With the game tied 4-4 in the bottom of the eighth inning, Tim Blankenberger stepped to the plate and sent the first pitch of his only at-bat over the left-field wall for a 2-run shot.
Having won 10 of its last 13 games, Ball State baseball looks to have found its stride as the end of the regular season approaches.
Ball State and Northern Illinois gave fans a fair share of free baseball on Friday evening.
After the scrimmages and practice, the Ball State right-hander found out his plan for the upcoming summer.
Ball State baseball played its second extra-inning game of the week Sunday afternoon against Bowling Green, and this time, the Cardinals (19-19, 7-8 MAC) were able to pull out a 9-6 victory in 10 innings to win the series.
Ball State baseball let one slip away Friday afternoon as Bowling Green rallied to score five runs in the ninth inning, handing the Cardinals their third consecutive loss.
There isn’t one particular flaw that Ball State baseball (17-18, 5-7 MAC) can quite put its finger on. Flirting with a .500 record all season, the team will travel to Bowling Green (9-23, 4-6 MAC) this weekend, in hopes of getting over the hump.
In a 14-inning battle that lasted five and a half hours and featured 14 different pitchers, the Hoosiers walked off in the bottom of the 14th to secure a 9-8 victory.
After a wet weekend of baseball, Ball State fell to Miami 5-6 in the final matchup of the series Sunday afternoon.
Ball State baseball returns home this weekend to host a three-game series against Miami.
Using a variety of pitchers, Ball State baseball (16-15, 4-5 MAC) was able to pitch a 2-0 shutout at rival Purdue (15-13, 4-2 BIG TEN) on Tuesday in West Lafayette.
Jameson threw 136 pitches in the victory, only allowing five hits and eight total baserunners.
After dropping the first two games of the series to Eastern Michigan, Ball State baseball rebounded with a win in Ypsilanti on Sunday.
Runs were hard to come by in Friday’s game between Ball State baseball (14-14, 3-4 MAC) and Eastern Michigan (9-17, 4-3 MAC) in Ypsilanti.
After playing its opening 33 games on the road, Ball State softball (23-10, 5-1 MAC) will have to wait at least another three days to play its first home game of the 2018 season.
The Chippewas would score in every inning but the eighth and ninth in Saturday afternoon's slaughter.
After he was greeted by his teammates at home plate after rounding the bases, Ball State junior first basemen John Ricotta served as the decision maker with a go-ahead two-run shot in the seventh inning to give Ball State baseball a 3-1 lead over Central Michigan to path the way to a victory.
The offensive breakout that started in the first inning didn't end until the eighth inning, as Ball State baseball exploded at the plate in a 13-5 victory over Valparaiso Monday afternoon.
Ball State baseball capped off the weekend achieving something it hasn't done since 2008.
Ball State baseball traveled to Kent State Friday afternoon to play the first game of a three-game rivalry series to open up Mid-American Conference play.
