Falcons Fall To Kent State In Sunday Rubber Match

Sunday, March 8

Kent, Ohio

1 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

3-10, 1-2

Kent State

11-4, 2-1

Bowling Green

Kent St.

Photo by: Reilly Hall, Kent State Athletics

March 08, 2026 | Baseball

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Salvione Tallies Third Home Run Of The Season, Second Of The Series

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

KENT, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University baseball team and the Kent State Golden Flashes played a tight game through the first four innings of Sunday's rubber match, playing with a 1-1 tie. Jackson Miller produced a strong outing in his first career start while Vinny Salvione belted a home run for BGSU. However, an 11-run fifth inning for Kent State changed the course of the game, leading the Golden Flashes to taking the rubber match with a 13-1 final score.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Kent State tallied the first hit and run of the game with a leadoff home run in the bottom of the first. Jackson Miller bounced back quickly for Bowling Green, striking out three straight to end the inning.
In the second, Kent State put two on via walks and attempted a double steal. However, a grounder to Anthony Mitta at third resulted in Mitta stepping on third and firing to first for an inning-ending double play.
BGSU broke into the hit column and the run column with one swing in the fourth. Vinny Salvione obliterated a ball to left field, watching it fly over the fence for a 1-1 tie.
Defensively, the Falcons continued to roll double plays, ending the third and fourth innings with double plays as well, making for four consecutive frames with inning-ending double plays. In total, BGSU ended four of six innings defensively with double plays.
Kent State reclaimed the lead in the fifth with an 11-run frame, resulting in a 12-1 score. The Golden Flashes added one in the sixth for a 13-1 final.

STAT LEADERS

Jackson Miller: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 3 K
Luke Krouse: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 K
Vinny Salvione: 1-for-2, 1 HR, 1 R, 1 RBI
Anthony Mitta: 1-for-3

FALCON STAT FACTS

Jackson Miller made the first start of his collegiate career. After allowing a leadoff home run, Miller was near perfect, allowing just two hits with three strikeouts from the second batter on.
Vinny Salvione knocked his third home run of the season, now leading the team, and his second of the weekend. Salvione registered a triple or a home run in each game against Kent State over the course of the series. He now has a six-game hitting streak and a six-game RBI streak while scoring in five of the six games as well.
Anthony Mitta registered a single in the seventh, extending his on-base streak to a now team-leading 10 games. Mitta has a base hit in nine of the last 10 games for Bowling Green.
Coming on as a pinch hitter in the seventh, redshirt freshman Jaxon Brown made his collegiate debut for the Falcons.

UP NEXT
Bowling Green is set for a midweek contest at Dayton on Tuesday (March 10), currently scheduled for a 3 p.m. first pitch. The MAC schedule will resume with a weekend series at Miami (OH) beginning on Friday (March 13). Any schedule changes will be announced on BGSUFalcons.com as well as Twitter/X (@BGSU_Baseball).

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Dayton

W, 9-5

Mar 10 (Tue)

3 p.m.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Ben Rabatin (2-0)

L: Lotz, Titus (0-2)

Bowling Green

Batting:

HR: Salvione, Vinny 1

RBI: Salvione, Vinny 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Salvione, Vinny 1

Kent St.

Batting:

2B: Luke Matthews 1

HR: Micah Rienstra-Kiracofe 1 ; Alejandro Covas 1

RBI: Micah Rienstra-Kiracofe 4 ; Kolton Schaller 1 ; Ripken Reese 2 ; Alejandro Covas 3 ; Brady Marshall 1 ; Nolan Belcher 1 ; Luke Matthews 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Micah Rienstra-Kiracofe 2 ; Kolton Schaller 1 ; Ripken Reese 1 ; Alejandro Covas 2 ; Brady Marshall 1 ; Hunter Klotz 2 ; Nolan Belcher 2 ; Luke Matthews 2