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BGSU Baseball Bound For Weekend Battle With No. 5 Louisville
February 23, 2023 | Baseball
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Bowling Green State University baseball team will continue the 2023 season this weekend with their second series of the year. BGSU will head south to Louisville, Ky. taking on the No.5-ranked Louisville Cardinals in a three-game weekend series. The series between the Falcons and Cardinals will be available to stream through the ACC Network Extra, a stream that is part of ESPN. The Falcons are coming off a 1-2 weekend at Tennessee Tech in the opening weekend of the season.
Current Weekend Schedule
Friday, March 24 | 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 25 | 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 26 | 1:00 p.m.
Scouting Louisville
Louisville swept their first series of the season last weekend, taking three from Bucknell. The Cardinals outscored the Bison 23-6 over the three-game series. Louisville then hosted Xavier on Wednesday (Feb. 22) and picked up a win in a high-scoring game with a 12-8 final. With 35 runs over the first four games of the season, the Cardinals have been powered by the long ball. They've knocked seven home runs, including two from junior transfer Ryan McCoy. McCoy enters the weekend batting .500 (8-for-16) with two home runs, seven RBI and seven runs scored from the cleanup spot in the order.
Against Louisville All-Time
The Falcons and Cardinals have met seven times previously with the Falcons seeking their first win in the all-time series. The last meeting between the two teams came in the NCAA Tournament when the Falcons faced the Cardinals on March 31, 2013 as part of the NCAA Louisville Regional. The other meetings were part of three-game series, one to start the 2010 season when Louisville was ranked No. 19 and the first came as the second series in 2009.
What To Watch For
Falcons Facts To Follow
Last Time Out
The last time out the Falcons captured a win over a three-game series against Tennessee Tech, winning on Sunday 10-4. Despite tallying only one win, Bowling Green outscored the Golden Eagles over the course of the weekend, 19-16. Leighton Banjoff paced the Falcons at the plate, batting .385 with two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI. Nathan Rose hit. 333 with two doubles, four runs scored and three RBI for the Orange and Brown. On the mound, the Falcons had four relievers post a 0.00 ERA, including Connar Penrod who tossed 2.1 hitless innings and picked up the win on Sunday (Feb. 19) while striking out five.
Follow the Falcons
Be sure to follow the Falcons' baseball team on social media
Twitter - @BGAthletics and @BGSU_Baseball
Instagram - 'bgfalcons' and 'bgsu_baseball'
Facebook - 'BGSU Athletics'
YouTube - 'Falcons Athletics'
Current Weekend Schedule
Friday, March 24 | 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 25 | 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 26 | 1:00 p.m.
Scouting Louisville
Louisville swept their first series of the season last weekend, taking three from Bucknell. The Cardinals outscored the Bison 23-6 over the three-game series. Louisville then hosted Xavier on Wednesday (Feb. 22) and picked up a win in a high-scoring game with a 12-8 final. With 35 runs over the first four games of the season, the Cardinals have been powered by the long ball. They've knocked seven home runs, including two from junior transfer Ryan McCoy. McCoy enters the weekend batting .500 (8-for-16) with two home runs, seven RBI and seven runs scored from the cleanup spot in the order.
Against Louisville All-Time
The Falcons and Cardinals have met seven times previously with the Falcons seeking their first win in the all-time series. The last meeting between the two teams came in the NCAA Tournament when the Falcons faced the Cardinals on March 31, 2013 as part of the NCAA Louisville Regional. The other meetings were part of three-game series, one to start the 2010 season when Louisville was ranked No. 19 and the first came as the second series in 2009.
What To Watch For
- The Falcons are seeking their first win all-time against Louisville.
- Louisville enters ranked as high as No. 5 in national polls. According to information available in the BGSU Baseball Record Book, it is believed a win would mark the first for the Falcons over a ranked opponent in program history.
- Bowling Green's last win over a power five opponent came last season on the road against Michigan State, topping the Spartans 12-3.
- The weekend series against Louisville will be available to watch on ACC Network Extra. Last season, the Orange and Brown played in 13 games that were streamed with two wins over Toledo, one against Central Michigan and one against Michigan State.
Falcons Facts To Follow
- The Falcons put together a strong performance on the mound during the first series of the season, logging a 3.96 ERA as a team with 25 strikeouts over 27 innings.
- Tossing 5.2 innings on Opening Day, Gage Schenk logged the longest start by a BGSU pitcher in the first game of the season since 2018. Schenk concluded the day with a 1.59 ERA, giving up just one run over the 5.2 innings of work while striking out four.
- The Falcons had three players bat over .300 during the opening series. Leighton Banjoff logged a team-best .385 with two doubles and an RBI. Nathan Rose finished at .333 with two doubles and three RBI. The list rounded out with Justin Fugitt at .308 with two runs scored. Kyle Gurney also added two doubles and three RBI on three hits.
Last Time Out
The last time out the Falcons captured a win over a three-game series against Tennessee Tech, winning on Sunday 10-4. Despite tallying only one win, Bowling Green outscored the Golden Eagles over the course of the weekend, 19-16. Leighton Banjoff paced the Falcons at the plate, batting .385 with two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI. Nathan Rose hit. 333 with two doubles, four runs scored and three RBI for the Orange and Brown. On the mound, the Falcons had four relievers post a 0.00 ERA, including Connar Penrod who tossed 2.1 hitless innings and picked up the win on Sunday (Feb. 19) while striking out five.
Follow the Falcons
Be sure to follow the Falcons' baseball team on social media
Twitter - @BGAthletics and @BGSU_Baseball
Instagram - 'bgfalcons' and 'bgsu_baseball'
Facebook - 'BGSU Athletics'
YouTube - 'Falcons Athletics'
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