Alumni Day Against Rival Rockets Draws Highest Steller Field Attendance Since 2018

Saturday, April 25

Bowling Green, Ohio

3 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

16-25, 9-14

Toledo

19-24, 14-9

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

BGSU Baseball
Cast of Honor
April 25, 2026
Steller Field
Bowling Green, Ohio

Photo by: Scott W. Grau

Alumni Day Against Rival Rockets Draws Highest Steller Field Attendance Since 2018

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Falcons’ Ninth-Inning Rally Falls Short In Saturday’s Pitcher’s Duel

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University baseball team and the rival Toledo Rockets continued the weekend series in the Battle of I-75 presented by Fremont Federal Credit Union. After BGSU took the first game of the series on Friday (April 24) via the power swing, it was pitching that dominated Saturday's (April 25) contest. Both starters held a perfect game entering the fourth inning with the team's combining for just 10 hits and four runs. In the end, Toledo came out on top with a 3-1 final score, forcing a rubber match on Sunday (April 26) at Steller Field, set for a 1 p.m. first pitch.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Both starting pitchers worked one-two-three frames in each of the first three innings with perfect games for both holding into the fourth.
The first hits and first runs came in the fourth inning with Toledo taking a 2-0 lead.
With one out in the bottom of the fourth, Sam Seidel was hit by a pitch to end the Toledo perfect game bid. The first hit for BGSU came in the bottom of the sixth with a single through the left side by Lance Vickers.
The Rockets added a run in the seventh inning for a 3-0 score.
Bowling Green worked for a ninth inning rally. Griffin Scheiderer got it started by legging out an infield single. Another single from Vickers, this time through the left side of the infield, put two on for BGSU. A fly out moved Scheiderer to third for runners at the corners before an Andrew DiLodovico grounder brought him home for a 3-1 score.
The Falcons kept the pressure on with walks to Anthony Mitta and Brayden Curlis to load the bases and force a Toledo pitching change. The new arm was able to work out of the jam for the 3-1 final.

STAT LEADERS

Andrew Heffernan: 6.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R/ER, 1 K
Ethan Papacek: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 2 K
Lance Vickers: 2-for-4, 1 SB
Griffin Scheiderer: 1-for-3, 1 R

FALCON STAT FACTS

The Falcons welcomed 637 fans to Steller Field, the largest home crowd for Bowling Green since April 22, 2018 when 677 fans watched BGSU take on Ball State in extra innings.
Out of the bullpen, Ethan Papacek held Toledo scoreless over the last 2.2 innings, including just one hit while striking out two. Papacek has now logged three consecutive scoreless outings spanning seven innings with six strikeouts.
Drawing a walk in the ninth inning, Anthony Mitta managed to extend his team-leading on-base streak to 16 games.
For the second consecutive game, Lance Vickers logged a multi-hit game. For the season he has nine multi-hit games, but he's done it in consecutive games three times this year.

UP NEXT
Bowling Green and Toledo will conclude the weekend series on Sunday (April 26) with a 1 p.m. first pitch. More parking and promotion information can be found HERE. Any schedule changes will be announced on BGSUFalcons.com as well as Twitter/X (@BGSU_Baseball).

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