BASEBALL: Walkoff victory fuels Cardinals
By Anthony Lombardi / February 23, 2014Heading into play at the Snow Bird Classic in Port Charlotte, Florida, the Ball State baseball team had a chance to get off to the school’s best start in 14 years.
Heading into play at the Snow Bird Classic in Port Charlotte, Florida, the Ball State baseball team had a chance to get off to the school’s best start in 14 years.
For the first time this season, the Ball State men’s baseball team finished a game on the wrong end of the scoreboard.
Just a couple days into the season, the Ball State baseball team was already playing a doubleheader. For the second game in a row, the players found themselves in an early hole when a lead-off walk by starting pitcher Jacob Brewer came around to score, making the game 0-1 early. Morehead State’s lead would be short-lived, as the bottom of the first saw the Cardinals send eight men to the plate, half coming home to score.
Cardinals erase a 4-1 deficit Tyler Jordan pitches 5 shutout innings 7 different players score a run The 2014 season started strong for Ball State. Facing South Carolina Upstate, Ball State sent its ace, junior Scott Baker, to the mound.
With Ball State baseball’s 2014 season just around the corner, the team sees reasons to be optimistic. “We are expected to compete with the top teams in our league,” head coach Richard Maloney said.
Tim Lincecum has won two World Series rings, and now he has something really remarkable — a no-hitter in which he threw a career-high 148 pitches.
Scott Baker, winner of the inaugural Gregg Olson award in 2013, was recognized as Division I baseball’s “breakout player of the year.”
Blake Beemer is one of 15 finalists for the T.D. Ameritrade Fan’s Choice Award, but he was also invited to the NCAA Career in Sports Forum.
It was a disappointing end to an exciting run. One inning is all that kept the Ball State baseball team from claiming its first Mid-American Conference Tournament Championship since 2006.
All that stood between the Golden Flashes and a spot in the Championship game was a pair of Ball State pitchers.
The No. 4 Ball State baseball team defeated No. 1 Kent State on Friday.
A win over the No. 5 Miami RedHawks did more than just keep Ball State in the Mid-American Conference Championship winner’s bracket.
Ball State's Scott Baker and Billy Wellman both earned a spot on the 15-name list for the 2013 All-Mid-American Conference Team.
As parents and supporters greeted the team at the dugout, they repeatedly reminded the players that for the first time in a long time, next week matters.
The Ball State baseball team fell to Northern Illinois in extra innings on Saturday.
Coach Rich Maloney said his team put on a “hitting display,” in Friday’s game, adding that they were simply “on fire.”
The first, and most pressing for the team, was clinching a spot in the Mid-American Conference Tournament.
The Ball State baseball team will compete for the Mid-American Conference West’s No. 1 spot this week.
Scott Baker was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Pitcher of the Week on Wednesday.
Historically, the Ball State baseball team has struggled on the road against Indiana State. The team went into Tuesday’s game having not won in Terre Haute since 1991.
