BGSU Baseball To Begin Conference Campaign With Weekend Series In Athens

ATHENS, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University baseball team will begin play within the Mid-American Conference this weekend against the Ohio Bobcats. The Falcons and Bobcats are set for a three-game series in Athens with each game being streamed on YouTube. After schedule changes to the upcoming weather forecast, Friday will begin at 2 p.m. with a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

The Falcons are coming off a tough test in non-conference play, picking up a pair of wins. BGSU's first victory came against Tennessee Tech during the opening weekend of the season by a score of 10-4. The Golden Eagles entered the series coming off a 30-win season in 2022. The second win for the Falcons came against nationally-ranked Louisville, 9-6, and currently stands as the Cardinals' only loss this season.

Current Weekend Schedule
Friday, March 10 | 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 11 | 1:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 11 | 4:00 p.m.

Scouting Ohio
The Bobcats will enter the weekend series on a four-game losing streak with a 2-9 record. Ohio's first win of the season came against Navy by a score of 27-9, the only meeting between the two. The second OU victory was in the series finale against Western Kentucky with a 6-4 final. So far this season, the Bobcats are 2-1 when playing on Sunday, but 0-8 on other days of the week. At the plate, Ohio is paced by AJ Rausch, batting .357 with seven doubles, nine RBI and 11 walks. Rausch is followed by Alec Patino who is batting .333 with six doubles and 15 RBI.

Against The Bobcats All-Time
Bowling Green and Ohio have met 179 times over the history of the two programs with the first meeting dating back to the 1952 season. The Bobcats hold a slight edge all-time with a record of 96-82-1 against BGSU. Last year, the two teams split a two-game series in Bowling Green. The Falcons won the first game 14-2 while the Bobcats took game two 21-6. The Orange and Brown last made the trip to Athens in 2021, winning three of four games played.

What To Watch For

This is Bowling Green's first trip to Athens since 2021. In that series, BGSU won three of four and outscored the Bobcats 23-11.
The last time Bowling Green won their first MAC series of the season was in 2021 against Ohio. The last sweep to start MAC play was in 2019 when the Falcons swept Toledo in the team's first MAC series of the season.
The Falcons will be looking to win their first MAC game of the season for the first time since a 10-6 win over Toledo in 2019.
The last time BGSU swept the Bobcats was the 2010 season when the Orange and Brown outscored OU 41-12 over the three-game series.

Falcons Facts To Follow

DJ Newman began his career as a two-way player for the Falcons at Evansville. Newman made his first plate appearance of the season in the series, going 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored. Newman also pitched an out at Evansville, bringing his season pitching line to 2.2 innings with a pair of strikeouts.
Nathan Rose has logged a hit in nine of BGSU's 10 games so far this season, batting .310 (9-for-29) with six runs scored, four doubles, three RBI and eight walks drawn for an on-base percentage of .474.
Sam Seidel is in the midst of a three-game hitting streak for the Falcons, logging a hit in each game he appeared in in Evansville.

Last Time Out
Last weekend, the Falcons went up against the Evansville Aces in a four-game series that went to Evansville. Freshman Sam Seidel made his first two collegiate starts and appeared in three of the four games. Over the course of the series, Seidel went 4-for-7 at the plate with an RBI and a stolen base.

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