Mottice’s Four-Hit Day Paces Falcons In Series Opener At Ball State

Thursday, May 14

Muncie, Ind.

3 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

19-33, 12-19

Ball State

23-28, 16-15

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Bowling Green	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	10	2
Ball State	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	X	6	8	1

Photo by: Hailey Pettit-Mastroianni, BGSU Athletics

Mottice’s Four-Hit Day Paces Falcons In Series Opener At Ball State

May 14, 2026 | Baseball

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Stade Becomes Third Falcon In Program History To Eclipse 100 Strikeouts In A Season

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

MUNCIE, Ind. – The Bowling Green State University baseball team began the weekend series against Ball State on Thursday (May 14) with a back-and-forth contest. BSU scored first, but the Falcons battled back with two runs in the fifth for a 2-1 lead. The Cardinals answered in the bottom half to reclaim their advantage. A similar sequence followed in the seventh with the Falcons knotting it up only for Ball State to again find a response and reclaim the edge, leading to a 6-3 final. The result secured the final spot in the MAC Tournament for Ball State, ending Bowling Green's bid for the postseason.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Ball State tallied the first run of the game, crossing one in the bottom of the second for a 1-0 lead.
The Falcons answered in the top of the fifth. Carter Mottice took the first pitch of the inning into shallow center for a single. A hit and run single from Cooper McKenzie followed to put runners at the corners, setting up a sacrifice bunt from Griffin Scheiderer to bring home Mottice for a 1-1 tie.
Ball State worked for the second out of the inning, but Sam Seidel was able to pull a payoff pitch down the right field line for a standup double, scoring McKenzie in the process to put the Falcons in front, 2-1.
The Cardinals responded in the bottom half of the fifth with a pair of runs to reclaim the lead at 3-2.
Scheiderer led off the top of the seventh with a single into center field. A sacrifice bunt from Vinny Salvione moved Scheiderer up to second with a wild pitch moving him to third. With two outs in the frame, Lance Vickers delivered a single into left, scoring Scheiderer to knot it up at 3-3 and force a BSU pitching change.
The Cardinals again responded to break the tie in the bottom half with two runs for a 5-3 lead. A solo home run in the eighth pushed their lead to 6-3.
The Falcons threatened in the ninth, loading the bases with the tying run on first, but Ball State worked out of the jam for the 6-3 final.

STAT LEADERS

Carter Mottice: 4-for-4, 1 R
Sam Seidel: 1-for-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 BB
Griffin Scheiderer: 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 R
Lance Vickers: 1-for-4, 1 RBI
Cooper McKenzie: 1-for-4, 1 R
TJ Takats: 1-for-4, 1 BB
Zack Horky: 1-for-5

FALCON STAT FACTS

Ethan Stade struck out seven batters in the start for the Falcons, moving his season total to 103 strikeouts. Stade is just the third Falcon in program history with 100+ strikeouts in a season and the first since 1985. He's also now recorded 6+ strikeouts in 10 of his last 11 appearances, including in each of his last nine.
Carter Mottice tallied a four-hit day for Bowling Green, marking not only a career-high for him, but the most hits by a Falcon this season. The outing marked Mottice's sixth multi-hit game of the season with three coming in his last five games.
Sam Seidel tallied a pair of walks in the game, giving him 105 for his BGSU career. The total moves Seidel from a tie for eighth to a tie for seventh in program history, now matching Nick Elrod (1999-02).
Seidel added a hit in the game as well for the Falcons, coming via double. Seidel now has a five-game hitting streak for BGSU with six hits, five RBI, two runs scored and two doubles during the stretch.
Zack Horky knocked a single for the Orange and Brown to grant him a base knock in six of the last seven games. During that stretch, Horky has nine hits, four runs scored, four RBI and two doubles.
TJ Takats added a base hit and a walk to the BGSU effort, giving him a hit in five of the last six games as well as seven of the last nine.

UP NEXT
After a schedule change, Bowling Green and Ball State will conclude the weekend schedule on Friday (May 15) with a 12 p.m. first pitch. Any schedule changes will be announced on BGSUFalcons.com as well as Twitter/X (@BGSU_Baseball).

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