| Teams | 6 |
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| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Central Michigan (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Jordan Bischel (1st title) |
| MVP | Griffin Lockwood-Powell ((Central Michigan)) |
| Television | ESPN+ |
| 2019 Mid-American Conference baseball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Michigan †‡y | 22 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .815 | 47 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .770 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ball State | 20 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .800 | 38 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kent State | 17 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .680 | 30 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (OH) | 15 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .577 | 37 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .661 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois | 14 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .538 | 20 | – | 36 | – | 0 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 12 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .462 | 20 | – | 34 | – | 0 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 11 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .440 | 18 | – | 31 | – | 0 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 8 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .308 | 16 | – | 33 | – | 0 | .327 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Michigan | 6 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .222 | 11 | – | 43 | – | 1 | .209 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toledo | 4 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .160 | 17 | – | 36 | – | 0 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 4, 2019 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2019 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 26. The top six regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Sprenger Stadium in Avon, Ohio. The winner of the tournament, Central Michigan, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2] [3]
The top six teams were seeded according conference winning percentage. Teams then played a double-elimination tournament with the top two seeds each receiving a single bye.
| Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Central Michigan | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Kent State | 3 | 6 | Ohio | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Ohio | 7 | 1 | Central Michigan | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ball State | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ball State | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Miami (OH) | 0 | 5 | Northern Illinois | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Northern Illinois | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Central Michigan | 6 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ball State | 0 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Northern Illinois | 711 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Ohio | 3 | 2 | Ball State | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Miami (OH) | 517 | 5 | Northern Illinois | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Kent State | 5 | 6 | Ohio | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Miami (OH) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| MAC Championship | ||
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| (2) Ball State Cardinals | vs. | (1) Central Michigan Chippewas |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| (2) Ball State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (1) Central Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Jordan Patty (4–2) LP: Mike Pachmayer (4–2) Home runs: BALL: None CMU: Griffin Lockwood-Powell (12) Attendance: 1,054 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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