BASEBALL: Expectations raised for Ball State
(04/23/13 5:24am)
Last fall, when Ball State coach Rich Maloney had his first look at the team he’d be coaching this season, he was less than impressed.
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Last fall, when Ball State coach Rich Maloney had his first look at the team he’d be coaching this season, he was less than impressed.
With Jarrett James on second with just one out, Ball State’s baseball team was looking to tie the game at six against Miami of Ohio, and then win a crucial series to help its potential playoff positioning.
Ball State athletics will soon announce a plan for a new volleyball and basketball practice facility, along with the possibility of other improved sports facilities.
In a roller coaster season that’s seen a lot of both highs and lows, Ball State reached its highest point on Wednesday.
The Ball State baseball team’s only season matchup against Indiana Tech was rained out Tuesday. It’s the seventh game of the season that’s been canceled due to poor weather.
Ball State baseball led Bowling Green 1-0 in the top of the fourth last Tuesday at Ball Diamond. The visitors hit a deep fly ball out to center field, where Ball State outfielder Wes Winkle settled under it, ready to send his team back into the dugout.
Leading 3-2 going into the top of the ninth, Ball State was in position to win its second straight series, this time over Central Michigan.
It was a different day for Ball State on Saturday. Instead of giving up 19 runs, sophomore Scott Baker shut down the Central Michigan lineup, and led his team to a 6-1 victory.
After a soggy evening ended Ball State’s hopes of getting a win at Purdue on Wednesday, the bus turned around and headed back to Muncie for Ball State’s weekend battle against Central Michigan.
Rukmini Callimachi has been called a combat journalist, a title she said she doesn’t agree with. However, she has seen one war, countless coups and multiple massacre sites during her time in French West Africa. Callimachi didn’t come to Ball State to talk about the deaths of men, but the lives of young girls: the hunger brides of Niger.
Ball State and Bowling Green entered Tuesday’s baseball game with identical 4-5 conference records, with both teams wanting to take advantage of the midweek game to bolster itself in the standings.
Heading into the 2013 season, Ball State knew it’d have its hands full trying to decipher how the pitching rotation would fall into place.
Going through what has been a roller coaster season, Ball State is hoping to maintain the momentum it earned by beating Western Michigan when it faces off against Bowling Green.
After dropping the first two series’ against Mid-American Conference opponents, Ball State coach Rich Maloney knew his team needed to come up big against Western Michigan.
Ball State pitcher Tyler Jordan needed a new wrinkle to his game in order to get more playing time and get more batters out.
Ball State coach Rich Maloney said going into Wednesday’s game that Ball State’s and Northern Kentucky’s records could be thrown out the window because it was a midweek game.
Heading into the game against Northern Kentucky, Ball State coach Rich Maloney expects to see quite a few arms going throughout the course of the game.
Ball State’s Chris Marangon doesn’t have an outstanding record. In fact, he’s only 1-1.
For the second straight weekend, Ball State found itself on the losing end of a 2-1 series, this time against Mid-American Conference favorite Kent State.
For decades, the metallic ping of a college baseball striking an aluminum bat was heard at baseball diamonds across America, from Jackie Robinson Stadium at UCLA University to Ball Diamond just outside of Ball State. It was the noise that represented college baseball.
