2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball team

2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball
MAC regular season champions
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record33–20 (25–6 MAC)
Head coach
  • Kyle Hallock (4th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Matt Rembielak (4th season)
  • Joey Gamache (3rd season)
  • Joey Cooper (1st season)
Home stadiumSteller Field
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
2024 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Bowling Green ‍†‍‍ 25 – 6 – 0   .806 33 – 20 – 0   .623
Western Michigan ‍‍‡‍y 19 – 11 – 0   .633 32 – 21 – 0   .604
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12 – 0   .600 35 – 23 – 1   .602
Miami (OH)  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13 – 0   .567 27 – 27 – 0   .500
Kent State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 13 – 0   .552 26 – 27 – 0   .491
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 16 – 15 – 0   .516 27 – 32 – 0   .458
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16 – 0   .467 21 – 33 – 0   .389
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17 – 0   .433 18 – 32 – 0   .360
Akron  ‍‍‍ 10 – 19 – 0   .345 15 – 38 – 0   .283
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21 – 0   .300 14 – 38 – 0   .269
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 8 – 22 – 0   .267 17 – 38 – 0   .309
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 25, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball team represents Bowling Green State University during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Falcons were led by head coach Kyle Hallock in his fourth season, are a members of the Mid-American Conference, and played their home games at Steller Field in Bowling Green, Ohio.

On March 16, the Falcons set a program record with 33 runs batted in against Ball State in a 34–8 victory. The 34 runs scored were the most in a MAC game and second-most in program history.[2] On March 23, the Falcons defeated Akron 11–6 to advance to 8–0 in MAC play, the best conference start in program history.[3] The Falcons started MAC play 17–0 which was both a school and MAC record. They also started 10–0 at home which was also a program record.[4]

On May 12, Bowling Green defeated Eastern Michigan 8–6, which secured their first regular season championship since the 2009 season.[5]

Previous Season

The Falcons finished the 2023 season 20–30, including 13–17 in conference play, finishing in seventh place in their conference. The Falcons did not qualify for the conference tournament.[6]

Personnel

Roster

2024 Bowling Green Falcons roster[7]
 

Pitchers

  • 11 – Nate Kress – Freshman
  • 12 – Connar Penrod – Junior
  • 14 – Carson Lumley – Redshirt Freshman
  • 17 – Rigo Ramos – Senior
  • 19 – Perry Miller – Sophomore
  • 20 – Kade Arn – Sophomore
  • 22 – Owen Poole – Freshman
  • 23 – Landon Willeman – Junior
  • 24 – Peyton Wilson – Senior
  • 25 – Nic Good – Junior
  • 26 – Titus Lotz – Freshman
  • 27 – Luke Krouse – Sophomore
  • 29 – Logan Bell – Senior
  • 30 – Jacob Turner – Sophomore
  • 31 – Isaiah Seidel – Senior
  • 32 – Levi Gazarek – Junior
  • 33 – Calvin Mitchell – Sophomore
  • 35 – Brock Amelung – Freshman
  

Catchers

  • 3 – Garrett Wright – Freshman
  • 34 – Zack Horky – Sophomore
  • 37 – Austin Morman – Freshman
  • 38 – Cooper McKenzie – Sophomore

Infielders

  • 1 – Caden Bates – Freshman
  • 4 – David Silva – Senior
  • 10 – TJ Takats – Freshman
  • 13 – Landon Roque – Senior
  • 16 – Alex Laird – Freshman
  • 18 – Tyler Ross – Senior
  • 21 – Sam Seidel – Sophomore
  • 43 – Brady Birchmeier – Redshirt Freshman
  

Outfielders

  • 7 – Jack Krause – Senior
  • 8 – Nathan Archer – Junior
  • 14 – Gavin Ganun – Junior
  • 40 – Caden Parker – Junior

Utility

  • 9 – Leighton Banjoff – Senior
  • 28 – DJ Newman – Sophomore
  

Coaching Staff

2024 Bowling Green Falcons coaching staff[7]
Name Position
Kyle Hallock Head coach
Joey Cooper Assistant Coach
Joey Gamache Assistant Coach
Matt Rembielak Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator

Schedule and results

2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball game log (33–20)
Regular season (32–18)
February (2–4)
# Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall
Record 		MAC
Record
1 February 16 at. Middle Tennessee Reese Smith Jr. Field 8–12 Akens (1–0) Newman (0–1) None 983 0–1 –
2 February 17 at. Middle Tennessee Reese Smith Jr. Field 4–5 Sells (1–0) Penrod (0–1) None 605 0–2 –
3 February 18 at. Middle Tennessee Reese Smith Jr. Field 7–3 Mitchell (1–0) Beranek (0–1) None 796 1–2 –
4 February 23 at. Memphis FedExPark 9–1 Newman (1–1) Warren (0–1) None 573 2–2 –
5 February 24 at. Memphis FedExPark 13–14 Sanders (1–0) Turner (0–1) None 502 2–3 –
6 February 25 at. Memphis FedExPark 7–13 Robinson (1–0) Mitchell (1–1) Durham (1) 435 2–4 –
March (10–6)
# Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall
Record 		MAC
Record
7 March 1 at. #8 Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 1–11 Causey (2–0) Newman (1–2) None 4,446 2–5 –
8 March 2 at. #8 Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 1–12 Beam (2–0) Good (0–1) None 5,343 2–6 –
9 March 3 at. #8 Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 6–16 Connell (1–0) Mitchell (1–2) None 5,385 2–7 –
10 March 8 at. Miami (OH)* McKie Field at Hayden Park 17–16 Turner (1–1) Galdoni (1–2) None N/A 3–7 1–0
11 March 9 at. Miami (OH)* McKie Field at Hayden Park 12–1 Good (1–1) Ross (0–1) None 107 4–7 2–0
12 March 10 at. Miami (OH)* McKie Field at Hayden Park 14–1012 Miller (1–0) Byers (0–1) None 124 5–7 3–0
13 March 13 at. Dayton Woerner Field 4–14 Newell (1–0) Arn (0–1) None 243 5–8 –
14 March 15 at. Ball State* Ball Diamond 5–4 Newman (2–2) Blain (0–1) Turner (1) 237 6–8 4–0
15 March 16 at. Ball State* Ball Diamond 34–8 Miller (2–0) Schulfer (1–3) None 242 7–8 5–0
16 March 17 at. Ball State* Ball Diamond 15–8 Penrod (1–1) Hartlaub (1–1) None 241 8–8 6–0
17 March 19 at. Youngstown State Eastwood Field Canceled, inclement weather[8] 8–8 –
18 March 22 Akron* Steller Field 10–1 Newman (3–2) Tourney (0–4) None 260 9–8 7–0
19 March 23 Akron* Steller Field 11–6 Miller (3–0) Kahook (1–1) None 250 10–8 8–0
20 March 24 Akron* Steller Field 15–5 Mitchell (2–2) Atkins (0–3) None 250 11–8 9–0
21 March 26 at. Notre Dame Frank Eck Stadium Canceled, inclement weather[9] 11–8 –
22 March 28 at. Xavier J. Page Hayden Field 10–11 Hughes (1–3) Turner (1–2) None 300 11–9 –
23 March 29 at. Xavier J. Page Hayden Field 3–10 Schmidt (4–2) Good (1–2) None 300 11–10 –
24 March 30 at. Xavier J. Page Hayden Field 8–4 Poole (1–0) Boyle (3–2) Penrod (1) 237 12–10 –
April (12–4)
# Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall
Record 		MAC
Record
25 April 2 at. Oakland Oakland University Baseball Field 17–187 Postponed, inclement weather. To be resumed May 1[10]
26 April 5 at. Northern Illinois* Ralph McKinzie Field 7–4 Penrod (2–1) Stewart (0–2) None 283 13–10 10–0
27 April 6 at. Northern Illinois* Ralph McKinzie Field 9–3 Good (2–2) Brouwer (3–4) None 274 14–10 11–0
28 April 6 at. Northern Illinois* Ralph McKinzie Field 11–1 Willeman (1–0) Hann (0–1) None 473 15–10 12–0
29 April 9 at. Ohio State Bill Davis Stadium 4–6 Brown (3–0) Turner (1–3) Eckhardt (5) 1,199 15–11 –
30 April 10 Purdue Fort Wayne Steller Field 8–7 Wilson (1–0) Fee (4–1) None 230 16–11 –
31 April 13 Central Michigan* Steller Field 10–8 Newman (4–2) Mrakitsch (2–5) Wilson (1) 415 17–11 13–0
32 April 13 Central Michigan* Steller Field 10–7 Seidel (1–0) Vitas (1–4) Turner (2) 415 18–11 14–0
33 April 14 Central Michigan* Steller Field 18–1711 Ramos (1–0) Knorr (0–2) None 455 19–11 15–0
34 April 16 Youngstown State Steller Field 12–9 Miller (4–0) Perez (0–1) Seidel (1) 244 20–11 –
35 April 19 Ohio* Steller Field 14–5 Ramos (2–0) Masters (1–3) None 332 21–11 16–0
36 April 20 Ohio* Steller Field 26–5 Good (3–2) Knapschaefer (3–3) None 526 22–11 17–0
37 April 21 Ohio* Steller Field 2–4 Weber (4–3) Wilson (1–1) None 245 22–12 17–1
38 April 23 Dayton Steller Field Canceled, inclement weather[11] 22–12 –
39 April 26 at. Kent State* Schoonover Stadium 5–6 Cariaco (4–1) Wilson (1–2) None 711 22–13 17–2
40 April 27 at. Kent State* Schoonover Stadium 10–0 Good (4–2) Miceli (0–4) None 657 23–13 18–2
41 April 28 at. Kent State* Schoonover Stadium 2–12 Chalus (5–2) Willeman (1–1) None 662 23–14 18–3
42 April 30 Toledo* Steller Field 17–9 Krouse (1–0) Shunck (1–4) None 317 24–14 19–3
May (8–4)
# Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall
Record 		MAC
Record
25 (2) May 1 Oakland Steller Field 18–21 Fekete (4–3) Wilson (1–3) None 171 24–15 –
43 May 1 Oakland Steller Field 19–8 Arn (1–1) Smith (1–1) None 181 25–15 –
44 May 3 Western Michigan* Steller Field 8–3 Good (5–2) Miller (3–5) Seidel (2) 265 26–15 20–3
45 May 4 Western Michigan* Steller Field 4–6 Vlcek (4–2) Willeman (1–2) Thelen (1) 313 26–16 20–4
46 May 5 Western Michigan* Steller Field 0–11 Shapiro (1–1) Miller (4–1) None 315 26–17 20–5
47 May 7 at. Michigan State Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium at John H. Kobs Field Canceled, inclement weather[12] 26–17 –
48 May 8 at. Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodon Field 5–2 Ramos (3–2) Evans (0–1) None 214 27–17 –
49 May 10 at. Eastern Michigan* Oestrike Stadium 9–10 Sanfilipo (1–0) Penrod (2–2) None 449 27–18 20–6
50 May 11 at. Eastern Michigan* Oestrike Stadium 7–1 Willeman (2–2) Beckner (2–9) Arn (1) 368 28–18 21–6
51 May 12 at. Eastern Michigan* Oestrike Stadium 8–6 Miller (5–1) Lindsey (0–5) Turner (3) 350 29–18 22–6
51 May 16 Toledo* Steller Field 3–1 Seidel (2–0) Szynski (0–4) Turner (4) 306 30–18 23–6
52 May 17 Toledo* Fifth Third Field 8–6 Willeman (3–2) Johnson (3–3) Krouse (1) 2,942 31–18 24–6
53 May 18 Toledo* Steller Field 3–2 Penrod (3–2) Bergman (3–6) Turner (5) 450 32–18 25–6
Postseason (1–2)
MAC Tournament (1–2)
# Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall
Record 		MACT
Record
54 May 23 No. 4 Miami (OH) 1 Mercy Health Stadium 12–4 Good (6–2) Mastrian IV (2–4) None N/A 33–18 1–0
55 May 24 No. 2 Western Michigan 1 Mercy Health Stadium 0–11 Vlcek (5–3) Willeman (3–3) None 1,248 33–19 1–1
56 May 25 No. 3 Ball State 1 Mercy Health Stadium 5–10 Klein (2–0) Ramos (3–1) None N/A 33–20 1–2
  •   Win
  •   Loss
  •   Postponement
  • Bold: Falcons team member
  • Reference:[13]

References

  1. ^ "Mid-American Conference baseball standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  2. ^ "Falcons Score 34 Runs, Set Program Record With 33 RBI". Bowling Green State University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  3. ^ "Falcons Achieve Best MAC Start In Program History With Saturday Win Over Akron". Bowling Green State University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  4. ^ "Historic Start For BGSU Baseball Closes With Ninth-Inning Ohio Rally". Bowling Green State University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  5. ^ "Falcons Tally First Outright MAC Title Since 2009, First Series Win In Ypsilanti Since 1999". Bowling Green State University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  6. ^ "2023 Baseball Schedule". Bowling Green State University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  7. ^ a b "2024 Baseball Roster". Bowling Green Falcons. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
  8. ^ "Tuesday Baseball Against Youngstown State Canceled". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green Atletics. March 19, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  9. ^ "Tuesday Baseball At Notre Dame Postponed". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green Atletics. March 26, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  10. ^ "The umpires of today's game have deemed the game unsafe to continue. The game has been suspended and will be concluded when Oakland visits Bowling Green on May 1 before the regularly scheduled second meeting between the teams.END 6 BGSU 17, Oakland 18 #AyZiggy". twitter.com. BGSU Baseball. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  11. ^ "BGSU-Dayton Baseball Game Wednesday Canceled". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green Atletics. April 24, 2024. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  12. ^ "BGSU-Michigan State Tuesday Baseball Canceled". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green Atletics. May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  13. ^ "2024 Baseball Schedule". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green State University. June 6, 2022.