Falcons Bring The Rain In Oxford With 17-Run Outburst

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OXFORD, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University baseball team began MAC play Friday (March 8) against the Miami (OH) RedHawks. It was a back-and-forth marathon in Oxford. The Falcons jumped out to an 8-0 lead, stretching to 10-1. The RedHawks exploded for 10 runs in the sixth inning, moving in front 11-10 with the game being delayed after the inning due to rain. The run total for Miami stretched to 15-10 before the Falcons rattled off six unanswered to reclaim the lead in the eighth. A solo shot for Miami pushed them back in front, but the Falcons moved back in front in the ninth for the 17-16 final.

Tyler Ross led the offensive onslaught for Bowling Green, going a career-best 5-for-5 while six RBI, matching his career-high, and scored three times. Nathan Archer added a three-hit day, falling a home run shy of the cycle, while scoring three times with a pair of RBI. DJ Newman added a triple of his own and scored four times for the Orange and Brown.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Falcons and RedHawks played a scoreless first. Miami put runners at the corners with one out, but DJ Newman tallied a strikeout and a fly out to exit the inning unharmed.
The first BGSU hit of the game came in the top of the second with Tyler Ross putting a single down the first base line.
Jack Krause drew a four-pitch walk later in the inning followed by a five-pitch walk to Caden Parker to load the bases for the Falcons with one out.
After an out was recorded, Garrett Wright drew another walk for the Falcons, pushing Ross home for the first run of the game and a 1-0 BGSU lead.
Nathan Archer followed with a two-RBI single through the right side to give Bowling Green a 3-0 lead going into the bottom of the second.
Sam Seidel began the third inning by drawing a walk and took second on an error off a pickoff attempt. Seidel moved to third on a Newman grounder before a sacrifice fly off the bat of Ross scored Seidel for a 4-0 BGSU advantage.
In the bottom of the third, Miami logged their second hit of the game. However, Wright caught the runner trying to second later in the inning to keep the BGSU lead in place through three innings played.
After a quiet fourth, Archer began the fifth inning with a leadoff triple. Seidel and Newman drew walks to load the bases, setting up a two-RBI single to right center for Ross to push the lead to 6-0.
Leighton Banjoff followed with a single to left, once again loading the bases with no outs and prompting a pitching change for the RedHawks.
Miami recorded an out, but Parker drew another walk to push Newman home. During the next at-bat, a throwing error by the pitcher on a pickoff attempt went rogue, allowing Ross to score and push the BGSU lead to 8-0.
The RedHawks got on the board in the bottom of the fifth with a solo home run to begin the inning and cut into the lead, 8-1. Newman ended the inning with back-to-back strikeouts looking.
In the sixth, Archer drew a walk and advanced to third in the inning before Newman ripped a triple to right, scoring Archer. Ross continued the two-out rally with a double to left to plate Newman and stretch the lead to 10-1.
Miami tallied 10 runs in the sixth to move in front 11-10. The game entered a rain delay after the inning concluded.
Miami added four runs to their lead in the seventh to push the score to 15-10.
Archer began the eighth inning with a double followed by walks to Seidel and Newman to load the bases. A single for Ross brought home one. Banjoff followed with another RBI single to bring the score to 15-12.
After a mound visit for Miami, Krause continued the streak of singles for BGSU, knocking one to score Newman, keep the bases loaded and make it a 15-13 score.
In the next at-bat, Parker laced a line drive to first that resulted in an error with Ross scoring and the bases remaining loaded.
TJ Takats entered the game as a pinch hitter for the Falcons and delivered a two-RBI single up the middle to push the Falcons back in front 16-15.
A solo home run for Miami to start the bottom of the eighth tied the game at 16-16.
In the ninth, Newman drew a walk to set up an RBI double for Ross to put the Falcons back in front 17-16.

STAT LEADERS

DJ Newman (P): 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 5 K
Jacob Turner: W, 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 3 K
Tyler Ross: 5-for-5, 1 2B, 6 RBI, 3 R
Nathan Archer: 3-for-5, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 3 R
DJ Newman: 1-for-3, 1 3B, 4 R, 3 BB
Leighton Banjoff: 2-for-6, 1 RBI, 1 R
Jack Krause: 2-for-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB
TJ Takats: 1-for-1, 2 RBI

FALCON STAT FACTS

Tyler Ross tallied six RBI for the Falcons, his first multiple-RBI game of the season while also matching his career-high. He also registered a career-high five hits.
Sam Seidel walked in the third inning to continue his on-base streak. Seidel has now reached base in all 10 of Bowling Green's games so far this season. On the season, Seidel has drawn 11 walks in 10 games to go along with nine hits and two hit by pitch.
As a team, the Falcons logged a pair of triples, the first multiple-triple game for the Falcons since they had four on May 14, 2023 against Northern Illinois.
Drawing a walk in the second inning, Caden Parker extended his on-base streak to three games. He later came around to score BGSU's third run of the inning and of the game. Parker has now drawn a walk in three straight games and in four of the last five.
DJ Newman pushed his hitting streak to three games, having now logged a hit in nine of BGSU's 10 games this year. He did so via triple in the sixth inning, his first triple of the season and second of his career. Newman finished with four runs scored, a career-high.
With his fifth inning triple, Nathan Archer brought his career triple total to eight, needing one more to enter the Top 10 all-time for career triples. Archer finished a home run shy of the cycle and logged a season-high three hits.
Jacob Turner picked up the win on the mound, the second of his collegiate career and first this season.
TJ Takats' pinch hit logged his first multiple-RBI game as a Falcon, plating two in the at-bat.

UP NEXT
The Falcons and RedHawks will continue their series on Saturday (March 9) with a 1 p.m. first pitch before wrapping the weekend on Sunday (March 10) at 1 p.m. as well.

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