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Photo by: Kate Laney, BGSU Athletics
BGSU Claims Home Opener With 10-1 Victory Over Zips
March 22, 2024 | Baseball
Falcons Match Best MAC Start In Program History At 7-0
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University baseball team opened up the home portion of the schedule against the Akron Zips on Friday (March 22). The Falcons recorded a 10-1 victory over Akron to tally the program's third-straight home opener win and move the team's MAC record to 7-0 for the first time since 1995 and just the second time in program history. The MAC standing matches the best MAC start in program history for the Falcons.
The Falcons took the lead in the first inning with a run and didn't look back. BGSU added four runs in the fourth inning before registering five in the eighth inning to mount a 10-0 lead. Akron added one run in the ninth for the 10-1 final. DJ Newman went 7.1 innings in the start, picking up the win, while Sam Seidel and Tyler Ross both reached base to extend their on-base streaks with both players reaching in every game they've played this season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
STAT LEADERS
FALCON STAT FACTS
UP NEXT
The Falcons will continue their first home series of the season on Saturday (March 23) at 3 p.m. before concluding the series on Sunday (March 24) with a 1 p.m. start.
Follow the Falcons
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The Falcons took the lead in the first inning with a run and didn't look back. BGSU added four runs in the fourth inning before registering five in the eighth inning to mount a 10-0 lead. Akron added one run in the ninth for the 10-1 final. DJ Newman went 7.1 innings in the start, picking up the win, while Sam Seidel and Tyler Ross both reached base to extend their on-base streaks with both players reaching in every game they've played this season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Sam Seidel tallied the first hit of the game for the Falcons with a single through the left side. Tyler Ross drew a two-out walk to put two on. Leighton Banjoff followed with a single to short, scoring Seidel for a 1-0 BGSU lead after one.
- Akron threatened in the second, but a strong relay ended the inning. Jack Krause fielded a ball in right and rifled it to TJ Takats for the cut and Garrett Wright at the plate to nail the runner at home to keep the score intact.
- The BGSU offense struck again in the fourth inning. Banjoff started the bottom half with a double in the left field gap. Takats later drew a walk to put two on before Wright was hit by a pitch to load the bases with two outs. Nathan Archer was hit by a pitch in the next at-bat with the bases loaded to plate Banjoff for the second BGSU run of the game.
- Seidel stepped in and checked his swing with two strikes on a dropped pitch, called a ball. With confusion in the field, the Falcons were able to execute a delayed triple steal on the pitch with Takats scoring to make it 3-0 Falcons.
- Later in the at-bat for Seidel, he laced a single up the middle, scoring both Wright and Archer to give the Bowling Green a 5-0 lead through four innings played.
- In the top of the eighth, Akron threatened on the base paths. A single and double put runners at second and third for the Zips. Landon Willeman was called on from the pen and recorded back-to-back strikeouts looking to get out of the jam.
- In the bottom half of the eighth, the Falcons added insurance. Ross began the inning with a double down the left field line. Banjoff laid down a bunt, advancing to third on a throwing error with Ross scoring. The rally continued with a Krause single that brought home Banjoff for a 7-0 score.
- Krause was able to take second on a wild pitch before Takats put a ball in play and reached on a fielding error to put runners at the corners for BGSU with no outs. Gavin Ganun stepped in and singled through the left side to score Krause and make it 8-0.
- A wild pitch allowed Takats and Ganun to each advance a base. Back-to-back BGSU groundouts were enough to plate both runners for a 10-0 lead.
- Akron added an unearned run in the ninth for the 10-1 final in the first game of the weekend series.
STAT LEADERS
- DJ Newman (P): W (3-2), 7.1 IP, 7 H, 0 R/ER, 4 K
- Landon Willeman: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 K
- Sam Seidel: 2-for-5, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 R
- Leighton Banjoff: 2-for-3, 1 2B, 2 R
- Gavin Ganun: 2-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 R
- Garrett Wright: 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 SB
- Jack Krause: 1-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 R
FALCON STAT FACTS
- The Falcons are now 7-0 to begin MAC play for the first time since the 1995 season. The 1995 season is the only other time BGSU started MAC play 7-0.
- Bowling Green has now won three consecutive home openers for the first time since 2010-2012.
- The win marks the 50th all-time for the Falcons over the Zips in program history, now with a record of 50-33 against Akron.
- Sam Seidel tallied two hits in the game for the Falcons. He's now reached base in all 16 games he's played in this season for BGSU. Dating back to last season, the streak is at 27 games. Seidel now has three straight games with multiple hits and has scored six times over the three games.
- Tyler Ross registered a base hit and a walk for BGSU, extending his on-base streak to 15, accounting for every game he's played in this year. Ross also reached in the 2023 season finale for a streak of 16 games going back to last year.
- Nathan Archer was hit by a pitch to extend his on-base streak to nine games, the third-longest active streak on the team behind Seidel and Ross. Archer added two RBI in the game. He now has eight RBI over the last three games for the Falcons.
- On the mound, DJ Newman registered his longest start of the season, going 7.1 innings, and recorded his team-leading third win of the season.
- Jack Krause logged a hit for the Falcons, bringing his hitting streak to six games. Krause has also reached base in eight straight contests.
- Garrett Wright now has a six-game hitting streak for the Falcons and has scored at least once in each of the six games as well.
- Drawing a walk, TJ Takats has reached base in eight consecutive games for the Falcons and has now scored in four straight.
UP NEXT
The Falcons will continue their first home series of the season on Saturday (March 23) at 3 p.m. before concluding the series on Sunday (March 24) with a 1 p.m. start.
Follow the Falcons
Be sure to follow the Falcons' baseball team on social media
Twitter - @BGSU_Athletics and @BGSU_Baseball
Instagram - 'bgfalcons' and 'bgsu_baseball'
Facebook - 'BGSU Athletics'
YouTube - 'Falcons Athletics'
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Newman, DJ (3-2)
L: D. Tourney (0-4)
Batting:
2B: A. Lafferty 1 ; M. Sprockett 1
RBI: M. Sprockett 1
SH: J. Poist 1
Base Running:
RUNS: J. Strom 1
HBP: N. Sackett 1 ; J. Strom 1
Batting:
2B: Ross, Tyler 1 ; Banjoff, Leighton 1
RBI: Archer, Nathan 2 ; Seidel, Sam 2 ; Krause, Jack 1 ; Ganun, Gavin 1 ; Wright, Garrett 1
SH: Banjoff, Leighton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Archer, Nathan 1 ; Seidel, Sam 1 ; Ross, Tyler 1 ; Banjoff, Leighton 2 ; Krause, Jack 1 ; Takats, TJ 2 ; Ganun, Gavin 1 ; Wright, Garrett 1
SB: Archer, Nathan 1 ; Takats, TJ 1 ; Wright, Garrett 1
HBP: Archer, Nathan 1 ; Wright, Garrett 1
PO: Newman, DJ 1
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