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Photo by: Kate Laney, BGSU Athletics
Falcons Clinch Share Of MAC Title With 7-1 Win Over EMU
May 11, 2024 | Baseball
BGSU Secures 20-Win MAC Season For Third Time In Program History
YPSILANTI, Mich. – The Bowling Green State University baseball team bested the Eastern Michigan Eagles, 7-1, on Saturday (May 11). The win paired with results from around the MAC clinched at least a share of the MAC regular season title for the Falcons. The win also marks the 20th for the Falcons in MAC play, securing the third 20-win MAC season in program history, joining the 1995 and 1999 teams that both won 22.
After three scoreless innings to start the game, BGSU's offense came to life in the fourth, tallying runs in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh innings. One run in the fourth opened the gates, followed by three in the fifth, two in the sixth and another in the seventh. Landon Willeman held down the fort in the start, giving up just one run over five innings, before handing the ball off to Kade Arn who locked down the Eagles for four innings, snagging the save in the process.
TODD WALKER FINAL CALL
TODD WALKER INTERVIEW WITH COACH HALLOCK
HOW IT HAPPENED
STAT LEADERS
FALCON STAT FACTS
UP NEXT
The Falcons and Eagles will conclude the series on Sunday (May 12) with a 1 p.m. first pitch. BGSU will close out the regular season with the Battle of I-75 next week (May 16-18), including the game at Fifth Third Field, home of the Toledo Mud Hens, on Friday (May 17) with a 7 p.m. start.
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After three scoreless innings to start the game, BGSU's offense came to life in the fourth, tallying runs in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh innings. One run in the fourth opened the gates, followed by three in the fifth, two in the sixth and another in the seventh. Landon Willeman held down the fort in the start, giving up just one run over five innings, before handing the ball off to Kade Arn who locked down the Eagles for four innings, snagging the save in the process.
TODD WALKER FINAL CALL
TODD WALKER INTERVIEW WITH COACH HALLOCK
HOW IT HAPPENED
- BGSU and EMU played three scoreless frames before the first run of the game. In the fourth, Tyler Ross drew a walk and advanced to second in the inning. Leighton Banjoff was able to hit a single into left, scoring Ross for a 1-0 BGSU lead.
- Eastern Michigan answered in the bottom of the fourth with one run, but BGSU halted their attempt for more, working out of a bases loaded, one-out jam.
- In the fifth, Sam Seidel began the inning by sliding into first for a single. Gavin Ganun hit a single to left to put two on. A sacrifice bunt from Landon Roque moved both runners up. Nathan Archer slapped a single into right, scoring both Seidel and Ganun for a 3-1 BGSU lead.
- Archer stole second and took third on a wild pitch before scoring on a Caden Parker grounder to extend the score to 4-1.
- Ross reached on a throwing error to start the sixth inning. A walk to Banjoff and a single for Seidel loaded the bases. Roque ripped a single into left, scoring both Ross and Banjoff to stretch the BGSU lead to 6-1.
- Garrett Wright began the seventh inning with a double to right center. He moved up on a Ross fly out before Jack Krause drilled a double of his own, scoring Wright for a 7-1 tally.
STAT LEADERS
- Landon Willeman: W, (2-2), 5.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R/ER, 2 K
- Kade Arn: SV (1), 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 3 K
- Leighton Banjoff: 2-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB
- Sam Seidel: 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 HBP
- Garrett Wright: 1-for-3, 1 2B, 1 R, 2 HBP
- Jack Krause: 1-for-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB
- Nathan Archer: 1-for-4, 2 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB
- Landon Roque: 1-for-2, 2 RBI, 1 BB
- Gavin Ganun: 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 BB
FALCON STAT FACTS
- With the win and a Western Michigan loss, the Falcons have clinched at least a share of the MAC regular season title, needing one more win to claim it outright.
- The win marks the 20th of the season in MAC play for BGSU, giving the team the third 20-win MAC campaign ever in program history.
- Nathan Archer logged four at-bats in the game, bringing his season total to 216. Archer is now fourth in program history for single-season at-bats and needs just eight to match and nine to break the program record.
- Archer tallied two RBI in the game to bring his season total to 60, giving him sole possession of fourth in the all-time record book for RBI in a single season, passing Derek Spencer's 59 from 2009.
- Archer scored in the fifth inning, his 62nd time touching home this year. That mark moves Archer up to a three-way tie for fifth in the record book, matching Len Elias (2001) and Jon Berti (2010).
- Archer increased his total bases tally for the season to 137, tying him for seventh in program history, matching Nolan Reimold's 2005 season.
- In the first and fourth innings, Garrett Wright was hit by a pitch for the 17th and 18th times this season, extending his hold on the program record for a single season.
- Jack Krause drew a second inning walk, his 100th as a Falcon. Krause is now tied for ninth all-time in career walks with Andy Hudak (2001-05). It also marked Krause's team-leading 39th of the season, pushing him up to tie for ninth in single-season walks with Chuck Black (1979).
- Sam Seidel slid into first during the fifth inning for a single, pushing his on-base streak to a team-leading 38 games this season and 49 going back to last season.
- Leighton Banjoff's fourth inning single extended his on-base streak to 21 games for the Falcons, the second-longest active streak on the team.
- Landon Roque knocked an RBI single in the sixth inning to extend his hitting streak to eight games, the second-longest active streak on the team.
- Gavin Ganun singled in the fifth inning, giving him a hit in six of BGSU's last seven contests.
- Kade Arn pitched a career-high four inning for the Falcons and registered his first shutout performance of the season on his way to the save. The save is Arn's first of the season and he's the fourth different Falcon to record a save this year.
UP NEXT
The Falcons and Eagles will conclude the series on Sunday (May 12) with a 1 p.m. first pitch. BGSU will close out the regular season with the Battle of I-75 next week (May 16-18), including the game at Fifth Third Field, home of the Toledo Mud Hens, on Friday (May 17) with a 7 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: Willeman, Landon (2-2)
L: BECKNER, Drew (2-9)
S: Arn, Kade (1)
Batting:
2B: Wright, Garrett 1 ; Krause, Jack 1
RBI: Archer, Nathan 2 ; Parker, Caden 1 ; Krause, Jack 1 ; Banjoff, Leighton 1 ; Roque, Landon 2
SH: Roque, Landon 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Archer, Nathan 1 ; Wright, Garrett 1 ; Ross, Tyler 2 ; Banjoff, Leighton 1 ; Seidel, Sam 1 ; Ganun, Gavin 1
SB: Archer, Nathan 1 ; Krause, Jack 1 ; Banjoff, Leighton 1
CS: Wright, Garrett 1 ; Silva, David 1
HBP: Wright, Garrett 2 ; Seidel, Sam 1
Batting:
RBI: BALL, Nathan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: TAYLOR, Cory 1
HBP: HUGO, Logan 1 ; VANCE, Cooper 1
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