Sunday, April 10
Muncie, Indiana
12:00 pm
Bowling Green State University
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Ball State University
Falcons Split Doubleheader with Cardinals; Win Road Series
April 10, 2011 | Baseball
MUNCIE, Indiana -- The Falcons spent a full day at Ball Diamond (Muncie, Ind.) seeing the highs and lows of a day's work. Bowling Green surrendered three or more runs in a 13-4 loss to open Sunday afternoon action but rebounded in the rubber match, winning game two 10-5 behind the pitching of Charles Wooten and a strong outing by the BGSU bats. With the split, the Falcons win their second conference road series.
GAME ONE - Ball State 13, Bowling Green 4
Sunday opener started well for the Falcons after taking a 3-0 lead after their first at bat of the day but the
| April 10, 2011 (game one) -- Final | |||
| R | H | E | |
| Bowling Green | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Ball State | 13 | 14 | 1 |
Matthew Pitzulo (Poland, Ohio) capitalized with two runners on with his second home run of the season, a three-run shot over the right center field fence. Andrew Kubuski (Elyria, Ohio) and Jon Berti (Troy, Mich.) also scored on the drive, giving the Falcons an early 3-0 lead.
The Brown and Orange then became victim to the BSU long ball allowing four home runs over the next three innings. Kenny Mahala bested Falcon pitching with a grand slam in both the third and fourth innings. T.J. Baumet and Sean Godfrey also registered home runs in the Cardinals' scoring streak of 13 unanswered runs. Twelve of Ball State's 13 runs scored were done so on their four home runs.
Bowling Green added one run in the sixth inning on a sacrifice fly scoring Pitzulo from third, but that marked the last run either team scored on the day, resulting in a 13-4 Falcon defeat.
Sophomore Nick Bruns (St. Henry, Ohio) took the loss after allowing five runs in his 2.1 innings pitched. Levi Fisher (Bryan, Ohio) pitched a career-high four innings, limiting the Cardinals to one run on three hits and striking out eight of the 16 batters he faced.
GAME TWO - Ball State 5, Bowling Green 10
The Falcons' rebounded from the game one loss bringing the offense back to Ball Diamond along with a
| April 10, 2011 (game two) -- Final | |||
| R | H | E | |
| Bowling Green | 10 | 10 | 3 |
| Ball State | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Though they did not come off of the same bat, the Falcons fired away with two grand slam in Sunday afternoon's series finale. The first was courtesy of Ryan Schlater (St. Paris, Ohio). The senior took a 3-1 offering from Derek Grabner and blasted it over the left center field fence scoring Patrick Martin (Oregon, Ohio), #T.J. Losby# (Bryan, Ohio) and Frank Berry (Virginia Beach, Va.).
Heading into the sixth inning with a 4-2 lead, Bowling Green increased its lead with a pair of runs scored with two outs. Ryan Schalter scored for the second time in the game when Clay Duncan (Norwalk, Ohio) doubled to right field and advanced to third on the throw home. Logan Walker (Richmond, Va.) notched his third single of the day thereafter, scoring Duncan and giving the Falcons a 6-2 lead.
Duncan created more distance in the scoring column hitting the second of Bowling Green's grand slams. His blast to center field put the Falcons up by eight runs and ensured the visitors victory.
Charles Wooten (Elmore, Ohio) went six innings in his second win of the season and racked up eight strikeouts. He allowed only six base runners, four hits and two walks, while allowing only two runs. Michael Frank (Maumee, Ohio) finished the remaining three innings en route to his team-leading third save of the season.
Bowling Green (11-16, 5-4) now moves into a tie for the second place spot in the Mid-American Conference East Division with Miami after the RedHawks fell to Northern Illinois today. The Falcons will play the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Tuesday at 6:05 p.m. followed by a 3:00 p.m. home game with the Dayton Flyers at Steller Field (Bowling Green, Ohio).
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