Bowling Green State University
AKRON
Baseball Blasts Akron, 14-6
May 14, 2000 | Baseball
May 14, 2000
Bowling Green, OH -
Bowling Green led from start to finish in Sunday's second game recording a 14-6 triumph over visiting Akron. It was the 15th time this season that BG won a contest in which it never trailed.
Unfortunately for the Falcons, Miami swept a home doubleheader from Ohio University (7-2, 10-7) to finish in third place in the Mid-American Conference East Division, one game ahead of BG. The top three teams in each division qualify for the MAC tournament.
The Falcons scored four times in the opening inning. Kenny Burdine had a one-out triple. Following a fielder's choice, Lee Morrison drilled a two-run home run to left field. Sean Ryan singled, moved to second on a groundout and scored on Scott Dukate's double.
BG added two more runs in the third on three straight singles by Sean Ryan, Matt Best and Scott Dukate. After a strikeout, Nike Elrod singled in Best.
Bowling Green increased its lead to eight, at 9-1, with three runs in the fourth inning. Kenny Burdine walked, Alan Gilhousen reached on an error, and Lee Morrison singled in Burdine. After a double play, Matt Best stroked a two-run shot over the right field fence.
After the Zips had scored five times in the fifth to make it 9-6, BG responded with two runs in its half of the inning. Aric Christman, Alan Gilhousen, Lee Morrison and Sean Ryan all singled with Gilhousen and Ryan each collecting RBI.
BG scored its final three runs in the sixth inning. Scott Dukate completed his four-for-four contest with a single and Brad Simon followed with a single. After a couple of outs, Kenny Burdine doubled in Dukate and Alan Gilhousen had a two-run single to right field giving him four RBI in the contest.
Craig Menke won his fifth decision of the year for BG. He allowed six runs (five earned) on eight hits in five innings. Freshman Brett Baumgartner hurled the final two innings and retired six of the eight batters he faced.
Bowling Green concludes its season with an overall record of 29-24-1. The Falcons finished in fourth-place in the MAC East Division with a mark of 14-12.
