Falcons Fall In Wind-Aided High-Scoring Affair Against Central Michigan

Sunday, April 12

Bowling Green, Ohio

11 a.m.

Bowling Green State University

14-19, 8-10

Central Michigan

13-18, 7-11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Central Mich.	0	3	1	1	2	1	0	8	5	21	22	1
Bowling Green	0	0	1	1	6	1	1	0	3	13	14	1

Andrew DiLodovico vs. Central Michigan -- April 12, 2026

Photo by: Drake Harlett, BGSU Athletics

Falcons Fall In Wind-Aided High-Scoring Affair Against Central Michigan

April 12, 2026 | Baseball

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11 Different Falcons Score As BGSU, CMU Combine For 34 Runs

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University baseball team wrapped up the weekend series against the Central Michigan Chippewas Sunday (April 12) at Steller Field. After heading into the fifth inning with a 5-2 score, the wind picked up in Bowling Green and the runs followed. From the fifth inning on, the two teams combined for 27 runs on the way to a 21-13 final in favor of Central Michigan with 36 hits between the two teams. Extra-base knocks accounted for 19 of the 36 hits on the day as the wind played a factor in the outcome. Bowling Green will now head into their homestand finale on Tuesday (April 14) against Dayton before hitting the road for their next five games after that, starting on Wednesday (April 15) at Canisius.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Central Michigan added the first three runs of the day in the second inning for a 3-0 lead. CMU pushed the score to 4-0 in the third with another tally.
In the bottom of the third, Griffin Scheiderer reached second on a grounder that slipped under the glove of Central Michigan's first baseman. On the next pitch, Carter Mottice traded places with Scheiderer with an RBI double to left center for a 4-1 score.
Central Michigan responded in the fourth with a home run for a 5-1 advantage.
The back-and-forth continued in the bottom of the fourth with a solo home run from Anthony Mitta, cutting the deficit down to 5-2.
The Chippewas again answered, this time scoring two in the top of the fifth for a 7-2 score.
Pauly Mancino led off the bottom of the fifth with a walk before a Scheiderer single through the right side put runners at the corners. Mottice laced a liner up the middle, ricocheting off second base in the process, for a double to score Mancino.
The rally continued with a sacrifice fly from Lance Vickers to bring home Scheiderer followed by a two-run blast from Andrew DiLodovico to cut the score down to 7-6.
In the next at-bat, Brayden Curlis was hit by a pitch, prompting a pitching change for CMU. An infield single by TJ Takats put two on for BGSU. Zack Horky capitalized with a single up the middle to score Curlis. Mancino kept it going by executing a hit and run through the right side of the infield, scoring Takats for an 8-7 lead after five.
Central Michigan responded with one in the top of the sixth to tie it 8-8.
Vickers drew a walk in the bottom of the sixth to set up an RBI triple off the left center wall by Curlis to score Vickers for a 9-8 lead.
Horky added to the BGSU lead in the bottom of the seventh with a solo home run to left for a 10-8 score.
Central Michigan scored eight in the eighth inning and three in the ninth for a 21-10 lead.
Jaxon Brown led off the bottom of the ninth with a double into the left center gap. Cooper McKenzie joined him on the bases, drawing a walk, to set up a three-run home run by Mancino for the eventual 21-13 final.

STAT LEADERS

Pauly Mancino: 3-for-3, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 2 R, 1 BB
Andrew DiLodovico: 2-for-5, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 R
Zack Horky: 2-for-5, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 R
Carter Mottice: 2-for-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 1 R
Brayden Curlis: 1-for-3, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 HBP
Anthony Mitta: 1-for-4, 1 HR, 1 R, 1 RBI
Griffin Scheiderer: 1-for-4, 2 R,
Jaxon Brown: 1-for-1, 1 2B, 1 R
TJ Takats: 1-for-4, 1 R

FALCON STAT FACTS

Pauly Mancino crushed his third home run as a Falcon while going 3-for-3 on the day on top of four RBI and two runs scored. The outing marked Mancino's first multi-hit game since the season-opener while also registering a season-high in RBI.
Pinch hitting in the ninth for his second at-bat as a Falcon, Jaxon Brown roped a double into the left center alley for his first BGSU hit. He later came around to score as well for his first collegiate run.
With a single in the first inning, Andrew DiLodovico extended his on-base streak to a team-high 16 games. DiLodovico later homered for his second four-bag knock of the season and his eighth multi-hit game of the year.
Anthony Mitta recorded a solo home run, his third of the season, to extend his hitting streak to a team-high eight games. Mitta has scored in six of the eight games as well.
Brayden Curlis' triple marked his first of the season, giving Bowling Green nine different players with a triple this season.
Similar to Mancino, Carter Mottice also recorded his first multi-hit game since his season debut. Both of Mottice's knocks came as doubles for his first multi-double game of the season and second of his career.
After entering the season with one career home run, Zack Horky belted his fifth round-triper of the season, giving him six for his BGSU career.

UP NEXT
Bowling Green will wrap up their current homestand with a 3 p.m. first pitch on Tuesday (April 14) against Dayton. Any schedule changes will be announced on BGSUFalcons.com as well as Twitter/X (@BGSU_Baseball).

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L, 6-19

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3 p.m.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Jack Potteiger (2-0)

L: Arn, Kade (1-1)

Central Mich.

Batting:

2B: Bryson Webb 4 ; Harrison Bowman 1 ; Brady Krzciok 1 ; Joey Milto 1

HR: Brady Krzciok 1 ; Spencer Verburg 1 ; Zach Knowlton 2

RBI: Harrison Bowman 4 ; Logan Keilen 2 ; Brady Krzciok 4 ; Jonathan Fleaka 1 ; Spencer Verburg 2 ; Nathan Ball 1 ; Zach Knowlton 5

SF: Harrison Bowman 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Bryson Webb 4 ; Harrison Bowman 2 ; Cole Prout 1 ; Logan Keilen 2 ; Brady Krzciok 3 ; Joey Milto 1 ; Spencer Verburg 2 ; Dominic Bouscher 1 ; Zach Knowlton 3 ; Drew Loikits 2

SB: Bryson Webb 2 ; Harrison Bowman 1

CS: Cole Prout 1

HBP: Spencer Verburg 1

Bowling Green

Batting:

2B: Mottice, Carter 2 ; Brown, Jaxon 1

3B: Curlis, Brayden 1

HR: DiLodovico, Andrew 1 ; Mitta, Anthony 1 ; Horky, Zack 1 ; Mancino, Pauly 1

RBI: Mottice, Carter 2 ; Vickers, Lance 1 ; DiLodovico, Andrew 2 ; Curlis, Brayden 1 ; Mitta, Anthony 1 ; Horky, Zack 2 ; Mancino, Pauly 4

SF: Vickers, Lance 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Mottice, Carter 1 ; Vickers, Lance 1 ; DiLodovico, Andrew 1 ; Curlis, Brayden 1 ; Brown, Jaxon 1 ; Mitta, Anthony 1 ; Takats, TJ 1 ; McKenzie, Cooper 1 ; Horky, Zack 1 ; Mancino, Pauly 2 ; Scheiderer, Griffin 2