Falcons Even Series At Miami Behind Crazy Comeback

Saturday, April 7

Oxford, OH

2:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

9-20, 4-4

Miami University

16-10, 5-3

Bowling Green

Miami

April 07, 2018 | Baseball

Box Score

By: by James Nahikian, BGSU Athletic Communications

Box Score (PDF)

OXFORD, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University baseball team scored three runs in the ninth inning to complete a wild comeback that saw the Falcons earn a 10-9 win at Miami University on Saturday (April 7). The game was played at MU's McKie Field at Hayden Park.

By winning the game, Bowling Green evened the weekend series with the RedHawks. The Falcons are now 9-20 overall on the season, including a 4-4 mark in Mid-American Conference play. Miami drops to 16-10 (5-3 MAC) with the loss.

"That was a great college baseball game, and I couldn't be more proud of our guys for never giving up," said head coach Danny Schmitz. "We were losing by multiple runs for the majority of that game, and our guys just never gave in. Even in the ninth inning, we kept battling. I told our guys after the game that now we have a chance to do what we came here to do – win the series."

Miami scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth to take a 9-7 lead, but the Falcons scored three in the ninth before Brad Croy slammed the door shut in the bottom half of the ninth. BGSU's three runs in the ninth came on bases-loaded walks.

INNING-BY-INNING BREAKDOWN
BGSU: 0-0-1-0-2-4-0-0-3 – 10(R)-11(H)-1(E)
MIAMI: 0-0-4-2-1-0-0-2-0 – 9(R)-10(H)-1(E)

THE NINTH-INNING RALLY
• To get the rally started, Bowling Green loaded the bases with nobody out. Brad Croy was hit by a pitch to start the frame. After a Randy Righter double, Derek Drewes coaxed a walk.
• After a strikeout, Neil Lambert scored Croy with a walk. After another strikeout, Bowling Green was down to its final out.
• Ty Suntken and Jeff Scott then worked consecutive walks to give the Orange and Brown a 10-9 lead. For BGSU, it was its first lead since taking a 1-0 advantage in the third.

TEAM EFFORT ON THE MOUND
• In a game where both offenses controlled the pace of play, Bowling Green used five pitchers to get through the game.
• After 2.0 innings of one-hit ball from David Stopp and a brief appearance from Damon Egnor, southpaw Chandler Stillings surrendered just one earned run over 2.2 innings of work.
• Kody Brown yielded just one hit over 2.2 innings, prior to Croy blanking the RedHawks over the final 1.1 innings of play.

OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION
• Eight different Falcons registered a hit, while six different players scored a run and notched an RBI.
• Jeff Scott (2-for-4), Randy Righter (2-for-5), and Ty Suntken (2-for-2) posted multiple hits for the Orange and Brown.
• Randy Righter, Ty Suntken, Derek Drewes and Riley Minorik each scored two runs.
• Jeff Scott drove in three runs on the day. Ty Suntken posted two RBI, while Jake Wilson, Anthony Smith, Neil Lambert and Derek Drewes racked up one RBI.