Falcons Register 19 Hits In Wild 17-16 Sunday Thriller

Sunday, March 14

Bowling Green, KY

2:00 PM ET

Bowling Green State University

2-8

Western Kentucky

8-7

Bowling Green

WKU

Photo by: Chris Kohley/WKU Athletics

March 14, 2021 | Baseball

Box Score

By: by BGSU Strategic Communications

Box Score

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green State University baseball team was defeated in a back-and-forth epic on Sunday (March 14) at Western Kentucky University, ultimately losing by a score of 17-16. Western Kentucky narrowly claimed all four games this weekend. BGSU lost the opener in extra innings, before dropping a pair of low-scoring tight ballgames on Saturday (March 13). The non-conference series was played at WKU's Nick Denes Field.

Bowling Green heads into conference play next weekend with a deceiving 2-8 record. The Falcons have lost three one-run games, including two extra-inning contests. BGSU has also lost a pair of two-run Saturday games over the course of its non-conference schedule. Bowling Green opens MAC play with a four-game series at Ohio, beginning with a 6 p.m. first pitch on Friday, March 19.

OFFENSIVE PRODUCTION
• The Falcons registered 19 hits and scored 16 runs. The 16 runs are the most that Bowling Green has produced since beating Dayton, 17-10, on May 16, 2017.
• All nine Bowling Green starters produced at least one hit, with five Falcons registering multiple hits. Kyle Gurney led the way by going 5-for-6 with a team-high four RBI.
• Nathan Rose and Adam Furnas each posted three hits apiece. Furnas also had two walks, two runs and three RBI, while Rose had one RBI, one run and one walk.
• Jared Johnson finished 2-for-4 with four runs, two walks and one RBI. Tyler Ross had another huge day in the leadoff spot, going 2-for-3 with two RBI, three walks and three runs.
• Jack Krause, Anthony Toma, Andy Gaytan and Dylan Dohanos all notched a hit for the Orange and Brown. Gaytan had two runs and drove in a pair. Toma also had two RBI.

BALANCED SCORING
• Bowling Green scored in six different innings. The Falcons scored at least one run in each of the last five innings. The Orange and Brown notched multiple runs in five innings.
• Despite trailing by a score of 17-12 entering the ninth inning, the Falcons nearly came all the way back. Bowling Green scored four times and had the bases loaded, but a strikeout ended the game.
•Bowling Green has now scored 10-plus runs in three of its 10 games in 2021. In last season's shortened 13-game season, BGSU scored 10-plus runs just once.

COACH HALLOCK QUOTE
"The fight and the desire showed by this group of Falcons is a very positive sign. We showed a level of execution offensively that we strive to produce every game. Everyone who went to the plate produced at some point or another. Unfortunately, we didn't get it done on the mound or with the gloves defensively. That falls directly on me as the pitching coach. We will make the necessary corrections this week. I'm very proud of the way everyone fought today, regardless of their individual performances, because we were still a team trying to win a baseball game together from start to finish."

WEEKEND RESULTS
March 12 | Western Kentucky 4, BGSU 3 (10 Innings)
March 13 | WKU 4, BGSU 1 | WKU 3, BGSU 1 (Both 7 Innings)
March 14 | Western Kentucky 17, BGSU 16

NEXT WEEKEND
March 19 | at Ohio | 6 p.m.
March 20 | at Ohio | 1 p.m. | Doubleheader (Both 7 Innings)
March 21 | at Ohio | 1 p.m.

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