Ball State University Athletics
Ball State vs Western Michigan
3/22/2026
Hyames Field
1:02 pm
Ball State
12-10, 7-2
7
Final
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Western Michigan
10-11, 6-3
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | |
| 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
Win: Chambers, John (3-3)Loss: Hoover, Matt (1-1)Save: Jones, Jeremy (2)
Scoring Summary
Team | BALLST | WMU |
|---|---|---|
1st Griffiths flied out to cf, SF, RBI (1-0 B); Huebner scored. | 1 | 0 |
1st Dunn hit by pitch, RBI (2-1 KBB); Thomas advanced to second; Davidson advanced to third; Gillis scored. | 2 | 0 |
3rd HOWARD, D. doubled down the lf line, RBI (2-0 BB); HUMS, C. scored. | 2 | 1 |
3rd MENNECKE, M. singled to left center, RBI (1-1 KB); HOWARD, D. scored. | 2 | 2 |
3rd OSTRANDER, C singled to left field, advanced to second on the error, RBI (1-2 KBSF); THIELMAN, A. advanced to second, advanced to third on an error by lf; MALONEY, Mi. scored. | 2 | 3 |
7th THIELMAN, A. reached on a fielding error by ss (2-2 KBBKFF); MALONEY, Mi. advanced to third; HOWARD, D. advanced to third, scored on a throwing error by ss, unearned. | 2 | 4 |
8th Thomas singled through the left side, RBI (2-2 KBBF); Griffiths scored. | 3 | 4 |
9th Griffiths flied out to cf, SF, RBI (1-2 FFB); Scheumann scored. | 4 | 4 |
9th Davidson singled to left field, RBI (2-1 BBK); Gillis advanced to second; Balius scored. | 5 | 4 |
9th Thomas singled through the right side, RBI (0-0); Davidson advanced to third; Gillis scored. | 6 | 4 |
9th Kalk singled to third base, bunt, RBI (1-1 BF); Thomas advanced to second; Davidson scored. | 7 | 4 |
9th MALONEY, Mi. grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (1-2 BKK); MENNECKE, M. out on the play; HOWARD, D. advanced to third; HUMS, C. scored. | 7 | 5 |
Ball State
Player | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brayden Huebner | DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacob Gillis | 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Griffiths | SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brady Davidson | 2B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kenskey Thomas | LF/RF | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Max Kalk | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Huston Dunn | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy Landsnes | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Taber Stokes | 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Bakus | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Connor Hutchinson | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| John Colligan | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| P. Murphy | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendric Sorgius | PR/LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dj Scheumann | PH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maalik Perkins | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gavin Balius | RF/CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Kwasny | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Chambers | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zander Bretza | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Jones | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 33 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
Batting
Baserunning
Fielding
Western Michigan
Player | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Howard, Drew | 2B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mennecke, Mark | LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Maloney, Michael | SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Thielman, Avery | 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ostrander, Connor | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Polubinski, Josh | DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Pilarski, Mason | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Zajac, Nolan | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
   Tomlinson, Ty | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Pena, Diego | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hums, Cooper | CF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kidd, Ricky | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
   Thompson, Dj | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hoover, Matt | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wizceb, Joey | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 35 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
Batting
2B: Howard, Drew (1); Polubinski, Josh (1)
3B: Hums, Cooper (1)
Baserunning
SB: Howard, Drew (1)
CS: Pilarski, Mason (1)
Fielding
DP: Howard, Drew (1); Maloney, Michael (1); Thielman, Avery (1)
Ball State
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | WP | BK | HBP | IBB | AB | BF | FO | GO | NP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Kwasny | 2.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 42 |
| John Chambers | 5.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 88 |
| Zander Bretza | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Jeremy Jones | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Totals | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 40 | 7 | 8 | 151 |
Western Michigan
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | WP | BK | HBP | IBB | AB | BF | FO | GO | NP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kidd, Ricky | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 28 | 5 | 10 | 98 |
Thompson, Dj | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
Hoover, Matt | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Wizceb, Joey | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| Totals | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 43 | 7 | 13 | 158 |
Win: Chambers, John (3-3)
Loss: Hoover, Matt (1-1)
HBP:
Kidd, Ricky (2); Hoover, Matt (1)
Save: Jones, Jeremy (2)
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