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.
It’s going to come down to who’s on the pitcher’s mound this weekend as Ball State baseball travels to Kent State for a three-game series to open up Mid-American Conference play.
The unpredictable weather that comes with living in the Midwest can put a strain on athletics during the months transitioning from season to season. This month, it has thrown Ball State baseball and other outdoor sports for a loop.
In a quick-paced game, Ball State (8-9) ultimately fell to Dayton (4-8) after it gave up the lead in the third inning and failed to recover. Even Behind sophomore John Baker's 14-strikeout performance on the rubber, the Cardinals lost a "free-be" battle according to head coach Rich Maloney.
After a seventh inning that served as the decision maker of the game, Ball State baseball dropped to .500 on the season after a 6-2 loss to Butler this afternoon.
Ball State baseball closed out its eight-game spring break road trip with a three-game sweep over Western Carolina (1-14). The Cardinals (8-7) outscored the Catamounts 36-20 in the series.
