DiLodovico, Takats Lead Falcons At Fifth Third Field

Tuesday, May 12

Toledo, Ohio

7 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

19-14

Toledo

28-25

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Toledo	0	0	5	0	1	3	0	6	0	15	15	0
Bowling Green	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	9	1

Sam Seidel vs. Toledo, Fifth Third Field -- May 12, 2026

Photo by: Hailey Pettit-Mastroianni, BGSU Athletics

May 12, 2026 | Baseball

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BGSU Concludes Regular Season Non-Conference Slate

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University baseball team returned to the home of the Toledo Mud Hens Tuesday night (May 12) for the sixth annual Fifth Third Field game as part of baseball's Battle of I-75 presented by Fremont Federal Credit Union. The Falcons were able to jump out to a 3-0 lead after scoring three in the second, but the Rockets responded in the third to take the lead and held on to it from there, leading to a 15-5 final in eight innings. BGSU now shifts to the regular season finale with a MAC Tournament bid still in play, beginning a three-game series against Ball State on Thursday (May 14).

HOW IT HAPPENED

After a scoreless first inning, the Falcons put the first tally on the board in the bottom of the second. Andrew DiLodovico started the inning with a double down the left field line, staying fair by a matter of inches. TJ Takats immediately followed in the next at-bat with a hard hit liner into center, scoring DiLodovico for a 1-0 lead.
Zack Horky drew a walk in the next at-bat with a double steal moving both runners up. A wild pitch was enough for Takats to score followed by a sacrifice fly off the bat of Chase Chopin to score Horky for a 3-0 BGSU lead.
Toledo answered with five unearned runs in the top of the third for a 5-3 lead.
The Falcons kept the back-and-forth going in the bottom of the third. With two outs, Takats crushed a double into the left field corner, setting up an RBI single through the left side by Horky to pull BGSU back within one, 5-4, after three frames.
The Rockets pushed across an insurance run in the top of the fifth for a 6-4 score.
Andrew DiLodovico provided the Bowling Green response in the bottom half with a solo home run that hit off the scoreboard in the left, carrying a projected 371 feet for a 6-5 score.
Toledo again added insurance, registering three runs in the sixth for a 9-5 lead.The Rockets added six in the eighth to push their lead to 15-5.

STAT LEADERS

Andrew DiLodovico: 2-for-3, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 R, 1 RBI
TJ Takats: 2-for-4, 1 2B, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB
Zack Horky: 2-for-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB
Griffin Scheiderer: 1-for-3
Sam Seidel: 1-for-3, 1 BB
Anthony Mitta: 1-for-4

FALCON STAT FACTS

Sam Seidel moved up a couple charts in the career record book for program history. Seidel tallied three at-bats, giving him 650 for the Falcons to move him up to eighth, passing Brandon Howard (2011-15) and TJ Losby (2011-14) while breaking his tie with Logan Meisler (2007-10). Seidel also drew a walk in the game, giving him 103 for his BGSU career, tying him with Jack Krause (2021-24) for eighth in program history. In addition to his record book movement, Seidel tallied a hit for the Falcons to extend his hitting streak to four games, the second-longest active streak on the team.
Andrew DiLodovico recorded a two-hit day for the Falcons, hitting a double and a home run. The home run marked the seventh of the season for DiLodovico, tying him for the team lead. The multi-hit game marked the 13th of the season for DiLodovico and the first since April 24, also against Toledo.
TJ Takats added a two-hit day of his own while adding a double, two runs scored and an RBI. Over the last two games, Takats now has three hits, three runs scored, two RBI, a home run, a double and three stolen bases. The multi-hit day was the seventh of the season for Takats and his first since April 15.
Zack Horky produced a two-hit day for the Falcons, including his seventh double of the season. Horky now has a hit in five of BGSU's last six games, including three two-hit contests over that span while having 11 multi-hit games this season.

UP NEXT
The Falcons will conclude the regular season this weekend with a three-game series at Ball State. BGSU enters needing a sweep over BSU plus a UMass loss to Central Michigan for a spot in the MAC Tournament. The first game of the series is scheduled for Thursday (May 14) 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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