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After news surfaced that senior Cal Bowling broke his pitching hand last week and would miss Friday's series opening start against Ohio, coach Alex Marconi shuffled his starting rotation for Sunday's series finale doubleheader.
Starting a weekend series without ace right-hander Cal Bowling on the mound for the first time in nearly two years, Ball State found itself a little short on pitching Friday night.
Rain in Athens, Ohio, this afternoon forced Ball State and Ohio to postpone the second game of their series, which had been scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday.
Coach Alex Marconi will not write Cal Bowling's name on his lineup card Friday as his starting pitcher that night when Ball State opens a three-game series at Ohio. It will be the first time in Marconi's career that Bowling will not start the Cardinals' first game of a series.
For five innings Wednesday afternoon, Ball State played a close game with No. 16 Purdue. The Cardinals trailed the Boilermakers by one run going into the sixth inning.
Despite its best offensive inning of the season, Ball State's bullpen imploded, allowing Butler to rally back and capture an 8-6 win at Victory Field Tuesday.
Right-hander Cal Bowling will likely miss his scheduled start Friday at Ohio and possibly the rest of the season, coach Alex Marconi said in a text message.
When Tim Issler drove a foul ball off the left field fence in the fourth inning, coach Alex Marconi knew his third baseman was going to get a first-pitch fastball in his eighth inning at-bat.
When Tim Issler drove a foul ball off the left field fence in the fourth inning, coach Alex Marconi knew his third baseman was going to get a first-pitch fastball in his eighth inning at-bat.
With a chance to complete its first three-game weekend series sweep over a Mid-American Conference opponent since May of 2010, Ball State couldn't keep Miami off the scoreboard.
In a game that featured a combined 24 hits, 13 runs and a trio of errors, it was Ball State who had the last laugh.
One day removed from its longest game since April 24, 2004, Ball State will take the field once more, resuming Mid-American Conference play with a three-game series against Miami starting today at 3 p.m.
One day removed from its longest game since April 24, 2004, Ball State will take the field once more, resuming Mid-American Conference play with a three-game series against Miami starting today at 3 p.m.
One day removed from its longest game since April 24, 2004, Ball State will take the field once more, resuming Mid-American Conference play with a three-game series against Miami starting today at 3 p.m.
With the night settling into Sembower Field at Indiana in the 15th inning and his bullpen empty, coach Alex Marconi turned to T.J. Weir with two outs and two on in the 15th inning. Weir has made six starts as a starting pitcher this season, but started Wednesday's game at shortstop. He was still there three and a half hours later.
In three of its last four games, Ball State has had an opportunity to win with the bases loaded and only one out. The first two tries were unsuccessful.
Mired in a five-game losing streak and coming off its biggest loss of the season, Ball State will be happy to get back on the field Tuesday against Indiana Tech.
After back-to-back extra-inning losses Friday and Saturday to Kent State, the class of the Mid-American Conference, Ball State appeared to be emotionally drained in Sunday's series finale.
Sean Godfrey stepped up to the plate to lead off the bottom of the ninth inning with Ball State trailing 2-1. Kent State starting pitcher Ryan Bores started his windup, fired home and Godfrey blasted a solo home run over the left field wall, tying the game at 2-2.
After Ball State pushed across a run in the eighth inning to tie Friday's game at Ball Diamond, coach Alex Marconi said he felt like Ball State was going to beat Kent State, the three-time reigning Mid-American Conference champions.
