Messina’s walk-off sacrifice fly lifts Ball State Baseball over Purdue Fort Wayne
Ball State (13-9, 0-0 MAC) walked it off Wednesday after facing an 11-8 deficit in the ninth inning against Purdue Fort Wayne (4-15).
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Ball State (13-9, 0-0 MAC) walked it off Wednesday after facing an 11-8 deficit in the ninth inning against Purdue Fort Wayne (4-15).
You might as well paint flames on Ross Messina’s bat at this point because in Ball State’s last 11 games, he’s been on fire. The junior transfer out of Seminole State College has batted .422 over that span with five multi-hit games and 12 RBIs.
Down 2-5 going into the ninth inning, the Cardinals rallied to scored two and strand a third with only one out left. The Cardinals were unable to complete the last-ditch comeback with the tying run only 90 feet from home plate.
First pitch: home run.
South Carolina and Florida are hot spots when spring break comes around. That’s exactly where members of Ball State Baseball were the last two weeks, but they weren’t vacationing. They were playing ball.
It may not seem like it with temperatures in Muncie still dipping into the 20s, but Ball State’s spring break is here, and with spring comes baseball. The Cardinals already have seven games under their belt, and they’re making stops in South Carolina and Florida before coming back home after break. As their next game approaches, here’s a few things to keep in mind.
Baseball takes 1 of 3 in Tuscaloosa
Ball State kicked off the season at the Grand Canyon University Classic in Tempe, Arizona, last weekend. While the Cardinals’ 1-3 showing wasn’t ideal, head coach Rich Maloney said their record could have just as easily been reversed.
Dirtbag.
Seven frames cover the east wall of head coach Rich Maloney’s office in the Ball State Student Recreation and Wellness Center. They represent the start of something big.
Faith.
Editor's note: In honor of the university's centennial year, The Daily News is counting down 100 days to the university's celebration Sept. 6 with 100 of Ball State's most famous traditions and figures. Check back each day to read about Cardinal history.
Editor's note: In honor of the university's centennial year, The Daily News is counting down 100 days to the university's celebration Sept. 6 with 100 of Ball State's most famous traditions and figures. Check back each day to read about Cardinal history.
Ball State baseball has been represented in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft for the third straight year.
Ball State baseball gave up a run in the first inning of Friday's Mid-American Conference Tournament elimination game against Central Michigan and had to play catch-up the rest of the way.
From the start of Thursday's Mid-American Conference Tournament game between Ball State baseball and Miami (Ohio), it had the look of a long day in the making for Ball State.
Ball State baseball used back-to-back three-run innings in the third and fourth to put its game against Eastern Michigan out of reach en route to a 6-2 win in the Mid-American Conference Tournament opener.
Redshirt freshman Tim Blankenberger faced one pitch against Western Michigan Saturday afternoon. He hit it out of the park.
Having won 10 of its last 13 games to break a season-long trend of hovering around .500, Ball State baseball looks to have found its stride as the end of the regular season approaches.
Freshman pinch hitter Rhett Wintner hit a walk-off infield single in the 11th inning for Ball State, who evened up its record at 20-20 (8-8 MAC) on Friday afternoon.