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Saturday, March 19
Cleveland, Ohio
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Falcons Take Flight in Weekend Series at Cleveland State
March 18, 2011 | Baseball
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Bowling Green Falcons (5-8, 0-0 MAC) vs. Cleveland State Vikings (3-10, 0-0 Horizon League) Pro Frieght Stadium • Avon, Ohio |
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March 19, 2011 - doubleheader - 1:00 / 4:00 p.m. Cody Apthorpe - So., RHP (1-1, 5.40 ERA) vs. Anthony Sambula - Sr., LHP (1-1, 4.76) Nick Bruns - So., RHP (0-1, 8.53 ERA) vs. Travis Miller - Sr., RHP (0-3, 8.31) March 20, 2011 - 12 noon Charles Wooten - Sr., RHP (1-2, 5.09 ERA) vs. Coty Bates - Sr., RHP (0-3, 7.06) |
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THE FALCONS vs. THE VIKINGS ...
Bowling Green and Cleveland State have played a total of 58 times since their meeting in 1950. The Falcons lead the all-time series 42-16 and have won the last 14 games against Cleveland State dating back to the 1997 season. The last time the Vikings beat BGSU was on April 2, 1997 when they won the first of two games on the day. Last season, these two teams played one another at each home site, Bowling Green winning both by scores of 6-5 and 8-2.
FOLLOW THE FALCONS ...
Track the Falcons as the 2010 season opens up by visiting BGSUFALCONS.com for updated statistics and game results from the RussMatt Invitational. LiveStats will be available only to select games. Links to thoes contests' LiveStats can be found on the BGSUFalcons.com main page or on the baseball schedule page after clicking on each game. BGSU baseball can be found on Twitter all season long - @WEAREBGbaseball
ON DECK ...
Following the Falcons' series with the Vikings they will play a pair of weekday games against familiar foes. In-state Dayton University will drive up route 75 for a Tuesday (March 22) game with BGSU. The Falcons then take to the road for their next four games, including a Wednesday afternoon game at Mount Pleasant, Mich. against the Central Michigan Chippewas. Mid-American Conference play opens next weekend with the Falcons opening up the conference slate with a road trip to DeKalb, Ill. to play the Northern Illinois Huskies thrice.
MID-WEEK MAGIC
The Falcons battled Mother Nature and the Northwestern Ohio Racers earlier this week in the team's first home game of the season. Down 5-2, the Falcons mounted runs in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings and walked off the field with a 6-5 victory after Matt Vannett drew a walk on a 3-2 pitch while the bases were loaded to force home the winning run. Freshman Andrew Kubuski's two-run home run in the seventh inning sparked the Falcons' offense and began the comeback. Eight BGSU pitchers saw time on the mound. After starter Matt Malewitz allowed five runs in the second inning, the combination of relievers kept the Racers scoreless and to two hits for the duration of the game, en route to a victory.
RUSSMATT RECAP
Bowling Green played six of its eight scheduled games at the Russ Matt. Despite having a doubleheader against Yale washed out, the Falcons managed a 3-3 mark in their remaining games. After dropping their first two games against Xavier and Illinois State, the Falcons won three straight against Lehigh, Mount Saint Mary's and North Dakota State. They fell in their final game of their stay in Winter Haven, Flor. to Air Force, being shut out 6-0 by another flock of Falcons.
Jon Berti led the Falcons with a .524 batting average (11-for-21), one home run, three RBI and two runs scored. Matt Pitzulo racked up eight RBI and went 12-for-26 (.462) over six games.Alex Davison stole a pair of bases. On the mound, Cody Apthorpe went 1-0 in two starts, totaling 10 innings pitched and maintaining a 2.70 ERA. In eight innings of work, Mike Frank allowed only one earned run (1.07 ERA) and struck out a team-high nine batters over three relief apperances.
FRESHMEN IMPACT ... SO FAR
With 14 freshmen there is no doubt that this year they will have a chance to impact the team. They are surely getting their reps early in the season.
T.J. Losby -- 5g, 3-for-7 (.429), 2 2b
Jake Thomas -- 7g, 6 rbi, 6 h, 7 rs
Levi Fisher -- 3g, 1-for-3 (.333), 3.2 ip, 9.82 era
Patrick Lanscaster -- 8g, 5-for-25, 1 rbi, 2 rs
Alex Davison -- 10g, 8gs, 7 rs, 2 rbi. .222 ba
Brandon Howard -- 12g, 6gs, .292 ba, 6rs, 4 rbi
Andrew Kubuski -- 11g, 8gs, .286 ba, 7 rs, 5 rbi
Logan Walker -- 10g, 9gs, .200 ba, 2 rbi, 8 rs
Jeremy Shay -- 8g, .250 ba, 2 rs
Combined offense: 41-for-163 (.252), 16 rbi, 35 rs
Kevin Delapaz -- 1 IP, 0 R, 3 bb, 1 so
Ethan McKenney -- 4.1 ip, 3 h, 5 so, 2.08 era
Ben Singer -- 5g, 6.0 ip, 3.00 era, 8 so
Chris Miller -- 2.0 IP, 3 h, 6 r, 18.00 ERA
For complete BGSU game notes, click here.
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