BGSU Baseball Concludes Weekend In High-Scoring Game Against Salukis

Sunday, March 2

Carbondale, Ill.

1 p.m. EST

Bowling Green State University

5-5

Southern Illinois

7-3

Bowling Green

Southern Illinois

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BGSU Baseball Concludes Weekend In High-Scoring Game Against Salukis

March 02, 2025 | Baseball

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Bowling Green Bats Plate Six Behind 13 Hits

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

CARBONDALE, Ill. – The Bowling Green State University baseball team wrapped up the weekend series in Carbondale against Southern Illinois on Sunday (March 2). The Falcons and Salukis battled back-and-forth throughout the game, ending 8-6 in SIU's favor. Bowling Green was paced by a three-hit day from DJ Newman, two RBI from Caden Parker and triples from both Sam Seidel and Gavin Ganun. For the season, BGSU drops to 5-5 with one more non-conference game on the schedule before MAC play begins.

HOW IT HAPPENED

In the top of the first, Gunner Antillon legged out an infield single. Walks to DJ Newman and Brady Birchmeier loaded the bases, setting up a two-RBI single by Caden Parker with both Antillon and Newman scoring for a quick 2-0 advantage.
Back-to-back solo home runs for Southern Illinois in the second inning put the Salukis on the board with a 2-2 tied game.
Another solo home run for SUI, this time coming in the fourth inning, reignited the scoring. The Salukis added another run later in the inning for a 4-2 advantage through four innings.
The Falcons answered in the sixth. Parker began the inning with a single to shallow center and took second on a wild pitch. Sam Seidel laced a triple down the right field line, scoring Parker for a 4-3 tally.
Coming in as a pinch hitter, Brock Amelung kept the momentum going. He put a ball in play that scored Seidel, knotting it up at 4-4.
Later in the inning, Chase Chopin drew a walk and scored from first on a Garrett Wright double to put the Falcons in front 5-4.
In the seventh, singles by Newman and Brady Birchmeier put two on for the Falcons. SIU worked for two outs, but a walk to Alex Laird loaded the bases. Cooper McKenzie put a ball in play that resulted in a fielding error. Each Falcon advanced a bag, including Newman scoring for a 6-4 advantage.
The bottom half of the seventh resulted in four runs for Southern Illinois with them moving back in front, 8-6.
In the ninth inning, Gavin Ganun was called on to pinch hit with one out and drove a triple to right field, but couldn't score to extend the game.

STAT LEADERS

DJ Newman: 3-for-4, 1 2B, 2 R, 1 BB
Caden Parker: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, 1 R
Sam Seidel: 2-for-5, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 R
Garrett Wright: 2-for-5, 1 2B, 1 RBI
Titus Lotz: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R/ER, 1 K
Kade Arn: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R/ER, 2 K

FALCON STAT FACTS

As a team, the Falcons had two triples with one from both Sam Seidel and Gavin Ganun. It marks the first time BGSU has had multiple triples in a game since March 23, 2024 when they had three against Akron.
Ganun's triple was the second of his career with his other coming during his BGSU debut as a freshman in 2022 against St. Louis. As for Seidel, it was his first triple of the season after having three last year.
With a double in the sixth inning, Garrett Wright extended his on-base streak to a team-best 18 games dating back to last season.
In the seventh inning, Brady Birchmeier knocked a single to extend his hitting streak to 10 games with a hit in each of BGSU's games this season. His on-base streak is now up to 12 games as well going back to last season.
DJ Newman tallied three hits for the Falcons, one shy of his season-high while marking his fifth multi-hit game of the season.
Caden Parker added two hits and two RBI, his third multi-hit game of the season, all coming this weekend, and his third multi-RBI as well.
Titus Lotz provided the Falcons with an inning of scoreless relief. Lotz hasn't allowed a run in three of his four appearances this season.

UP NEXT
Bowling Green is set for a midweek game against Dayton on Wednesday (March 5) for the team's first game within the state of Ohio this season. From there, the Falcons will transition to MAC play with a weekend series on the road against the Ohio Bobcats.

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