Falcons Rally In Ninth But Fall To Golden Flashes

Sunday, April 10

Kent, Ohio

1:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

9-20, 0

Kent State

12-14, 0

Bowling Green

Kent State

Photo by: Mallory Hiser, BGSU Athletics

April 10, 2022 | Baseball

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By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

KENT, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University baseball program rallied in the ninth inning for the second straight day, tying the game in the top half of the inning against the Kent State Golden Flashes on Sunday (April 10). The Falcons fought back to tie the game at 3-3 in the top of the ninth, but Kent State edged out a 4-3 victory with a run in the bottom half of the inning.

The Falcons and Golden Flashes split the weekend series with the Falcons winning the first two games of the series. Bowling Green will now return home to Steller Field for their next eight games, first hosting Central Michigan this upcoming weekend (April 15-17).

HOW IT HAPPENED

In the top of the first, Jack Krause reached on an error to start the game. Kyle Gurney was able to hit a home run to right a few batters later to put the Falcons on top early at 2-0.
Kent State's answer came in the bottom of the second. A bases loaded groundout pushed home the first run for the Golden Flashes, cutting the BGSU lead to 2-1.
KSU added a second run in the fifth. A single to right scored one to make it 2-2.
An RBI double in the sixth pushed Kent State ahead with a 3-2 score.
The Falcons evened the score in the top of the ninth for the second consecutive game. Nathan Rose and Tyler Ross both singled before Nathan Archer was hit by a pitch to load the bases. A Ryan Johnston sacrifice fly scored Rose to knot it up at 3-3.
Kent State reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the ninth for a 4-3 final score.

STAT LEADERS

Kyle Gurney: 4-for-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Nathan Rose: 1-for-4, 1 R
Ryan Johnston: 0-for-3, 1 RBI
Andrew Abrahamowicz: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R/ER, 6 K
Owen Recker: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 1 K

FALCON STAT FACTS

Andrew Abrahamowicz tossed a season-high 5.2 innings for Bowling Green, matching his season-high for strikeouts in the process with six.
Going 4-for-4, Kyle Gurney has registered a hit in 16 of the last 18 games for the Falcons.
With a base hit for the Falcons, Nathan Rose has now logged a hit in four straight games for BGSU after having a hit in each game against the Golden Flashes, being 6-for-17 (.353) against Kent State this past weekend.
Owen Recker threw his first scoreless outing of the season, pitching two innings for the Falcons while striking out one. Recker allowed just one hit and walked one in the outing.

QUOTE FROM COACH HALLOCK
"We competed from the very first pitch on Friday through the final play on Sunday for four games at our standard. I am extremely proud of each player's effort. We pitched, defended and created enough opportunities offensively to have a chance to win every game.

We left with a split on the scoreboard but our ball club knows that this series has changed and will be a fight moving forward in the years to come."

UP NEXT
The Falcons will return home for their next series, hosting Central Michigan next weekend. The series is set to begin on April 15 with a 3:05 p.m. first pitch at Steller Field.

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