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Photo by: Luke Allen, BGSU Athletics
Fallon's Two Blasts Boost Bowling Green To MAC Opener Win
March 10, 2023 | Baseball
ATHENS, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University baseball team picked up a 5-4 win over the Ohio Bobcats in the MAC Opener Friday (March 10) behind two Adam Fallon solo blasts to right field with two outs. Fallon's first came in the seventh inning to tie the game while his second was in the ninth with two outs to push the Falcons ahead. The win marks the first MAC Opener victory for the Falcons since 2019.
The Falcons got on the board in the third inning. With runners at the corners, Ryan Johnston brought Tyler Ross in, tying the game at 1-1. Two more crossed for BGSU in the inning with Sam Seidel and Jack Krause scoring on a throwing error to push Bowling Green out in front 3-1. Ohio battled back to move ahead 4-3, but Fallon's home runs made the difference and clinched the 5-4 victory for the Orange and Brown.
HOW IT HAPPENED
STAT LEADERS
FALCON STAT FACTS
QUOTE FROM COACH HALLOCK
"We were able to grind out a good opening series win today. The conditions demanded toughness and our guys showed up in a big way. Defensively we played pretty solid and Nathan Archer's play against the center field wall is one of the best you'll ever see at any level. Offensively we used our speed to score runs early and got solid at bats all day from the bottom of the order. Adam Fallon's home runs made a huge difference in the outcome and our win. He had a great approach and didn't miss either pitch. It was a great boost for him. Gage Schenk battled tough all day without his best stuff and Connar Penrod picked us up in a big way the last three plus innings. Penrod is a force out of the bullpen and our ability to keep it a one run game allowed us to use him in the spot we did. Tomorrow is a new day and we need to play at a higher level. I expect us to do that."
UP NEXT
The Falcons and Bobcats will conclude their series with a doubleheader on Saturday (March 11) following a schedule change. Both games of the doubleheader will be nine innings with the day starting at 1 p.m.
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'
The Falcons got on the board in the third inning. With runners at the corners, Ryan Johnston brought Tyler Ross in, tying the game at 1-1. Two more crossed for BGSU in the inning with Sam Seidel and Jack Krause scoring on a throwing error to push Bowling Green out in front 3-1. Ohio battled back to move ahead 4-3, but Fallon's home runs made the difference and clinched the 5-4 victory for the Orange and Brown.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Ohio scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the second with a solo home run.
- The Falcons responded in the top of the third. Tyler Ross led off with a double followed by a Jack Krause single to put runners at the corners. Ryan Johnston had a sacrifice to bring home Ross and tie it up at 1-1.
- Sam Seidel singled later in the inning to put two on again for Bowling Green. A throwing error allowed both Seidel and Krause to come home, giving BGSU a 3-1 lead.
- In the fourth inning, Alec Patino hit his second home run of the game for the Bobcats, this time a two-run shot to knot it up at 3-3.
- Ohio added another run in the sixth to move out in front 4-3.
- In the top of the seventh with two outs, Adam Fallon blasted his first home run of the season to right field, knotting it back up at 4-4.
- With two outs in the ninth, Fallon came through for the Falcons again, knocking his second solo home run of the game to push BGSU ahead for the 5-4 win.
STAT LEADERS
- Adam Fallon: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI
- Ryan Johnston: 1-for-2, 1 RBI
- Tyler Ross: 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 2B
- Sam Seidel: 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 SB
- Jack Krause: 1-for-2, 2 R
- Connar Penrod: W, 3.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 3 K
FALCON STAT FACTS
- After tallying just one home run during all of the 2022 season and two during 2021, Adam Fallon hit two home runs for the Falcons in the game, his first multi-home run game of his collegiate career.
- Fallon's two-home run game is the first multiple home run game by a Falcon since Nathan Archer hit two against Central Michigan last season on April 15. Jack Krause and Kyle Gurney also hit two in a game last season. Krause had a pair against Austin Peay on Feb. 27 and Gurney hit two against Akron on April 2.
- The Falcons have now tallied three wins this season with Connar Penrod being named the winning pitcher in all three games and he hasn't allowed a run in any of them. On the season, Penrod has totaled 9.0 innings of work, allowing just two runs with 14 strikeouts, tied for second on the team.
- Getting the start, Gage Schenk struck out a season-high five batters, bringing his season total to a team-high 15 through the first 11 games of the season.
- Going 1-for-4 with a run scored, Sam Seidel extended his hitting streak to four games, batting .455 (5-for-11) over the stretch.
- The win for the Falcons marks the first win in a MAC opener for BGSU since beating Toledo 10-6 in 2019.
- Bowling Green has now won four of the last five games played in Athens.
QUOTE FROM COACH HALLOCK
"We were able to grind out a good opening series win today. The conditions demanded toughness and our guys showed up in a big way. Defensively we played pretty solid and Nathan Archer's play against the center field wall is one of the best you'll ever see at any level. Offensively we used our speed to score runs early and got solid at bats all day from the bottom of the order. Adam Fallon's home runs made a huge difference in the outcome and our win. He had a great approach and didn't miss either pitch. It was a great boost for him. Gage Schenk battled tough all day without his best stuff and Connar Penrod picked us up in a big way the last three plus innings. Penrod is a force out of the bullpen and our ability to keep it a one run game allowed us to use him in the spot we did. Tomorrow is a new day and we need to play at a higher level. I expect us to do that."
UP NEXT
The Falcons and Bobcats will conclude their series with a doubleheader on Saturday (March 11) following a schedule change. Both games of the doubleheader will be nine innings with the day starting at 1 p.m.
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'
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Penrod, Connar (3-0)
L: B. Kelly (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Ross, Tyler 1
HR: Fallon, Adam 2
RBI: Fallon, Adam 2 ; Johnston, Ryan 1
SH: Johnston, Ryan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Seidel, Sam 1 ; Fallon, Adam 2 ; Ross, Tyler 1 ; Krause, Jack 1
SB: Seidel, Sam 1
CS: Gurney, Kyle 1
HBP: Gurney, Kyle 1
Batting:
2B: A. Rausch 1
HR: A. Patino 2
RBI: C. Kasperbau 1 ; A. Patino 3
Base Running:
RUNS: A. Rausch 1 ; C. Kasperbau 1 ; A. Patino 2
HBP: A. Rausch 1 ; A. Finney 1
PO: A. Rausch 1 ; C. Kasperbau 1
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