Bowling Green State University Athletics
BASEBALL TEAM HOSTS AKRON IN FINAL MAC SERIES
May 14, 2009 | Baseball
May 14, 2009
BOWLING GREEN, OHIO -
BGSU Baseball Notes/Stats (vs. Akron) 
This Weekend
Thur. - Sat., May 14-16
Akron at Bowling Green
Steller Field (1,100) - Thursday (3 p.m.) - Friday/Saturday (1 p.m.)
FALCONS HOST AKRON WITH MAC TITLE ON THE LINE
The Bowling Green State University baseball team, coming off its second successive weekend sweep, will host Akron this weekend to complete the 2009 regular season. The Mid-American Conference teams all move up their last weekend series one day with the first game played on Thursday (3 p.m.) with games to follow on Friday and Saturday (1 p.m. both days). The Falcons begin the final weekend with a one game lead over second place Kent State (15-8) and a 2.5 game lead over West Division leader Toledo for the top seed in the MAC Tournament.
SERIES INFORMATION
BG owns a 28-22 lead in the series with Akron...the Falcons swept the Zips on the road last season in the final series of the season to move into a tie for the East Division titles and best regular season record...BG won the opener of the series, 15-9, before needing extra innings (11) to win the second game, 12-7, and they closed out the series with a 4-3 win...the last time the two programs played at BG (2007), the Falcons took two of the three games (W, 16-15; L, 7-3; W, 3-0)...in other series' played in BG since 2000, BG swept a four-game series from Akron in 2002 and the two programs split a four-game series in 2000...since 2000, BG has a 13-9 series edge...BG has won five of the last six games in the series...this will be the fifth time in the last eight series played between BG and Akron that it ends the regular season.
BG LOSES TO OAKLAND IN ONLY MID-WEEK GAME
In a game that saw both teams combine to use 43 players and there were 37 runs scored on 48 hits, Oakland University outlasted Bowling Green Tuesday afternoon at Steller Field by a final count of 20-17, in 11 innings. After BG took an early 9-0 lead, Oakland scored 15 unanswered runs before BG scored six in the bottom of the ninth to force extra innings. Both teams scored a run in the 10th, but four runs in the 11th won it for Oakland. Freshman Patrick Martin tied the school record with five hits, all singles, while driving in three runs. Junior Logan Meisler tied the school record with seven at-bats and four hits for the season time this season. Freshman Jon Berti went 4-for-6 with four RBI extending his hitting streak to 14 games.
MAC REGULAR SEASON SCENARIO
The Falcons (16-7) begin the final league weekend with a one game lead over Kent State (15-8) with KSU holding the tie-breaker by virtue of taking the series (2 games to 1) with BG earlier this season. Third place Ohio (15-9) and fourth place Miami (14-10) are also still in the hunt for the division title. Besides BG hosting Akron, the rest of the East Division schedule this week finds Miami at Kent State and Buffalo traveling to Ohio.
BG QUALIFIES FOR MAC TOURNAMENT
The Falcons qualified for the MAC Tournament with their win last Saturday over Buffalo. This will be the ninth time (1994, `95, `98, `99, 2001, `02, `05, `08, `09) in the last 16 years (since 1994) the Falcons have made the field for the league tournament. BG won tourney titles in 1998 and 1999. The winner of the MAC Tournament gets the automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
MAC TOURNAMENT
The tournament will be played May 20-23 at the VA Memorial Stadium (4,000) in Chillicothe, the home of the Chillicothe Paints of the independent Frontier League. Tickets for the tournament are as follows with all tickets being general admission: daily (adult) - $12; daily (youth/student) - $8; tournament pass (adult) - $30; tournament pass (youth/student) - $20; championship day (adult) - $6; championship day (youth/student) - $5. There is no charge for children three years of age and under. Admission for games on Saturday (elimination game and/or the championship game) is separate from the rest of the tournament making tournament passes invalid for the final day. The MAC Tournament will be streamed live with a tournament package, every game of the tournament, costing $14.95 while a single game can be purchased for $4.95. The MAC will also be holding a tournament celebration on Tuesday (May 19) at 7:30 at the VA Stadium that is free to the public during which the teams will be introduced, there will be on-field contests and a fireworks display.
MAC TOURNAMENT FIELD
The top three teams in each division automatically qualify for the double-elimination league tournament. The other two teams in the eight-team field are the teams with the next two best winning percentages in league play, regardless of division. The top seed in the tournament is the division winner with the best winning percentage in MAC play. The second seed is the other division winner. Seeds 3-8 are determined by winning percentage in MAC play, regardless of division, with head-to-head the first tie-breaker. The double-elimination tournament then places the #1, #4, #5 and #8 seeds on one side of the bracket and the #2, #3, #6 and #7 seeds on the other side. Games on Wednesday, May 20 are scheduled for 9 a.m. (#4 vs. #5), 12:30 p.m. (#3 vs. #6). 4 p.m. (#2 vs. #7) and 7:30 p.m. (#1 vs. #8).
LOOKING FOR A REPEAT
The Falcons are looking to repeat as MAC East Division champions and as the league's regular season champion, the team with the best record in league play during the regular season. Bowling Green and Kent State tied last season for the division and regular season titles with 16-8 records. When the Falcons have won division titles in the past, they have done it in pairs. BG won the East in 1998 and 1999 and again in 2001 and 2002. They have had the best regular season record in the MAC in 1972, 1995, 2002 and last season.
SMITH IN MAC/NCAA LEADERS
Sophomore right-hander Brennan Smith has emerged as one of the top starters in the MAC. He is coming off a win last Friday in which he went six innings against Buffalo allowing five earned runs and nine hits. He was the MAC East Division Pitcher of the Week (April 27-May 3) going seven innings allowing only five hits and three earned runs while equalling his career high with 10 strikeouts against Ohio (May 1). He retired 14 of the last 20 batters he faced, two of those reaching on errors. Smith, who has won eight of his last 10 starts, has given up more than eight hits in only one start and has given up four runs or fewer in 10 of his 12 starts. The Sandusky, Ohio native is 8-1 with two no-decisions in his last 11 starts (BG is 10-1 in those 11 games) with a 3.30 ERA allowing just 52 hits (7.16 per nine innings) in 65.1 innings of work. Over those same 11 starts, Smith has 64 strike outs (8.81 per nine innings) and the opposition is batting only .211 against him. Smith has been dominant in the games he has won compiling a miniscule 2.05 ERA in his eight wins this season. He has allowed only 38 hits, 26 of those singles, in 57.0 innings of work while striking out 54, an average of 8.53 strike outs per nine innings. In his eight wins, he is allowing only 6.00 hits per nine innings. Smith has a 9.56 ERA in his three losses, two of those coming the first two weekends of the season, and two no-decisions. Smith is 8-3 on the season with a 3.70 ERA, first in the MAC, with opposition hitters batting only .224 against him, the best figure in the league. He is averaging 8.38 strike outs per nine innings. In league play, he is 6-1 with a 4.03 ERA, second in the MAC. He pitched the first complete game of his career in a 9-2 decision April 17 at Kent State. Smith, who is the probable starter Thursday against Akron, has limited opposition hitters to a .233 average in league play, the top figure in the conference. Smith is 21st in the country in wins (8) and 61st in hits allowed per nine innings (7.64). He is ssecond in the MAC in innings pitched (73.0) and his eight wins leads the league. Smith ranks among the BG single-season leaders in strikeouts (68, 10th) and wins (8, t-8th).
ELKINS AMONG BEST IN COUNTRY
Junior Tyler Elkins, who has started at first base, as the designated hitter, and as the catcher this season, did not play in the Buffalo series because of a pulled left hamstring and is day-to-day. The Hamilton, Ohio native had his 14-game hitting streak come to an end when he did not get a hit in a pinch-hitting role Tuesday against Oakland. During the streak, he hit .459 (28-of-61) with 15 RBI and 15 runs scored to go along with eight doubles. Elkins, who hit safely in 13 consecutive games earlier this season, has now hit safely in 33 of his last 37 games. Elkins leads the team with a .410 average, second in the MAC, for the season and 16 doubles, tied for sixth in the league. He has multiple hits in 21 of the 34 games he has hit safely in this season. He is hitting .404 in MAC play, eighth in the MAC. He is sixth on the team with 31 RBI while his 22 RBI in league play is second on the team. Elkins is 64th in the country in the toughest to strike out category averaging one every 13.3 at-bats. Elkins, who transferred to BG from John Logan CC (Ill.) before last season and sat out the 2008 campaign after having surgery, is fourth on the team with 18 extra-base hits. Elkins has two or more hits in eight of his last 12 contests. He has hit .471 (24-of-51) in his last 12 games. Elkins' 16 doubles this season is tied for eighth on the BG season list while his 66 hits is three shy of moving into the top 10 in that category. Elkins also comes into this weekend with a 14-game hitting streak in MAC play and he has hit safely in 19 of the 20 league games this season he has played in.
GALVIN ON A ROLL
Junior outfielder Mark Galvin is eighth on the team with a .333 average. Galvin, who had food poisoning early in the week but is expected to play against Akron, has hit safely in each of the last six games (.409, 9-of-22, 9 RBI, 8 runs scored) and 10 of hits last 11. In his last 11 contests, Galvin is hitting .391 (18-of-46) with 15 RBI and 13 runs scored. The Pickerington, Ohio native, who hit safely in only two of his first eight games this season (.136, 3-of-22), had a team-best 14-game hitting streak earlier this season during which he hit .400 (22-of-55) with 16 RBI and nine runs scored. Galvin is also third on the team with 12 multiple-RBI games this season, including a game with four RBI against Michigan State on March 17 to equal his career high. Galvin has hit safely in 29 of his last 34 contests with a batting average of .366 (49-of-134) over the period. He has hit safely in 31 games this season and is tied for the team lead with three game-winning RBI. Galvin is batting .330 in MAC play and has hit safely in the last nine league games hitting .405 (15-of-37) with 12 RBI and 13 runs scored.
BLANTON A SLUGGING LEADER
Junior outfielder T.J. Blanton, who normally hits ninth in the BG order, is seventh on the team with a .354 average and is tied for second on the team with 20 extra-base hits, including nine doubles, four triples, tied for fifth in the MAC, and seven home runs. He had a pair of home runs March 25 in the Cleveland State game, the first multi-homer game of his career, and then repeated that effort April 25 with two home runs against Miami. His .595 slugging percentage is fourth on the team. The Sandusky, Ohio native has a hit in each of the last 11 games, a career best, batting .383 (18-for-47) over the period. He has 42 runs scored, third on the team, and has hit safely in 32 games this season. He has already established career highs in every offensive category. Blanton is hitting .367 in MAC games, sixth on the team, with 28 runs scored, second on the squad and 10th in the league. Blanton is second on the team with 10 stolen bases this season and leads the team with eight sacrifice bunts, a figure that is 92nd in the nation. Blanton has hit safely in the each of the last nine MAC games, and 15 of the last 16.
SHAY AMONG CAREER LEADERS
Senior Ryan Shay, who was a first-team All-MAC and All-Mideast selection in 2008, has picked up where he left off last season. He is hitting .396, fifth in the MAC, with 49 RBI, 10th in the MAC, and 64 runs scored, second in the league. He is also among the league leaders in doubles (16, t-6th), home runs (12, t-5th), slugging percentage (.698, 3rd), on-base percentage (.489, 4th) and walks (31, t-7th). He leads the team with 31 extra-base hits and 15 stolen bases, eighth in the MAC. The Garden City, Mich. native was a single shy of hitting for the cycle April 22 against Toledo and was a triple shy of the feat May 2 against Ohio. He has hit safely in 24 of the last 27 games hitting .430 (52-of-121) with 36 RBI and 44 runs scored over the period. In addition, in those last 27 games, he has 12 doubles, three triples and nine home runs for an .802 slugging percentage to go along with a .514 on-base percentage. In the last 27 games, Shay has an RBI in 19 contests, 11 multi-RBI games, and has scored at least one run in 24 games, 15 of those multi-run games, including each 10 of the last 12. For the season, he has hit safely in 37 of the 45 games, and 83 of his last 97 contests dating back to the beginning of last season. He has two or more hits in 59 of the 83 games he has hits in over the last two seasons. Shay has hit .404 (163-of-403) since the beginning of the 2008 season with 35 doubles, 17 home runs, 85 RBI and 117 runs scored. He has a .633 slugging percentage since the beginning of last season and a .486 on-base percentage. He is among the BG career leaders in at-bats (729, 1st), runs scored (171, 3rd), hits (246, 3rd), doubles (52, 3rd), assists (568, 1st), total bases (362, 3rd) and games played (200, t-6th). He has hit from the lead off spot in 44 games this season reaching safely leading off the game for BG 20 times (11 hits (six singles, three doubles, two home runs), six walks, two hit by pitch and one error). He hit from the top spot in the order last season 48 times and reached safely 26 times (21 hits, four walks, one error) in his first at-bat of the game. BG has scored at least one run in the first inning of 14 of the 20 games, this season, in which Shay has reached safely in his first at-bat. Shay hit a home run on the first pitch of the first game this season against Western Carolina. Shay is hitting .406 in MAC play, sixth in the league, with 34 RBI, tied for first in the MAC, 37 runs scored, first in the MAC, 21 extra-base hits (10 doubles, 9 home runs), a .792 slugging percentage, fourth in the MAC, and a .492 on-base percentage, sixth in the league. Shay is hitting .422 (19-of-45) during a current nine-game hitting streak in league play with 18 RBI and 20 runs scored. Shay has scored at least one run in 14 consecutive MAC contests, and in 20 of 23 games this season. Shay was ninth in the country in this week's national statistics in runs scored per game (1.43) and he was 27th in runs scored (63). He also ranks among the top 100 in the country in five other categories.
SPENCER CLEANING UP IN #4 SPOT
Junior Derek Spencer, who was a first-team All-MAC selection a year ago, was the MAC's East Division Player of the Week after hitting .706 (12-of-17) three weeks ago (April 20-26) with six home runs, 10 RBI and 12 runs scored. He hit .750 (9-for-12) in the Miami series that week with five home runs, eight RBI and nine runs scored. Spencer has hit safely in 11 of his last 13 games with a batting average of .491 (28-of-57) over the period with 19 RBI and 23 runs scored. He has an RBI in 10 of the 13 contests during his streak. The Oregon, Ohio native is second on the team with 48 RBI, 11th in the MAC, and is fourth on the team hitting .382. He has hit safely in 34 of the 44 games he has played in this season and he has an RBI in 27 contests. Spencer, who leads all BG players with a .377 career batting average, has 23 two-out RBI this season, the team leader. Spencer did not start for three games in late March because of a hamstring pull, but he has fully recovered from that. Spencer is hitting .414 in MAC play, fifth in the league, with 24 RBI and 27 runs scored. For the 22 MAC games he has played in, Spencer has a .737 slugging percentage, seventh in the MAC, with eight home runs, tied for sixth in the conference. Spencer has hit safely in 19 MAC games, including nine of his last 10 league games during which he has hit .533 (24-of-45) with 15 RBI and 20 runs scored over the period. Spencer was a double shy of hitting for the cycle in last Sunday's game at Buffalo.
HANGBERS A TRIPLE THREAT
As he has done throughout his career, senior Brian Hangbers can have an affect on the game at the plate, in the field and on the mound. Hangbers is hitting .331 this season with eight home runs, 37 runs scored, and he has drawn 25 walks. Hangbers is one of the top fielding first basemen in the MAC and has a .985 fielding percentage with just five errors in 325 chances this season. He has a career .986 fielding percentage in 1108 chances. On the mound, he has pitched in 10 games, five of those starts, this season and has two saves and a 6.86 ERA in 21.0 innings of work. Hangbers has 45 career appearances covering 110.0 innings with a 4.99 ERA. His 31 career home runs is the seventh-highest total in BG history and makes him one of only seven players in school history to hit 30 or more home runs.. He has hit safely in 31 of the 42 games he has an at-bat in this season. The Hamilton, Ohio native has five home runs in is last 10 games and has a six-game hitting streak during which he has batted .481 (13-of-27) with 12 RBI and eight runs scored. He has two or more hits in each of the last six games. His eight home runs in league play is tied for sixth in conference play.
MEISLER IS CLUTCH
Junior Logan Meisler is sixth on the team with a .356 batting average. A career .331 hitter, Meisler is third on the squad with 37 RBI, 14 of those with two outs. He has hit safely in 32 of the 45 games this season and he has an RBI in 22 contests. Meisler hit .471 (8-of-17) last week against Buffalo with six runs scored and six RBI and was 4-for-7 with three RBI and two runs scored in the Tuesday game against Oakland.
MALEWITZ AMONG MAC LEADERS
Sophomore Matt Malewitz has become one of the starters for the Falcons in MAC play this season, normally drawing the starting assignment in the middle game of the series. He is second on the squad in innings pitched (72.2, tied for third in the MAC) and ERA (4.33, 3rd in the MAC). Malewitz was the East Division Pitcher of the Week (week of March 9-15) for his complete game one-hitter against Northern Iowa on the spring trip. Malewitz was part of a second shutout, on March 28, as he combined with sophomore Charles Wooten on a three-hitter against Northern Illinois. Malewitz, who is 5-1 this season, is 4-0 in MAC play with a 5.22 ERA. Opposition batters are hitting only .253 against Malewitz this season, second in the MAC. Malewitz has gone at least five innings in nine of his 11 starts. Last Saturday against Buffalo, in his last start, he went 7.2 innings giving up only five hits and two earned runs while striking out eight.
BERTI AMONG TOP FROSH
Freshman Jon Berti has become an integral member of the team in his first season. The Troy, Mich. native is second on the team with a .397 batting average, fourth in the MAC, and he leads the team in MAC play hitting .448, first in the MAC. He has 16 RBI in league play while slugging at a .721 clip, ninth in the MAC, and he has a .512 on-base percentage, third in the MAC. In his last 26 games, he has hit safely in 22 contests with a .444 (36-of-81) average to go along with 28 RBI and 26 runs scored. He has a .765 slugging percentage over his last 26 games and a .552 on-base percentage. Berti is tied for the team lead with three game-winning RBI, including a walk-off three-run homer in the 10th inning against Ball State (April 12), part of a career-best four-RBI game. Berti, a 36th-round draft choice of Oakland in last summer's amateur draft, has showed his versatility this season making starts in left and right field, at shortstop and as the designated hitter. Berti comes into this weekend with a season-best 14-game hitting streak during which he has hit .478 (22-of-46) with 18 RBI and 19 runs scored. Berti has a hit in 11 consecutive league games hitting .429 (15-of-35) with 12 RBI and 15 runs scored.
DWORNIK BG'S THIRD STARTER
Freshman left-hander Kacy Dwornik earned his first start of the season May 3 and got the win against Ohio. The Toledo St. John's graduate also got the last out of the Friday (May 1) win against Ohio to earn his first career save. He made his second start last weekend in the series finale with Buffalo and had another strong outing getting the win going 5.0 innings allowing four hits and two earned runs. Dwornik has had eight appearances in a row in which he has been effective. Over that period, Dwornik has a 3.45 ERA in 31.1 innings of work allowing 27 hits and 12 earned runs. He has struck out 27, and average of 7.76 per nine innings, while walking only six. Dwornik yielded 15 earned runs in his first six appearances in a BG uniform covering 9.0 innings. In league play, Dwornik is among the league leaders in ERA (4.11, 3rd), opponent batting average (.246, 2nd) and wins (4, t-4th).
BERRY TO MISS SOME TIME
Junior Frank Berry II, who was expected to be the #1 starter this season, had bone spurs removed from his pitching elbow in the fall and has not played to date this season. Berry made 11 starts in his first year in the program last season after transferring from Longwood University. He led the staff with 70.0 innings of work and compiled a 7-1 record to go along with a 4.76 ERA. He was the opening game starter in all eight MAC series last season and he started the first game of the MAC Tournament for the Falcons. He went five or more innings in seven of his nine starts against MAC teams. His seven wins was the second-best total in the conference. He also is a career .264 hitter.
SCHMITZ REACHES 500
Head coach Danny Schmitz reached a milestone on March 31 in BG's 8-3 win over Michigan that not many in Mid-American Conference history have. The win was his 500th victory, all at Bowling Green, joining four other MAC baseball coaches in the small club of people who have won 500 games. Schmitz joins Western Michigan's Fred Decker (1976-04, 791 wins), Ohio's Joe Carbone (1989-present, 610), Toledo's Stan Sanders (1970-81/1983-92, 534) and Central Michigan's Dean Kreiner (1986-98, 516) as the only baseball coaches in the 62-year history of the Mid-American Conference to reach the 500-win milestone.
RETURNING ALL-LEAGUE
Bowling Green has two players returning this season who were All-MAC choices last season. Senior shortstop Ryan Shay and junior third baseman Derek Spencer were both first-team all-conference selections in 2008. Shay led the league and was 22nd nationally with a .412 batting average while Spencer was eighth in the league hitting .360. Shay, whose average last season was 155 points higher than his career average coming into the season, hit safely in 46 of the 52 games setting school records for batting average, hits (87) and doubles (19). He had a 16-game hitting streak and a 17-game hitting streak, fourth-best in school history. Shay was also a first-team All-Mideast selection last season. Spencer led the team with 54 RBI (third in the MAC, tied for eighth on BGSU single-season list) and in extra-base hits (25) and two-out RBI (21). He did not go more than two games at any point in the season without getting a hit.
FALCON CAPTAINS
Seniors Ryan Shay (SS), Dusty Hawk (RHP), Brian Hangbers (1B) and Kevin Leady (RHP) will serve as captains of the 2009 team. Leady will not play this season after having surgery in the fall.
EARLY SEASON HONORS
Senior shortstop Ryan Shay was picked as one of the top seven shortstops in the country by the web site Ping!Baseball. The web site picked the top players in the country for their preseason All-American list and included Shay among the best shortstops in the land. Shay also was named to the preseason All-MAC team by Baseball America. In the same publication, freshman Jon Berti was picked as the second-best newcomer in the MAC.
BGSU BLOOP SINGLES
The Falcons are hitting .347 as a team and averaging 8.9 runs per game while the opposition is hitting .314 and scoring 8.6 runs per outing...the Falcon batting average is the best in the MAC and is 12th in the nation while their average runs per game is 23rd in the country...in MAC play, BG is hitting .364 and averaging 10.0 runs while the opposition is hitting .296 and scoring 7.1 runs...BG's team batting average in MAC play also leads the league...BG has 40 (0.91 per game) double plays this season, seventh in the MAC...they are 95th in the country in double plays per game...last season the Falcons led the MAC in twin-killings (59) and were 14th in the nation with a 1.13 average per game...junior Dennis Vaughn is hitting .438 (21-of-48) in MAC play to lead the team and he is now hitting .313 for the season...Vaughn has hit safely in six of his last seven MAC games and nine of his last 11...Vaughn is hitting .548 (17-of-31) in his last 11 league games with six RBI and 13 runs scored...Vaughn hit .364 (4-of-11) last weekend against Buffalo and had three doubles in the Saturday win to tie the school single-game record...the Falcons scored 29 runs (11 on Friday, 10 on Saturday and nine on Sunday) in the three games against Buffalo last weekend with two outs...sophomore catcher Ryan Schlater, who came into the games last weekend with nine RBI on the season, had six two-out RBI in three games and a total of seven RBI for the series...Schlater is hitting .300 in MAC play and he has hit safely in five of the last six league games he has played in with nine RBI...the BG opposition has scored 10 or more runs in 17 games this season - BG has scored 10 or more 18 times, including 10 times in the last 12 games during which the Falcons are scoring an average of 13.8 runs per game...the Falcons have 10 or more hits in 35 games this season, including 16 of their last 17, and 29 of their last 34 games...BG has had 10 or more hits in 20 of their 23 league games, including each of their last 14 contests...BG has won 10 of its last 13 MAC games and 10 of its last 14 games overall...BG is 12-5 at home this season, 9-3 in league play...BG has won eight of its last nine at home in MAC play...BG has not trailed at any time in its last six MAC games covering 54 innings of play...the last time BG trailed in a league game was April 26 when Miami scored three runs in the ninth to win, 14-12...the Falcon starting pitchers have compiled a 5.11 ERA this season while the relievers have a 9.80 ERA...BG is the MAC leader in sacrifices with 40 and they rank 35th in the nation with that figure...Bowling Green has three of the 12 shutouts recorded this season by MAC teams...since 2001, BG is 182-6 when leading going into the ninth inning - two of those losses have come this season...BG is hitting .370 as a team at home this season averaging 10.5 runs per game....BG is third in the MAC in slugging percentage at .517 behind Ohio (.542), Ball State (.521)...in MAC play, BG has the top figure in the league at .575...BG leads the MAC in on-base percentage at .419 and in league play with a .440 mark..BG's 287 strikeouts (by batters) is the second-fewest in the league behind only Ohio (279)...in league play, only Akron (142) has struck out fewer times than BG's 145...BG is second in the MAC in runs scored with 401 behind only Kent State (455)...in MAC play, Bowling Green's 248 runs is 26 more than the next closest team, Kent State with 222.
