Falcons Come Up Short In High-Scoring Sunday Rubber Match Against Miami (OH)

Sunday, March 15

Oxford, Ohio

11 a.m.

Bowling Green State University

5-12, 2-4

Miami (OH)

13-5, 5-1

Bowling Green

Miami (Ohio)

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Falcons Come Up Short In High-Scoring Sunday Rubber Match Against Miami (OH)

March 15, 2026 | Baseball

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DiLodovico, Curlis Launch Their First Homers Of 2026

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

OXFORD, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University baseball team finished out the weekend series against Miami (OH) on Sunday (March 15). The two teams battled back-and-forth, combining for a 20-run day. The RedHawks took the early lead, but the Falcons moved in front with a four-run top of the sixth. However, Miami battled back in the bottom half to reclaim the lead, eventually leading to the 13-7 final score in favor of the RedHawks. The game concluded BGSU's road trip to begin the season with the Falcons returning home on Tuesday (March 17) to host Findlay for a 3 p.m. first pitch.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Miami (OH) tallied the first hit and run of the game in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead through one frame.
The Falcons broke into the scoring column in the third. Carter Mottice led off with a double and took third on a balk. A sacrifice fly off the bat of Brayden Curlis scored Mottice for a 1-1 tie.
The RedHawks reclaimed the lead in the bottom half with a two-run home run for a 3-1 score through three innings.
To begin the fourth, Sam Seidel reached on an error and stole second. A single to center from TJ Takats was enough to score Seidel, cutting the score down to 3-2.
Miami again answered, scoring two in the bottom of the fourth to push their lead to 5-2.
The back-and-forth continued in the sixth. Takats drew a walk, setting up a two-run home run off the bat of Andrew DiLodovico to close the gap to 5-4.
Mottice drew a walk in the next at-bat to prompt a Miami pitching change. Brayden Curlis welcomed the new arm with a two-run home run of his own to push the Falcons in front with a 6-5 lead.
The RedHawks again answered in the bottom of the sixth, moving back in front, 8-6. Miami added one in the seventh and four in the eighth for a 13-6 score.
Bowling Green answered in the ninth. Griffin Scheiderer walked to put one on. Anthony Mitta struck out, but a wild pitch resulted in him reaching with two outs. Vinny Salvione came through with a single to right, scoring Scheiderer for a 13-7 tally.

STAT LEADERS

Brayden Curlis: 1-for-3, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 R
Carter Mottice: 1-for-2, 1 2B, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 SB
Andrew DiLodovico: 1-for-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 R
Griffin Scheiderer: 1-for-4, 1 2B, 1 R, 1 BB
TJ Takats: 1-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB
Zack Horky: 1-for-4, 1 2B

FALCON STAT FACTS

Vinny Salvione tallied a hit in the ninth inning, extending his hitting streak to a team-leading nine games.
Sam Seidel swiped a base for BGSU, giving him 44 stolen bases in his collegiate career. The mark ties him for eighth in program history, matching Glenn Honeycutt (1961-63).
Andrew DiLodovico launched a home run in the sixth inning, the first of his collegiate career. DiLodovico tallied at least one hit and scored at least once in each game of the weekend series against Miami.
Griffin Scheiderer extended his hitting streak to four games. During the four-game stretch, Scheiderer has five hits, three doubles, seven runs scored, one RBI and five walks drawn.
Similarly, Carter Mottice is now in the midst of a four-game hitting streak as well. During Mottice's stretch, he has four hits, four runs scored, two doubles, one RBI and three walks drawn.
Brayden Curlis added a season-high three RBI for the Falcons while matching his career-high, posting three RBI last year against Youngstown State on April 9.

UP NEXT
Bowling Green will start the home slate of games for the season with their next five games at home. BGSU opens the home schedule with a 3 p.m. first pitch on Tuesday (March 17) against Findlay. Any schedule changes will be announced on BGSUFalcons.com as well as Twitter/X (@BGSU_Baseball).

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Austin Berggren (1-1)

L: Stade, Ethan (0-2)

Bowling Green

Batting:

2B: Scheiderer, Griffin 1 ; Mottice, Carter 1 ; Horky, Zack 1

HR: DiLodovico, Andrew 1 ; Curlis, Brayden 1

RBI: Salvione, Vinny 1 ; Takats, TJ 1 ; DiLodovico, Andrew 2 ; Curlis, Brayden 3

SF: Curlis, Brayden 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Scheiderer, Griffin 1 ; Seidel, Sam 1 ; Takats, TJ 1 ; DiLodovico, Andrew 1 ; Mottice, Carter 2 ; Curlis, Brayden 1

SB: Seidel, Sam 1 ; Mottice, Carter 1

HBP: Mottice, Carter 1

Miami (Ohio)

Batting:

2B: Ryan Novak 1 ; Tommy Harrison 2

HR: Tommy Harrison 1 ; Carson Raether 1 ; Diego Cruz 1

RBI: Ryan Novak 3 ; Tommy Harrison 4 ; Carson Raether 3 ; Mason Breidenbach 1 ; Diego Cruz 1

SH: Marcus Dierks 3 ; Dominic Krupinski 1

SF: Ryan Novak 2

Base Running:

RUNS: Marcus Dierks 1 ; Ryan Novak 2 ; Evan Appelwick 1 ; Tommy Harrison 1 ; Drew Phillips 1 ; Ignacio Gonzalez 1 ; Carson Raether 1 ; Dominic Krupinski 1 ; Diego Cruz 4