2023 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

2023 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Schoonover Stadium Kent, Ohio
Champions	Ball State  (2nd title)
Winning coach	Rich Maloney  (1st title)
MVP	Adam Tellier (Ball State)
Television	ESPN+
← 2022 MAC baseball tournament 2024 →

2023 Mid-American Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Kent State  ‍†‍‍	24	–	6		.800			40	–	14		.741
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍	19	–	11		.633			31	–	21		.596
Ball State  ‍‍‡‍y	19	–	11		.633			33	–	21		.611
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍	18	–	11		.621			21	–	29		.420
Ohio  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			19	–	30		.388
Toledo  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			26	–	29		.473
Miami (OH)  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			21	–	35		.375
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			20	–	30		.400
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			27	–	26		.509
Akron  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			21	–	34		.382
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍	5	–	24		.172			10	–	43		.189
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 20, 2023 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 27, 2023. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eleven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Schoonover Stadium in Kent, Ohio, the home field of Kent State who won the 2023 regular season conference title. ^[2]

Ball State won the tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. ^{[3] [4]}

Seeding and format

The top four teams were seeded according conference winning percentage. Teams then played a double-elimination tournament.

Team	W–L	Pct	GB	Seed	Tiebreaker
Kent State	24–6	.800	-	1
Central Michigan	19–11	.633	5	2	CMU 3–0 v. Ball State
Ball State	19–11	.633	5	3	Ball State 0–3 v. CMU
Western Michigan	18–11	.621	5.5	4
Ohio	15–15	.500	9	-
Toledo	14–16	.467	10	-
Bowling Green	13–17	.433	11	-	BGSU 2–1 vs. Miami
Miami	13–17	.433	11	-	Miami 1–2 vs. BGSU
Eastern Michigan	12–18	.400	12	-	EMU 2–1 vs. Akron
Akron	12–18	.400	12	-	Akron 1–2 vs. EMU
Northern Illinois	5–24	.172	18.5	-

Results

MAC tournament teams
(1) Kent State Golden Flashes	(2) Central Michigan Chippewas	(3) Ball State Cardinals	(4) Western Michigan Broncos

	First Round May 24					Semifinal May 25					Championship May 27
	1	Kent State	6
	4	Western Michigan	4
						1	Kent State	1
						3	Ball State	6
	2	Central Michigan	6
	3	Ball State	7
											3	Ball State	12	-
											1	Kent State	9	-
	Losers Bracket Semifinal May 25					Losers Bracket Final May 26
						1	Kent State	10
	4	Western Michigan	2			2	Central Michigan	2
	2	Central Michigan	5

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television	Attendance
Wednesday, May 24
1	12:30 pm	No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 4 Western Michigan	6–4	ESPN+	313 [5]
2	4:00 pm	No. 2 Central Michigan vs. No. 3 Ball State	6–7		162 [6]
Thursday, May 25
3	12:30 pm	No. 2 Central Michigan vs. No. 4 Western Michigan Elimination Game	5–2	ESPN+	121 [7]
4	6:00 pm	No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 3 Ball State	1–6		539 [8]
Friday, May 26
5	12:30 pm	No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan Elimination Game	10–2	ESPN+	309 [9]
Saturday, May 27
6	12:30 pm	No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 3 Ball State Championship Game	9–12	ESPN+	487 [10]
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Conference championship

May 27, 2023, 12:30 p.m. (EDT) at Schoonover Stadium in Kent, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Ball State	2	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	4	12	14	0
Kent State	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	2	0	9	12	1
WP: Jacob Hartlaub (4-2)   LP: Mitchell Scott (2-2) Home runs: BALL: Adam Tellier, Blake Bevis, Logan Flood KENT: Justin Miknis Attendance: 487 Umpires: Sal Giacomantonio (HP), Kyle Reese (1B), James Muhleck (2B), Andy Dudones (3B) Boxscore

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. ^[11]

Name	School
Cade Sullivan	Western Michigan
Garrett Navara	Central Michigan
Christian Mitchelle	Central Michigan
Aidan Longwell	Kent State
Kyle Jackson	Kent State
Collin Mathews	Kent State
Ryan Peltier	Ball State
Adam Tellier (MVP)	Ball State
Decker Scheffler	Ball State
Trennor O'Donnell	Ball State

References

1. "Mid-American Conference baseball standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
2. "2022–23 Conference Standings". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
3. "2022–23 Championship Dates" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
4. "2023 MAC Baseball Championship". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
5. Game 1 boxscore
6. Game 2 boxscore
7. Game 3 boxscore
8. Game 4 boxscore
9. Game 5 boxscore
10. Game 6 boxscore
11. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's". Mid-American Sports. Retrieved June 1, 2023.