Falcons Remain Perfect At Home With Tuesday Win Over Youngstown State

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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University baseball team continued their strong span with their eighth-straight home win on Tuesday (April 16), topping Youngstown State in a 12-9 final. The win moves the Falcons to 8-0 at home this season, the best home start for the program since 1975. The win also marks the 20th of the season for BGSU, already matching last year's win total as well as the most under head coach Kyle Hallock.

On the mound, Perry Miller picked up his fourth win of the season for the Falcons behind a strong start, giving up just one run in the outing. As for at the plate, Bowling Green eclipsed the 10-run total for the 15th time this season through 31 games. Additionally, BGSU has scored seven or more runs in a game 23 times this season.

HOW IT HAPPENED

After a scoreless first inning, Perry Miller utilized a seven-pitch second inning to keep the Penguins off the board along with the help of a 5-4-3 double play after a leadoff single, sending the teams to the bottom of the second with the game still scoreless.
After a one-out double from Leighton Banjoff and a walk from Brady Birchmeier earlier in the bottom of the second, Cooper McKenzie put the Falcons on the board with a single through the right side gap, scoring Banjoff.
The Penguins responded with a solo home run in the top of the third inning.
Nathan Archer started the third inning off with a walk followed by a Tyler Ross single. Landon Roque reached base safely after a fielder's choice that resulted in Ross being out at second to put runners at the corners. Jack Krause then stepped to the plate and loaded the bases with a walk. A two out-walk to TJ Takats walked in Archer for a 2-1 BGSU lead.
After the walk the Penguins opted for a pitching change with BGSU bringing Birchmeier to the plate. Birchmeier roped a double over the left fielder to clear the bases and add to the Falcon lead, making it 5-1. Bowling Green was able to load the bases again after consecutive walks from McKenzie and Parker but no more runs came around to score.
After a leadoff single, Miller mowed down the next three consecutive batters to keep the advantage with the Falcons through four innings.
Kade Arn started the top of the fifth in relief and was able to work a scoreless inning thanks to another 5-4-3 double play.
In the bottom of the fifth, a lead off walk from Takats brought Birchmeier up. After a stolen base and wild pitch, Takats was able to advance to third. Birchmeier worked a walk which prompted a Youngstown State pitching change. Takats beat the throw home after a grounder to the second baseman off the bat of McKenzie to push the lead to 6-1.
Later in the inning, Caden Parker singled to shallow right to bring around McKenzie to score and extend the lead to 7-1.
The Penguins cut into the lead after a two-RBI single shortened the lead to 7-3. Luke Krouse came in the game for a relief appearance with one out in the sixth inning and ended the momentum for the Penguins.
Jack Krause started the inning with a hit-by-pitch followed by Banjoff earning a walk. With two outs in the inning, the bases became loaded for McKenize after Birchmeier was plunked. McKenzie was able to work his way to a walk, bringing Krause into score.
After a pitching change, Parker stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and earned the RBI after being hit by a pitch, making the lead 9-3. Archer followed that up with a two-RBI double, extending the lead to 11-3.
The two teams worked a scoreless seventh, but Youngstown State chipped away at the lead in the eighth with a sacrifice fly and a throwing error to trim the lead to 11-5. After a pitching change, a single added another run to make it 11-6.
With two outs in the bottom of the eighth, Archer blasted a home run over the left field fence to add a run making the score 12-6 going into the ninth.
Youngstown State answered back with two doubles, bringing one run around to score each time. A throwing error allowed another runner to score, making the score 12-9.
Isaiah Seidel entered the game with two outs and runners on first and second and recorded an out for the save.

STAT LEADERS

Perry Miller: W (4-0), 4.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R/ER, 3 K's
Luke Krouse: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R/ER, 1 K
Isaiah Seidel: SV (1), 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R/ER
Nathan Archer: 2-for-5, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, 1 BB
Brady Birchmeier: 1-for-2, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 R, 2 BB
Leighton Banjoff: 1-for-3, 1 2B, 2 R, 2 BB
Cooper McKenzie: 1-for-3, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB
Caden Parker: 1-for-3, 2 RBI, 1 BB

FALCON STAT FACTS

The win moves BGSU to 8-0 at home, marking the best home start since the 1975 season and just the third time in program history the Falcons have started a season 8-0 or better at home.
Perry Miller made his first start of the season and picked up the win in four innings due to being on a pitch count. The win marks Miller's fourth of the season, tying him for the most on the team with DJ Newman.
Isaiah Seidel picked up on the save on the mound for BGSU, his first of the season. Seidel now has three career saves as a Falcon, tied for the most on the active roster with Jacob Turner.
Nathan Archer logged two hits in the game, including his team-leading 11th home run of the season. Archer now has 28 career home runs with the Falcons, tying him for 10th all-time for career home runs with Larry Owen (1974-77). Archer has also logged in a hit in 12 of the last 13 games.
Jack Krause drew a walk in the game to continue his on-base streak, now at 21 games which is the second-longest streak on the team.
TJ Takats walked twice in the game for the Falcons to push his on-base streak to 20 games, third on the team.
With a double and two walks in the game, Leighton Banjoff has now reached base in eight-straight games, drawing at least one walk in all eight and a hit in the last four. Over the eight games, Banjoff has drawn 15 walks.
Tyler Ross logged a base hit, now with a four-game hitting streak. Ross has registered a hit in 10 of the last 12 games.
Caden Parker has now assembled a four-game hitting streak. He's also scored in all four games as well as logged at least one RBI in each of them.
After hitting a walk-off single on Sunday (April 14), Brady Birchmeier carried his hot bat into a three-RBI double. Birchmeier has recorded a hit in three straight games with six RBI over the span.

UP NEXT
The Falcons will remain home for their next four games on the schedule. The Orange and Brown's next MAC series will be April 19-21 when they host the Ohio Bobcats for a three-game series. The homestand will wrap up on April 24 with Dayton coming to Steller Field.

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