Falcons Keep MAC Hopes Alive Behind Full Team Effort To Secure Sunday Win

Sunday, May 10

Bowling Green, Ohio

2 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

19-31, 12-18

Western Michigan

23-23, 17-13

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

Jackson Miller vs. Western Michigan -- May 10, 2026

Photo by: Hailey Pettit-Mastroianni, BGSU Athletics

Falcons Keep MAC Hopes Alive Behind Full Team Effort To Secure Sunday Win

May 10, 2026 | Baseball

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Miller Strikes Out Career-High Nine For First Collegiate Win

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University baseball team claimed a Sunday (May 10) win in the home regular season finale with a 7-5 victory over the Western Michigan Broncos. The Falcons set the tone early with four runs in the second inning, adding one in the third and fourth as well to build the lead to 6-0. As for the mound, Jackson Miller allowed just one hit over five shutout innings while striking out a career-high nine on his way to his first collegiate win. Ty Roder nailed down a save with one earned run over 3.2 innings of relief. The win keeps Bowling Green's MAC hopes alive entering the final series of the season. The Falcons need to sweep Ball State paired with one UMass loss over the final three MAC games of the year to punch their ticket to the MAC Tournament in Avon.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Falcons got to work offensively in the bottom of the second with a quartet of tallies. Andrew DiLodovico led off the inning with a single into left before stealing second. A single from Zack Horky put runners at the corners. Griffin Scheiderer laid down a sacrifice bunt with the throw coming home late to score DiLodovico.
Chase Chopin followed the run by being hit by a pitch to load the bases for the Orange and Brown. Vinny Salvione kept it going with a single into left field, bringing home both Horky and DiLodovico.
Sam Seidel put a ball in play to move both runners up, setting up an RBI single off the bat of Lance Vickers into center that brought home Chopin for a 4-0 BGSU lead after two innings.
The Falcons added a tally in the third inning with TJ Takats blasting a solo home run to right for a 5-0 advantage.
Bowling Green tacked on more in the fourth frame. Salvione led off with a single into left center before stealing second. Seidel followed with a single through the right side of the infield, bringing home Salvione.
Western Michigan got on the board in the top of the sixth, cutting the deficit to 6-5.
BGSU answered in the bottom half of the sixth. Salvione sent a single up the middle into center field followed by a Seidel single into right to put two on. A sacrifice bunt from Vickers moved both runners up with a sacrifice fly to center off the bat of Anthony Mitta scoring Salvione for a 7-5 lead.
Western Michigan threatened in the top of the seventh with two on and one out, but a diving catch in center by Chopin and a quick throw to second doubled up the Broncos to end the inning without damage.

STAT LEADERS

Jackson Miller: W (1-1), 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 9 K
Ty Roder: SV (2), 3.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 K
Vinny Salvione: 3-for-4, 2 RBI, 2 R, 1 SB
TJ Takats: 1-for-3, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 SB
Sam Seidel: 2-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 SB
Lance Vickers: 1-for-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 1 SB
Andrew DiLodovico: 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB
Zack Horky: 1-for-4, 1 R

FALCON STAT FACTS

For Head Coach Kyle Hallock, the win marked the 100th MAC regular season win of his tenure at the helm of the Falcons.
Jackson Miller was strong in the start for the Falcons, hurling five scoreless innings with just one hit allowed. Miller struck out a career-high nine batters in the start while picking up his first collegiate win on the mound.
Ty Roder produced 3.2 innings of relief for the Falcons, giving up just one run over the span on his ledger while striking out three. The outing for Roder resulted in a three-inning save, his second save of the season. Roder has now allowed one or fewer runs in five consecutive outings that have totaled 11.2 innings.
Vinny Salvione led the BGSU hitting effort with a three-hit day, giving him at least one hit and one run scored in each game of the series against Western Michigan. The game marked Salvione's third three-hit game of the season.
Sam Seidel added his first multi-hit game since April 7 against Ohio State with a pair of knocks. Seidel logged a hit in all three games against Western Michigan and now has a hit in five of the last six games. Seidel added a pair of stolen bases, the fourth time this year he's stolen multiple bases in a game and the first time since March 24.
TJ Takats crushed his fifth home run of the season in the game, tying his career-high for home runs in a single season after having five last year as well. Takats also swiped two bases for his first multi-steal game of the season.

UP NEXT
Bowling Green will return to Fifth Third Field, the home of the Toledo Mud Hens, for their next game. The Falcons will be the home team in this year's Battle of I-75 at Fifth Third, set for Tuesday (May 12) with a 7 p.m. first pitch in the non-conference contest. Any schedule changes will be announced on BGSUFalcons.com as well as Twitter/X (@BGSU_Baseball).

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