Two-Out, Eighth Inning Rally Boosts Bowling Green To Sixth-Straight Win

Friday, April 10

Bowling Green, Ohio

6 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

14-17, 8-8

Central Michigan

11-18, 5-11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Central Mich.	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	4	7	1
Bowling Green	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	X	5	8	2

Griffin Scheiderer Scores vs. Central Michigan -- April 10, 2026

Photo by: Drake Harlett, BGSU Athletics

Two-Out, Eighth Inning Rally Boosts Bowling Green To Sixth-Straight Win

April 10, 2026 | Baseball

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Falcons Advance To 6-0 In April For First Time Since 1976

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University baseball team continued their winning ways Friday night (April 10) against Central Michigan, this time coming from behind to do it. Trailing 4-3 in the bottom of the eighth inning with two outs, the Falcons put together a rally beginning with Alex Laird reaching on a fielder's choice. Griffin Scheiderer and Carter Mottice were both hit by pitches to load the bases, setting up a two-RBI single off the bat of Lance Vickers through the left side of the infield to propel the Falcons to victory and extend their winning streak to six. BGSU is now 6-0 in April for the first time since 1976 and 6-0 to begin any month for the first time since May 2009.

At the plate, Lance Vickers led the way with a two-hit day. Vickers tallied a season-high three RBI as well as a run scored, accounting for four of BGSU's five runs in the contest. As for the mound, Ty Roder picked up his second win of the week while Titus Lotz shut down the ninth with strikeouts for the final two recorded outs, securing his second save of the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Lance Vickers drew a walk with one out in the bottom of the first and advanced to second on a grounder. With two outs, Brayden Curlis put a ball in play that resulted in an error, caroming off the first baseman's glove, to score Vickers for a 1-0 lead.
TJ Takats led off the bottom of the second with a liner up the middle for a single. Griffin Scheiderer was hit by a pitch and Carter Mottice drew a walk to load the bases, setting up an RBI single to third for Vickers for a 2-0 BGSU lead.
Central Michigan scored two runs in the top of the fifth inning to tie the game at 2-2, before adding one in the sixth for a 3-2 advantage.
Anthony Mitta legged out a bunt single to start the bottom of the sixth before taking second on a sacrifice bunt and third on a grounder. A single through the left side off the bat of Alex Laird scored Mitta for a 3-3 tie.
A solo home run for Central Michigan gave them a 4-3 lead in the top of the eighth.
In the bottom of the eighth, Laird reached on a fielder's choice to spark a two-out rally before both Scheiderer and Mottice were hit by pitches to load the bases. A liner past the shortstop from Vickers plated both Laird and Scheiderer to put BGSU in front 5-4 and prompt a CMU pitching change.
In the ninth, Titus Lotz entered with one out and a runner on. He tallied a pair of strikeouts to close out the game and secure his second save of the season.

STAT LEADERS

Ty Roder: W (2-1), 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R/ER, 2 K
Titus Lotz: SV (2), 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 2 K
Anthony Mitta: 3-for-4, 1 R, 1 SB
Lance Vickers: 2-for-4, 3 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB
Alex Laird: 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 SB
TJ Takats: 1-for-3, 1 R

FALCON STAT FACTS

The win for the Falcons marks the sixth straight, keeping the team undefeated in the month of April. This is BGSU's first 6-0 start to any month since May 2009 and the first 6-0 start specifically in April since a 12-0 start in 1976.
Lance Vickers stayed hot at the plate for the Falcons, logging a season-high three RBI. He scored as well, accounting for four of BGSU's five runs in the game. Vickers has now scored in three straight games and has back-to-back two-hit outings with five RBI across those two games.
Coming out of the bullpen, Ty Roder picked up his second win of the week for the Falcons after also registering the win against Ohio State on Tuesday (April 7). Over the two appearances, Roder has tossed 5.2 innings, giving up just one run on two hits and one walk while striking out eight.
Titus Lotz continued to man the ninth for the Falcons, logging his second save of the season behind two strikeouts for the two outs recorded while he toed the rubber. Over his last five outings, Lotz has totaled 5.2 innings of work while giving up just three hits and two walks and striking out 12. During those five outings he has a 1-0 record with two saves as well.
Anthony Mitta extended his hitting streak with another three-hit game, pushing his streak to six games to tie for the team lead with three three-hit games during the stretch. Over the six games, Mitta has 12 hits, seven RBI, six runs scored, four doubles and a home run.
Alex Laird knocked a single, pushing his on-base streak to 10 games. Laird added two stolen bases, giving him a team-leading 15 steals on 16 attempts this year, including 10 over just the last week.
Carter Mottice drew a walk and was hit by a pitch in the game, adding another tally to his now 10-game on-base streak.
Brayden Curlis added a hit in the game, extending his hitting streak to five games for the Falcons. Over the five-game stretch, Curlis has nine hits, five runs scored, five RBI, three doubles and a home run.
Griffin Scheiderer wore two pitches for the Falcons and came around to score the go-ahead run, giving him three runs scored over the last two contests combined.
As a team, the Falcons orchestrated three inning-ending double plays, giving them 54 double plays turned this season, just 11 shy of the program record with 23 games left in the regular season.

UP NEXT
Bowling Green and Central Michigan will continue the series on Saturday (April 11) at Steller Field with a 3 p.m. first pitch. Any schedule changes will be announced on BGSUFalcons.com as well as Twitter/X (@BGSU_Baseball).

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