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
Brendan Garza	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Burden	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		35	2	10	1	2	4	8

Batting

2B: Keller, Charlie (1)

HR: Griffiths, Brett (1)

Baserunning

SB: Balius, Gavin (1)

Fielding

E: Gillis, Jacob (1); Burden, Alex (1)

DP: Muizelaar, Ryan (1); Gillis, Jacob (2); Kalk, Max (1); Balius, Gavin (1)

Northern Ill.


Wyatt Wawro	LF	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Cole Smith	2B	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	3
Caden Robertson	DH	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Vinny Spotofora	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Marcus Romero	RF	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Nolan Sandee	SS	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	2
Gavin Baldwin	1B	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
Ivan Dahlberg	C	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	1
Charlie Parcell	CF	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
Danny Cihocki	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Lyman	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blake Gaskey	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		29	5	6	4	5	1	5	7

Batting

2B: Gavin Baldwin (1); Charlie Parcell (1)

HR: Ivan Dahlberg (1)

Baserunning

HBP: Caden Robertson (1); Marcus Romero (1)

Fielding

DP: Cole Smith (2); Nolan Sandee (2); Gavin Baldwin (2)

Ball St.


Brendan Garza	5.2	6	5	2	4	5	2	1	1	22	27	6	4	90
Alex Burden	2.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	7	9	4	3	31
Totals		6	5	2	5	5	2	2	1	29	36	10	7	121

Northern Ill.


Danny Cihocki	7.2	10	2	2	2	4	31	33	9	8	106
John Lyman	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2
Blake Gaskey	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	1	13
Totals		10	2	2	2	4	35	37	11	10	121

Win: Danny Cihocki (5-2)

Loss: Garza, Brendan (4-5)

HBP: Garza, Brendan (1); Burden, Alex (1) ;

Save: Blake Gaskey (3)

PB: Kalk, Max (1) ;

Ball St.

Final

Northern Ill.

Ball St. - Top of 1st

Plays	BALL	NIU
Brayden Huebner singled to left field (1-0 B).	0	0
Ryan Muizelaar singled through the right side (1-0 B); Brayden Huebner advanced to third.	0	0
Jacob Gillis grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b (1-0 B); Ryan Muizelaar out on the play; Brayden Huebner scored.	1	0
Jack Bakus singled to center field (0-2 KK).	1	0
Kenskey Thomas singled to center field (2-0 BB); Jack Bakus advanced to second.	1	0
Brett Griffiths fouled out to 1b (1-1 FB).	1	0
1 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Error, 2 Left on Base

Northern Ill. - Bottom of 1st

Plays	BALL	NIU
Wyatt Wawro struck out swinging (2-2 KFBBS).	1	0
Cole Smith walked (3-2 BBBKFB).	1	0
Caden Robertson hit by pitch (2-2 BSKH); Cole Smith advanced to second.	1	0
Vinny Spotofora grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b (1-2 FFB); Caden Robertson out on the play.	1	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Ball St. - Top of 2nd

Plays	BALL	NIU
Charlie Keller flied out to ss to center field (0-0).	1	0
Max Kalk grounded out to ss (1-2 KBF).	1	0
Gavin Balius singled to left center (0-0).	1	0
Gavin Balius stole second.	1	0
Brayden Huebner fouled out to ss down the lf line (1-0 B).	1	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Northern Ill. - Bottom of 2nd

Plays	BALL	NIU
Marcus Romero fouled out to 1b (1-1 BF).	1	0
Nolan Sandee singled to right field (0-0).	1	0
Gavin Baldwin flied out to cf (0-1 F).	1	0
Ivan Dahlberg flied out to cf (3-1 BBBK).	1	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Ball St. - Top of 3rd

Plays	BALL	NIU
Ryan Muizelaar singled to left field (1-1 BK).	1	0
Jacob Gillis grounded out to 2b (0-0); Ryan Muizelaar advanced to second.	1	0
Jack Bakus flied out to cf (3-2 BBFBS); Ryan Muizelaar advanced to third.	1	0
Kenskey Thomas grounded out to ss (1-1 KB).	1	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Northern Ill. - Bottom of 3rd

Plays	BALL	NIU
Charlie Parcell doubled through the right side (1-1 BK).	1	0
Wyatt Wawro flied out to lf (2-1 FBB); Charlie Parcell advanced to third.	1	0
Cole Smith fouled into double play 1b to c (0-1 S); Charlie Parcell out on the play.	1	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Ball St. - Top of 4th

Plays	BALL	NIU
Brett Griffiths lined out to ss (1-0 B).	1	0
Charlie Keller doubled down the rf line (0-0).	1	0
Max Kalk fouled out to 3b (2-2 BBKFFF).	1	0
Gavin Balius grounded out to ss (1-1 KB).	1	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Northern Ill. - Bottom of 4th

Plays	BALL	NIU
Caden Robertson struck out swinging (0-2 KSFS).	1	0
Vinny Spotofora grounded out to ss (0-0).	1	0
Marcus Romero walked (3-2 BBBKKB).	1	0
Nolan Sandee flied out to lf (2-0 BB).	1	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Ball St. - Top of 5th

Plays	BALL	NIU
Brayden Huebner struck out looking (1-2 KBKK).	1	0
Ryan Muizelaar flied out to cf to right center (0-0).	1	0
Jacob Gillis singled up the middle (2-1 BBK).	1	0
Jack Bakus struck out looking (1-2 KBFFK).	1	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Northern Ill. - Bottom of 5th

Plays	BALL	NIU
Gavin Baldwin singled to pitcher (1-1 KB).	1	0
Ivan Dahlberg homered to right field, 2 RBI (2-0 BB); Gavin Baldwin scored.	1	2
Charlie Parcell grounded out to 2b (0-1 K).	1	2
Wyatt Wawro grounded out to 2b (0-0).	1	2
Cole Smith struck out swinging (0-2 KFS).	1	2
2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Ball St. - Top of 6th

Plays	BALL	NIU
Kenskey Thomas walked (3-2 BKBBKFB).	1	2
Brett Griffiths flied out to rf (1-0 B).	1	2
Charlie Keller singled to right field (0-1 K); Kenskey Thomas advanced to second.	1	2
Max Kalk grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b (1-2 FKB); Charlie Keller out on the play.	1	2
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Northern Ill. - Bottom of 6th

Plays	BALL	NIU
Caden Robertson reached first on an error by 1b (0-0).	1	2
Caden Robertson advanced to second on a passed ball.	1	2
Vinny Spotofora struck out swinging (1-2 FBSS).	1	2
Marcus Romero struck out swinging (0-2 KSS).	1	2
Caden Robertson advanced to third on a wild pitch.	1	2
Nolan Sandee was intentionally walked (3-0 BBBB).	1	2
Gavin Baldwin doubled down the lf line, RBI (1-1 SB); Nolan Sandee advanced to third; Caden Robertson scored, unearned.	1	3
Gavin Baldwin advanced to third; Nolan Sandee scored on a wild pitch, unearned.	1	4
Ivan Dahlberg walked (3-2 KBBBFB).	1	4
Charlie Parcell singled to third base, bunt, RBI (2-1 BBK); Ivan Dahlberg advanced to second; Gavin Baldwin scored, unearned.	1	5
Alex Burden to p for Brendan Garza.	1	5
Wyatt Wawro walked (3-2 BBKKBB); Charlie Parcell advanced to second; Ivan Dahlberg advanced to third.	1	5
Cole Smith reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); Wyatt Wawro out at second 3b to 2b.	1	5
3 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error, 3 Left on Base

Ball St. - Top of 7th

Plays	BALL	NIU
Gavin Balius grounded out to p (0-1 K).	1	5
Brayden Huebner flied out to cf (0-1 S).	1	5
Ryan Muizelaar walked (3-1 KBBBB).	1	5
Jacob Gillis reached on a fielder's choice (1-1 KB); Ryan Muizelaar out at second ss to 2b.	1	5
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Northern Ill. - Bottom of 7th

Plays	BALL	NIU
Caden Robertson grounded out to 3b (0-1 F).	1	5
Vinny Spotofora flied out to ss to center field (1-2 KBF).	1	5
Marcus Romero hit by pitch (3-0 BBH).	1	5
Marcus Romero advanced to second on a throwing error by p, failed pickoff attempt.	1	5
Nolan Sandee grounded out to ss (3-2 FBSBFBF).	1	5
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error, 1 Left on Base

Ball St. - Top of 8th

Plays	BALL	NIU
Jack Bakus struck out looking (3-2 SKBBBK).	1	5
Kenskey Thomas struck out swinging (3-2 FBFFBBS).	1	5
Brett Griffiths homered to left field, RBI (1-1 BF).	2	5
John Lyman to p for Danny Cihocki.	2	5
Charlie Keller grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-1 K).	2	5
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Northern Ill. - Bottom of 8th

Plays	BALL	NIU
Gavin Baldwin popped up to 1b (0-0).	2	5
Ivan Dahlberg lined out to lf (1-2 KBF).	2	5
Charlie Parcell flied out to rf (0-1 K).	2	5
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Ball St. - Top of 9th

Plays	BALL	NIU
Blake Gaskey to p for John Lyman.	2	5
Brady Davidson pinch hit for Max Kalk.	2	5
Brady Davidson grounded out p to ss to 1b (1-2 KFFB).	2	5
Gavin Balius flied out to lf (2-2 BKBKF).	2	5
Brayden Huebner flied out to 2b to left center (1-0 B).	2	5
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Northern Ill. - Bottom of 9th

Plays	BALL	NIU
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

	Stats
Hitting
35	At Bats	29
2	Runs	5
10	Hits	6
1	Doubles	2
0	Triples	0
1	Home Runs	1
1	RBI's	4
2	Walks (BB)	5
4	Strikeouts	5
Pitching
6	Hits	10
5	Runs	2
2	Earned Runs	2
5	Walks	2
5	Strikeouts	4
36	Batters Faced	37
2	Errors	0
Fielding
24	Putouts	27
9	Assists	12
.943	Fielding %	1.000
2	Double Plays	2

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