Bowling Green To Battle The Buckeyes In Wednesday's Midweek Matchup

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University baseball team will travel south in the state of Ohio to take on the Ohio State Buckeyes on Wednesday (April 12) for a 6 p.m. first pitch at Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium. The Buckeyes will be the second Power 5 opponent for the Falcons this season after facing nationally-ranked Louisville in February. BGSU enters the matchup with an 11-17 standing on the season while being 6-9 within the Mid-American Conference. Wednesday's game will be available to stream on Big Ten Network+ with a radio stream available through BGRSO.

Current Weekend Schedule
Wednesday, April 12 | 6:00 p.m.

Scouting Ohio State
Ohio State enters the week with a 15-15 record and 2-7 standing in the Big Ten Conference ahead of two MAC matchups. The Buckeyes are scheduled to face the Akron Zips on Tuesday (April 11) before hosting the Falcons on Wednesday. OSU has gone against two MAC opponents already this season, topping Toledo, 6-4, on March 22 and beating Kent State, 7-6, last week on April 4. At the plate, the Buckeyes have three batters hitting above .300, including Matthew Graveline at .352 with six doubles, three home runs and 19 RBI over 24 games.

Against the Buckeyes All Time
Wednesday's meeting between Bowling Green and Ohio State will mark the 55th meeting all-time between the two programs. The Buckeyes hold the advantage in the series with a record of 31-19-4. The last meeting came during the 2017 season in Columbus where the Buckeyes claimed a close 7-6 final on May 9. OSU has won the last two games, picking up a win in 2012 as well. BGSU's last win in the series came during the 2011 campaign with a 5-4 win on April 20. Ohio State has won seven of the last eight meetings between the teams.

What To Watch For

The last time the Falcons beat two Power 5 opponents in the same season was the 2009 campaign, beating Michigan State at home 16-13 and Michigan 8-3 in Ann Arbor. The Falcons topped nationally-ranked Louisville earlier this season on the road.
The last time Bowling Green tallied two Power 5 wins on the road in the same season was in 2006, beating Penn State, 5-4, and Notre Dame, 11-8.
The Falcons and Buckeyes haven't faced off since the 2017 season, ending in a 7-6 win for Ohio State.
The last time BGSU topped Ohio State was during the 2011 season, topping the Buckeyes in a 5-4 final on April 20 in Columbus.

Falcon Facts To Follow

This season, Bowling Green is averaging 1.82 stolen bases per game with a total of 51. BGSU's average is currently 36th in the nation and fourth in the conference.
As a team, the Falcons have laid down 17 sacrifice bunts this season, tied for 44th in the country and third in the Mid-American Conference.
Kyle Gurney heads into the week riding a 14-game hitting streak, dating back to March 17. During his streak, Gurney is batting .440 (22-for-50) with 12 walks drawn, 11 RBI, 11 runs scored, three doubles and two home runs.
Sam Seidel also continued a hitting streak over the weekend, now at seven games. Seidel has reached base in 22 of his 25 games played this year, including 20 of the last 21. On the year, the freshman Seidel is batting .286 with 14 walks drawn and a team-high 11 stolen bases.
Nathan Archer has recorded five sacrifice flies this season, tied for 12th in the nation and leads the MAC. Archer is just one off the nation's lead with 11 players tied at the top with six.
Gage Schenk enters the week 31st in the nation and second in the conference for WHIP with a mark of 0.97. Schenk is also ranked 40th in the nation and third in the MAC for hits allowed per nine innings, allowing just 5.96 per nine.
Schenk is also knocking on the door of entering the record book for the Falcons. Over his five seasons in the Orange and Brown, Schenk has sent down 169 batters via strikeout, needing eight more to tie Burke Badenhop for 10th all-time in program history and 10 to match Kyle Knoblauch for ninth.
Jacob Turner made another scoreless relief appearance for the Falcons, his fifth straight. Over his last five outings, Turner has totaled six innings of work, allowing just four hits and five walks while striking out five and recording one win and one save.
Landon Willeman has made four straight appearances without allowing a run, spanning six innings. Over the six innings pitched, Willeman has given up just two hits and walked two while striking out six.
Over the course of the weekend, DJ Newman appeared as both a hitter and a pitcher in the same game for the second time this season. During the series, Newman went 3-for-6 at the plate with a run scored. As for on the mound, Newman pitched a scoreless inning with two strikeouts.

Last Time Out
Over the weekend, the Falcons took on the Kent State Golden Flashes, falling in each game of the series. Friday's (April 7) was a close contest, seeing BGSU hold the Kent State offense to just two hits, but it was enough to make the difference in the 1-0 final. KSU's bats awoke on Saturday, taking a 10-1 final before another pitcher's duel on Sunday that concluded with a 4-2 score.

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