Falcons Set To Wrap Up Non-Conference Schedule Tuesday At Youngstown State

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University baseball team will wrap up the 2023 non-conference schedule on Tuesday (May 9) with a 5 p.m. first pitch against Youngstown State. The game will also mark the final standalone midweek game of the season for Bowling Green. The Falcons and Penguins will conclude a home-and-home series for the season after YSU came to Bowling Green on March 22 in a game the Falcons won 18-6.

Current Weekend Schedule
Tuesday, May 9 | 5 p.m.

Scouting Youngstown State
Since the last meeting against the Falcons, the Penguins have put together a record of 10-16, but are in the midst of a seven-game winning streak. Youngstown State swept Purdue Fort Wayne and Milwaukee in addition to an 8-5 win over Akron that started the streak. Trey Law leads the Penguins, batting .360 and is second in doubles (14) as well. Braeden O'Shaughnessy follows with a mark of .303 while being tied for second in home runs, tied for third in doubles, and third in RBI.

Against The Penguins All Time
The Falcons have played the Penguins 18 times in program history but the results have gone the other way with Youngstown State leading the series 12-6. Despite the overall series leaning to Youngstown State, Bowling Green has won the last three matchups. In 2020, BGSU snagged a 2-1 win on the road and in 2019 the Falcons picked up a 15-5 victory at home. Earlier this season, the Orange and Brown topped the Penguins 18-6 at Steller Field, scoring 14 runs across the fourth, fifth and sixth innings.

What To Watch For

BGSU is seeking their fourth straight win against Youngstown State which would mark the longest win streak against the Penguins for Bowling Green.
The last time the Falcons played at Youngstown State was the final game of the COVID-shortened 2020 season, picking up a 2-1 win.
A win would mark the first time BGSU won back-to-back road trips to Youngstown State, paired with the 2020 win.

Falcon Facts To Follow

As a team, the Falcons are averaging 1.65 stolen bases per game, coming in at 47th in the country.
Over the course of the season, the Falcons have laid down 27 sacrifice bunts, ranking 46th in the nation.
In the last game for BGSU, Kyle Gurney moved into 10th all-time for career putouts in the Orange and Brown with 751. He needs 754 to pass Larry Owen for ninth all-time. Gurney is also four doubles away from entering the record book, needing 41 to tie Lee Morrison for 10th all-time in career doubles.
Nathan Archer enters the week tied for fifth in the nation and first in the MAC for sacrifice flies with seven on the season.
Tyler Ross has a four-game hitting streak and has registered a hit in seven of the last eight BGSU games.
Sam Seidel has reached base in four straight games for the Falcons, accumulating five hits and five walks during the stretch.
Gage Schenk enters the week with 180 career strikeouts, placing him ninth in program history. Schenk needs 183 to tie Jason Tippie for eighth, 184 for seventh with Keith Laughlin, 185 for sixth with Jason Kelley and 186 to match Andrew Abrahamowicz for fifth.

Last Time Out
The Falcons played a two-game series against Virginia Tech over the weekend with the third game being rained out. In the first game of the series. BGSU closed the gap to a one-run game late with the score at 3-2. However, the Hokies closed out the game hot and carried momentum into the second game of the doubleheader, scoring 22 unanswered runs for the doubleheader sweep.

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