BGSU Doubles Way To Friday Victory Over Northern Illinois

Friday, March 27

DeKalb, Ill.

4 p.m. EST

Bowling Green State University

8-15, 4-6

Northern Illinois

14-8, 6-4

Bowling Green

Northern Ill.

Photo by: Hailey Pettit-Mastroianni, BGSU Athletics

March 27, 2026 | Baseball

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Five Falcons Combine For Six Doubles In Series Opener

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

DeKALB, Ill. – The Bowling Green State University baseball team took the first game of the series against Northern Illinois Friday night (March 27) with a 5-4 final. The Falcons hit their way to the win behind six doubles. In total, BGSU tallied seven hits with the first six all being doubles. The Falcons scored in bunches, tallying two in the second and three in the eighth to combat sporadic runs from the Huskies. Carrson Sova picked up the win in relief with Titus Lotz logged the save, completing the day that was started by Ethan Stade with eight strikeouts. BGSU and NIU will continue the series on Saturday (March 28) with a 3 p.m. EST, 2 p.m. CT first pitch.

HOW IT HAPPENED

In the first inning, NIU loaded the bases but the Falcons worked out of the jam with a double play. TJ Takats caught a fly ball in left and threw out a runner at second to keep it scoreless through one.
The first BGSU hit of the day came in the top of the second with Andrew DiLodovico leading off with a double to left center. Anthony Mitta followed in the next at-bat with a near duplicate, doubling to left center and trading places with DiLodovico for the first run of the game and a 1-0 BGSU advantage.
Later in the inning, Brayden Curlis sent a grounder to short, scoring Mitta while Curlis reached first and took second on a throwing error for a 2-0 score.
In the third, Carter Mottice ripped a one-out double down the right field, making all of BGSU's first three hits of the day doubles.
Northern Illinois scored one in the bottom of the third to cut the score to 2-1.
Curlis kept the double streak going for the Falcons with a two-out, two-bag knock down the left field line in the top of the fourth.
The Huskies added two runs in the sixth to move in front, 3-2, with an insurance run in the seventh for a 4-2 score.
The Falcons answered in the eighth. Zack Horky led off the inning by drawing a walk before being joined on the bases by Sam Seidel who was hit by a pitch. A sacrifice bunt from Mottice moved both runners up before Takats belted a double to right center, scoring both Horky and Seidel to tie the game at 4-4.
After a pitching change, DiLodovico kept the rally going with a double down the left line, trading places with Takats to put the Falcons in front, 5-4.

STAT LEADERS

Ethan Stade: 5.0+ IP, 7 H, 3 R/ER, 8 K
Carrson Sova: W, (1-2), 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 3 K
Titus Lotz: SV (1), 0 H, 0 R/ER, 2 K
Andrew DiLodovico: 2-for-4, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 R
TJ Takats: 1-for-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 R
Anthony Mitta: 1-for-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 R
Brayden Curlis: 1-for-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI
Carter Mottice: 1-for-4, 1 2B
Zack Horky: 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 BB

FALCON STAT FACTS

As a team, the Falcons logged six doubles, coming from five different players. The mark is the most for BGSU since having six last year against Ball State on April 18.
Andrew DiLodovico logged a double in his first at-bat, adding on to his now team-leading seven-game hitting streak, which is also now tied for the team's longest active on-base streak. Over the last seven games, DiLodovico is hitting .444 with nine runs scored, five RBI, two doubles, a triple and a home run.
Ethan Stade tallied eight strikeouts in his start, giving him eight in back-to-back starts. He now has three appearances this season with five or more strikeouts, all coming in his last four outings and all against MAC opponents.
Titus Lotz pitched the ninth for the Falcons, striking out two of the three outs inning for his first save of the season and second of his BGSU career.
Brayden Curlis stayed hot at the plate, logging a hit in his third-straight game while having at least one RBI in each contest as well. This week, Curlis has four hits, four RBI and two runs scored in the three games.
TJ Takats tallied his first multi-RBI game of the season, finishing the contest with a team-high two for the Falcons.

UP NEXT
Bowling Green and Northern Illinois will continue the weekend series on Saturday (March 28) with a 3 p.m. EST (2 p.m. CT) first pitch. The series will wrap up on Sunday (March 29) at 2 p.m. EST (1 p.m. CT). Any schedule changes will be announced on BGSUFalcons.com as well as Twitter/X (@BGSU_Baseball).

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