MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State baseball team returned the Ball Diamond at First Merchants Ballpark Complex on Sunday for a doubleheader against Bowling Green. Matthew Rivera led the Cardinals with seven RBIs on a grand slam and a two-run homer as BSU won twice over BGSU.
Ball State has hit a grand slam in three-straight games, as the Cardinals have launched seven home runs as a team. Rivera, Adam Christianson, and Trenton Quartermaine have all hit two homers so far in the series against Bowling Green.
Amir Wright continued to be a terror for opposing pitchers as he has reached base safely in 19-consecutive games and is riding a six-game hitting streak.
BSU improved to 10-8 overall and 6-1 in MAC play, while BGSU dropped to 2-14 and 0-7 in league games.
Game One – Ball State 14, Bowling Green 9
The Falcons got on the board first in the top of the second inning on a two-run home run by Nathan Archer.
The Cardinals were unfazed by the Falcons' early lead. Zach Lane, Wright, and Nick Powell drove in a combined five runs before Christianson belted a grand slam to right center. Ball State answered with a nine-run inning and took a 9-2 lead into the third inning.
Quartermaine was hit by a pitch to lead off the bottom of the third inning. Powell followed with a perfectly placed bunt down the first base line for a single. Christianson drew a walk to load the bases with one out. Ryan Peltier lined a single to left field and drove in Quartermaine and Powell. BSU held an 11-2 lead after three complete innings.
Ryan Johnson led off the top of the fifth inning with a solo homer for the Falcons.
In the bottom of the fifth, Powell led off with a walk. Rivera followed with a single through the left side to give BSU two runners on with no outs. After back-to-back fly outs to right, Zach Cole blasted a three-run home run to straight away center and extended the Ball State lead to 14-3.
Bowling Green did not go down without a fight as the Falcons tallied six runs on five hits in the top of the sixth to make the score 14-9.
Sam Klein pitched 1 2/3 innings of scoreless ball and collected two strikeouts to keep BGSU from tying the game, as BSU won game one 14-9.
Ty Johnson improved to 3-1 on the season behind a five-inning performance on the mound. Johnson tallied six strikeouts and surrendered six earned runs on eight hits.
Christianson led Ball State with four RBIs on two hits. Powell, Cole, and Justin Conant all posted two hits in game one.
Andrew Abrahamowicz picked up the loss with 11 earned runs on 10 hits in just two innings of work.
Game Two – Ball State 15, Bowling Green 5
Wright started game two with a single for the Cardinals and then stole second. After back-to-back fly outs, Rivera drew a walk after being behind in the count 0-2. Christianson was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Ball State. Peltier delivered a huge two-out single two deep center to clear the bases for the Cardinals. BSU held a 3-0 lead after the first inning of play.
In the top of the third, Jack Krause hit a two-run homer for the Falcons and cut the Cardinal lead to 3-2.
Peltier started the home half of the fourth with a double to left center. Peltier stole third and scored as the Falcon catcher threw the ball into left field.
With two outs in the bottom of the fifth, Rivera hit an absolute rocket of a line drive down the left field line that cleared the wall for a two-run homer. Rivera's home run gave Ball State a 6-2 lead after five innings.
Bowling Green cut the lead to just one, 6-5, after a three-run inning in the top of the sixth.
The Cardinals once again showed how resilient they are as they responded with a six-run inning, the fourth time in the series that BSU has scored at least six runs in an inning. Conant got things started with a sac fly to right field. Powell recorded an infield single with bases loaded to plate the second run of the frame. Rivera put one into orbit as he launched a grand slam to left field.
Decker Scheffler doubled down the right field line to start things for Ball State in the bottom of the seventh. Conant was hit by a pitch to give the Cardinals runners on first and second with one out. Wright notched an RBI single up the middle. Quartermaine recorded a 10-pitch walk after being behind in the count 0-2, to load the bases for BSU. Powell and Rivera drew back-to-back walks to record the walk-off win as the Cardinals enforced the run rule, 15-5.
Trennor O'Donnell picked up the victory and improved to 2-2 on the season. He went 5 1/3 innings in the start with four strikeouts. He gave up four earned runs on three hits. Ryan Brown tossed 1 2/3 innings in relief. Brown struck out four batters and gave up one unearned run on one hit.
Rivera led BSU in game two with seven RBIs and a 2-for-3 performance at the plate. He also walked with the bases loaded to end the game. Peltier produced a solid 3-for-4 game at bat and added three RBIs.
Connar Penrod got the loss behind four innings of work. He gave up five runs, four earned, on four hits and struck out three Cardinal batters.
The Cardinals and Falcons close out the four-game series on Monday, March 21. First pitch is scheduled for noon at First Merchants Ballpark Complex.
From the Coach – Head Coach Rich Maloney
"We've gotten a lot of big hits this weekend. We've made some great plays. We've played pretty good defense all year. The bats came alive. The power has started to show what we thought we had. It just didn't show early in the year."
From the Student-Athletes – Senior Catcher #5 Adam Christianson
"Early in the season my timing was a little off. I started loading earlier and I've been able to start driving the ball. Early in the season we struggled to hit. Now our bats are starting to wake up. We've had the mentality to come in and score a bunch of runs."
From the Student-Athletes – Junior Catcher #23 Matthew Rivera
"Getting here early and hitting off the tee to get locked in along with all the support from the coaches really helped me find my swing. We need to keep doing what we've been doing and stay focused. We really want to get this fourth one."
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