BGSU Baseball Moves Midweek Game Against Youngstown State To Tuesday

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University baseball team will continue their nine-game homestand this week with a game against the Youngstown State Penguins on Tuesday (April 16). Originally scheduled for Wednesday (April 17), the game has been moved up to Tuesday due to expected weather. The game will still be set to begin at the originally scheduled time of 3 p.m. at Steller Field.

Current Midweek Schedule
Tuesday, April 16 | 3 p.m. | vs. Youngstown State

Scouting Youngstown State
Youngstown State heads into the week with a 5-29 record on the season along with a 3-12 standing within the Horizon League. The Penguins are coming off a Sunday (April 14) win over Milwaukee by a score of 11-8. YSU has also tallied wins this season against Akron, Oakland, Purdue Fort Wayne and Pitt. The wins over Akron and Pitt also came on the road for them in midweek games. However, this season Youngstown State is 0-4 when playing on Tuesdays, falling to Kent State, Ohio and twice to Toledo.

Series History

The Falcons and Penguins have played 19 times in program history with Youngstown State leading the all-time series with a record of 13-6 dating back to the first meeting in 1989.
Last year, BGSU and YSU split the season series with the home team winning each game. Over the two games of the series, the Falcons outscored the Penguins 19-11.
The first meeting this season was originally scheduled for March 19, but it was rained out.

What To Watch For

Bowling Green is 7-0 at home this year, their best home start since 2006 and tied for the third-best all-time. BGSU's best home start in program history is 9-0 (1946) and the 1975 team started 8-0. This is the first time BGSU has had a home start of 7-0 or better against all Division-I opponents.
Sam Seidel has reached base in every game he's played in this season for the Falcons, bringing his on-base streak to 27 games this season. Dating back to last season, Seidel has reached base in 38-straight games.
Through 30 games played, the Falcons have scored 7+ runs in 22 games and 10+ runs in 14 games, including a nation-leading 34 runs against Ball State on March 16. BGSU has the 8th-ranked offense in the nation, averaging 9.7 runs per game.
The Falcons are one of just two teams in the nation that are still undefeated in conference play. The other is Niagara in the MAAC with a record of 9-0.

Falcons Facts To Follow

Nathan Archer is knocking on the door for all-time career home runs list. Now with 27, Archer needs one more to tie Larry Owen for 10th all-time in program history.
Jack Krause enters the game with an on-base streak of 20 games followed closely by TJ Takats with 19.
DJ Newman is in the midst of a team-best eight-game hitting streak, including a clutch pinch hit two-RBI single in the bottom of the ninth in Sunday's (April 14) extra innings win over Central Michigan.

Rare Company
The Falcons are one of just 17 teams in the nation currently to be in the Top 35 for batting average (33rd), on-base percentage (31st) and slugging percentage (34th). So far this season, the Falcons have produced a slash line of .309/.421/.519 through the first 30 games of the season. In addition to being inside the Top 35 in the nation, the Falcons currently lead the Mid-American Conference in both on-base percentage and slugging percentage and rank second in batting average behind only Western Michigan who ranks 20th in the nation with a mark of .316.

Historic Start To Season
The Falcons are currently 15-0 in the MAC for the first time in program history. Additionally, the streak includes the first time in program history BGSU has swept five-straight MAC opponents. On top of the strong conference start, the Falcons are also in the midst of a 7-0 start at home, tied for the third-best in program history. The Falcons are two shy of the program record for home wins to start a season and are also closing in on the BGSU Athletics record for best MAC start, set by the volleyball program during the 2020-21 season at 18-0. Women's basketball went 16-0 in 1986-87, 1988-89 and 2005-06. They also won 17-straight MAC games in 1993-94.

Walking Way Into Record Book
Jack Krause enters the week with 86 walks as a Falcon over his five seasons in the Orange and Brown. Krause needs eight walks to tie Brian Hangbers (2006-09) for 10th on the all-time career walks list. This season, Krause is second on the team in walks drawn with 25, one shy of Leighton Banjoff's team-leading six.

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