BGSU's Bats Batter Akron Arms To Take Weekend Series With Sunday Victory

Sunday, April 3

Bowling Green, Ohio

1:05 PM

Bowling Green State University

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Akron

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Akron

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Photo by: Morgan Holscher, BGSU Athletics

BGSU's Bats Batter Akron Arms To Take Weekend Series With Sunday Victory

April 03, 2022 | Baseball

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By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University baseball program captured a 13-9 win on Sunday (April 3) at Steller Field over the Akron Zips to win the four-game weekend series. After falling in the first game of the series, the Falcons took both games of Saturday's (April 2) doubleheader before clinching the series with this win. Bowling Green is now winners of three straight and four of the last five.

Kyle Gurney, Nathan Archer and Justin Fugitt paced the Falcons in the victory, each logging a home run in the effort. Gurney and Archer tied for the team-lead in RBI with three apiece. Gurney's home run marked his fourth over two days while Archer's was his first at Steller Field. Archer also added two stolen bases to his stat line, giving him five over the last two games.

On the mound, Nic Good made his first collegiate appearance, being in relief, and picked up the win. Levi Gazarek and Isaiah Seidel also made appearances out of the pen. The three relievers combined for 5.1 innings of work, giving up just one run on four hits.

The Falcons will now look to carry their momentum into a midweek non-conference game with the Oakland Golden Grizzlies on Tuesday (April 5). The Orange and Brown are set to make the trip to Rochester, Mich. for a 2:00 p.m. first pitch.

HOW IT HAPPENED

After a one-two-three inning in the top of the first by Owen Recker, the Falcons scored the first run of the game in the bottom half of the inning. Adam Fallon singled before stealing second, setting up an RBI double by Kyle Gurney to make it a quick 1-0 lead for BGSU.
Akron quickly responded in the second. Four singles for the Zips resulted in a pair of runs to push Akron ahead 2-1.
A big bottom of the second reclaimed the lead for Bowling Green. Justin Fugitt began the inning with a towering home run to right field to tie it up at 2-2.
Later in the second, a double steal by Nathan Archer and Ryan Johnston set up a two-RBI single up the middle for Fallon. In the next at-bat, Gurney launched a two-run home run to left field, his first of the game and fourth of the series, giving BGSU a 6-2 lead.
Akron saw a home run in the first at-bat of the third inning to cut the lead down to 6-3.
The Falcons once again answered the run. Nathan Rose started the bottom of the third with a single and moved station to station, going to second on a groundout and third on a wild pitch. Tyler Ross then doubled to the right center gap to score Rose to increase the score to 7-3.
Before the end of the inning the Falcons added to their run total. Jack Krause clipped a double into shallow left center to push Ross home to make it 8-3 Bowling Green.
Akron scored another in the top of the fourth. A single and passed ball put a runner on second for the Zips, scoring on a double. Akron saw a few singles later in the inning to make it 8-7.
After a pitching change, a run was walked home to tie it up at 8-8.
The Falcons reclaimed the lead in the bottom half. Tyler Ross singled through the right side for the first run of the inning, being Adam Furnas who walked, before Archer hit a three-run home run to push the lead to 12-8.
Johnston then logged a double and advanced to third on a wild pitch, setting up a sacrifice fly to left Jack Krause to extend the lead to 13-8.
After three scoreless frames, the Zips added a tally in the top of the eighth. A leadoff double and single allowed a run to score on a double play ball to cut the deficit to 13-9, which would go down as the last run of the game.

STAT LEADERS

Kyle Gurney: 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI
Nathan Archer: 2-for-5, 2 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 SB
Justin Fugitt: 2-for-5, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Adam Fallon: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 SB
Jack Krause: 2-for-5, 1 2B, 2 RBI
Tyler Ross: 2-for-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI
Nic Good: W, 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 3 K
Levi Gazarek: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 1 K
Isaiah Seidel: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R/ER

FALCON STAT FACTS

Kyle Gurney had two base knocks in the game, including a home run, to extend his hitting streak to 13 games. Gurney has also scored in 10 straight while hitting a home run in three straight.
Jack Krause tallied a pair of RBI for the Orange and Brown in the game. Krause has an RBI in 10 consecutive games now while having logged a hit in six straight.
Tyler Ross went 2-for-4 for the second consecutive game. Ross now has an eight game hitting streak for the Falcons.
Nic Good made his collegiate debut for the Falcons, tossing 1.1 innings. Good didn't allow a run while striking out three and giving up just one hit.
Nathan Archer blasted his first home run at Steller Field, the second of the season overall for him. Archer has now had a hit in five straight games for the Falcons.
As a team, the Falcons stole an impressive seven bases on Sunday. Adam Fallon and Archer each logged a pair while Krause, Ross and Ryan Johnston each had one.
The series win is the first in MAC play for the Falcons this season, taking three of four from the Zips and outscoring Akron 37-16 over the final three games of the series.
In the Falcons' seven wins this season, they are outscoring their opponent by a margin of 90-33.

QUOTE FROM COACH HALLOCK
"We played complementary baseball for most of the weekend. We had some guys take steps forward on the mound, which is encouraging to see. Our defense was solid. Offensively we stood out this whole week. We ran the bases and drove the ball to all fields. Our energy carried us and it was exciting to watch us perform in front of our home crowd with presence. Now we have to take it on the road, starting Tuesday."

UP NEXT
The Falcons will have Monday off before a non-conference matchup with Oakland on Tuesday (April 5). Bowling Green will travel to face the Golden Grizzlies for a 2:00 p.m. first pitch in Rochester, Mich.

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