BASEBALL: Ball State resumes conference play
April 14, 2011After splitting two mid-week non-conference games, Ball State (8-23, 5-4 MAC) resumes Mid-American Conference play with a three-game series against Buffalo (7-23, 0-9 MAC).
After splitting two mid-week non-conference games, Ball State (8-23, 5-4 MAC) resumes Mid-American Conference play with a three-game series against Buffalo (7-23, 0-9 MAC).
With the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, shortstop T.J. Baumet was hit by a pitch from Warriors pitcher Daniel Puckett, bringing in the winning run.
After coughing up the lead in the ninth inning to Purdue on Tuesday, Ball State got a come from behind 2-1 victory against Indiana Tech Wednesday.
Ball State (7-23) was one out away from a victory over its in-state rival Purdue until the unimaginable happened.
The last time Ball State tallied 13 runs was on May 13 last season in a 13-10 win over Ohio in the Mid-American Conference Tournament.
Entering Sunday's double-header, true freshman Kenny Mahala had just three RBIs on the season.
After posting wins in its first two Mid-American Conference series of the season, Ball State looks to take another against East division foe Bowling Green (9-15, 3-3 MAC) in a three-game weekend series at Ball Diamond.
A superb pitching performance and a couple of runs sprinkled in between gave Bowling Green (10-15, 4-3 MAC) a 2-0 victory in game one of three versus Ball State (6-21, 4-3 MAC).
The midweek matchup between Ball State and Indiana State resulted in a 5-3 win for Indiana State.
After taking two of three games from Mid-American Conference foe Miami over the weekend, Ball State (6-19, 4-2 MAC) will go head-to-head in a mid-week non-conference game with in-state rival Indiana State (15-10, 0-0) of the Missouri Valley Conference today.
The thought of a complete game never crossed the mind of Ball State pitcher Cal Bowling.
The second of three games between Ball State and Miami turned into a slugfest with the RedHawks outdueling the Cardinals.
Ball State claimed a series finale 6-3 win over Mid-American Conference foe Miami, giving the Cardinals a 2-1 series victory over the weekend.
Ball State (5-18) scored the first run of the game when freshman infielder Kenny Mahala drove an RBI single up the middle, scoring junior second baseman Mitch Widau from third base.
After a successful series against Ohio last weekend, Ball State (4-18, 2-1) hits the road for the first time in Mid-American Conference play this weekend as it travels to Oxford, Ohio, for a three-game series with the MAC East division leading Miami RedHawks (12-12, 3-0) at McKie Field.
The regulation, which installs the Batted Ball Coefficient of Resolution, brings bats even closer to duplicating the effects of wooden ones.
Its overall record of 4-18 sounds alarming, but in reality, Ball State (2-1) is one win shy of a share of first place in the Mid-American Conference West division.
For the second time in consecutive games, Ball State's offense provided late inning heroics versus the Ohio Bobcats.
After eight and a half innings of scoreless baseball and clusters of squandered opportunities, Ball State finally broke through in the bottom of the ninth inning.
The wins have become scarce, while the losses have piled up. For the Ball State (2-17) baseball team, the season starts over as it plays host to the Ohio Bobcats to begin Mid-American Conference play.
