Falcons Challenge Michigan As Wolverines Hold On In Wednesday Midweek

Wednesday, April 22

Ann Arbor, Mich.

4 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

15-24

Michigan

25-16

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Bowling Green	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	6	8	2
Michigan	0	2	4	0	1	0	1	1	X	9	11	1

Photo by: Drake Harlett, BGSU Athletics

Falcons Challenge Michigan As Wolverines Hold On In Wednesday Midweek

April 22, 2026 | Baseball

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Falcons’ Five-Run Fourth Leads Comeback Effort; Michigan Manages To Maintain Edge

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The Bowling Green State University baseball team came up short of a comeback Wednesday (April 22) in Ann Arbor against the Michigan Wolverines. Michigan jumped out to a 6-0 lead through the first three innings, but a five-run fourth for the Falcons, including a three-run home run from Sam Seidel, closed the gap. Bowling Green continued to chip away throughout the game, but the runs came as responses to Wolverine tallies with Michigan maintaining their lead throughout the game despite BGSU pulling within one run multiple times. The Orange and Brown will now transition to a weekend series back at Steller Field, hosting the rival Toledo Rockets in a three-game set.

HOW IT HAPPENED

In the first at-bat of the game, Lance Vickers ripped a liner to third, caroming off the fielder's glove for an error and allowing Vickers to reach to start the game. Andrew DiLodovico was later hit by a pitch to put two on, but Michigan worked out of the frame.
The first Bowling Green hit of the day came in the second inning with two outs. Carter Mottice lined a single up the middle into the outfield past the leaping Wolverine shortstop.
Michigan tallied the first runs of the game with two in the bottom of the second for a 2-0 lead. The Wolverines added four in the third for a 6-0 advantage.
The Falcons answered in the fourth. TJ Takats legged out an infield single before Zack Horky and Vinny Salvione both dropped singles into the outfield to load the bases. A sacrifice fly into center from Mottice brought home Takats for the first BGSU run of the day.
Griffin Scheiderer loaded the bases again, being hit by a pitch, to set up another sacrifice fly, this time from Vickers, to score Horky. Sam Seidel immediately followed with a three-run line drive home run over the right field wall, pulling the Falcons within one, 6-5.
Michigan added an insurance run in the bottom of the fifth to make it a 7-5 score.
The BGSU answer came in the seventh inning. DiLodovico singled into right and took second on a wild pitch. Anthony Mitta joined him on the base paths with a walk before another wild pitch moved both runners up. Takats delivered a grounder up the middle, enough to score DiLodovico and narrow the gap to 7-6 with a Michigan pitching change following.
The Wolverines responded with a run in both the seventh and eighth innings for a 9-6 score.

STAT LEADERS

Joey Buchanan: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 K
Ethan Papacek: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R/ER, 2 K
Andrew DiLodovico: 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 HBP
Vinny Salvione: 2-for-4, 1 R
Sam Seidel: 1-for-5, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 R
TJ Takats: 1-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB
Zack Horky: 1-for-3, 1 R
Carter Mottice: 1-for-4, 1 RBI

FALCON STAT FACTS

Anthony Mitta drew a walk in the top of the seventh for the Falcons, extending his team-leading on-base streak to 14 games.
Sam Seidel knocked his first hit since the Ohio State game, picking up his first hit by the same means as his last, a home run. The round-tripper for Seidel marked the fifth of the season for him.
Andrew DiLodovico worked for a two-hit day at the plate, his 10th multi-hit game of the season for the Falcons.
Vinny Salvione added two hits of his own in the effort, his seventh, multi-hit game of the season for the Falcons.
TJ Takats knocked a base hit for BGSU, giving him a hit in six of the last seven games. Over those seven games, Takats has eight RBI and six runs scored.
Ethan Papacek tossed 1.2 scoreless innings for the Falcons. He now has back-to-back scoreless outings spanning 4.1 innings on the mound with four strikeouts.

UP NEXT
The Falcons will return home to Steller Field this weekend to host the Battle of I-75. The series is currently set to begin on Friday (April 24) with a 6 p.m. first pitch. Any schedule changes will be announced on BGSUFalcons.com as well as Twitter/X (@BGSU_Baseball).

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