Falcons Fall To Kent State Saturday At Steller Field

Saturday, April 8

Bowling Green, Ohio

1:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

11-16, 6-8

Kent State

20-10, 8-3

Kent State

Bowling Green

Photo by: Mallory Hiser, BGSU Athletics

April 08, 2023 | Baseball

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By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University baseball team faced the Kent State Golden Flashes on Saturday (April 8) for the second game of the three-game weekend series. The Falcons recorded one run in the game with DJ Newman scoring on a Ryan Johnston grounder in the bottom of the second. Three BGSU relievers combined for two scoreless innings to close out the day on the mound for the Falcons in the 10-1 final. The loss moves BGSU to 11-16 on the season and 6-8 within the MAC with the series finale set for Sunday (April 9) at 1 p.m.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Kent State tallied four runs in the top of the first, including two home runs, to jump out in front 4-0.
The Golden Flashes added a solo home run in the top of the second to make it a 5-0 score.
BGSU got on the board in the bottom of the second. DJ Newman began the inning with a single up the middle. Leighton Banjoff drew a walk to join him on the base paths before a Tyler Ross sacrifice bunt moved the runners up. Ryan Johnston was able to put a ball in play, scoring Newman to close the gap to 5-1.
KSU added a pair of runs in the top of the fifth with a two-RBI double to left field, making it a 7-1 score.
Another solo home run for Kent State, this time in the top of the seventh, started a three-run inning for the Golden Flashes to push the score to 10-1.

STAT LEADERS

Jacob Turner: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R/ER, 1 K
Luke Krouse: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R/ER, 1 K
Logan Bell: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 1 K
Kyle Gurney: 1-for-3
DJ Newman: 1-for-2, 1 R, 1BB
Tyler Ross: 1-for-2
Sam Seidel: 1-for-4
Ryan Johnston: 0-for-3, 1 RBI

FALCON STAT FACTS

Logging a single in the first inning, Kyle Gurney continued his 13-game hitting streak.
Nathan Rose followed Gurney's hit with a walk in the first to push his on-base streak to 15 games.
Sam Seidel stretched his hitting streak as well with a single late in the game, making his streak six games with a hit. Seidel has now reached in 21 of his 24 games played this year and in 19 of the last 20.
Coming on to record the last out for the Falcons, Logan Bell made his first appearance this season after missing the majority of last season with an injury.
Jacob Turner logged another scoreless outing of relief. Turner has now registered five straight scoreless relief appearances, spanning across six innings.

UP NEXT
The Falcons and Golden Flashes will conclude the weekend series on Sunday (April 9), scheduled for 1 p.m. start at Steller Field.

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