2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball team

2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball
MAC regular season champions
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	33–20 (25–6 MAC)
Head coach	Kyle Hallock (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Matt Rembielak (4th season) Joey Gamache (3rd season) Joey Cooper (1st season)
Home stadium	Steller Field
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2024 Mid-American Conference baseball standings

v t e	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 represented Bowling Green State University during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Falcons, led by head coach Kyle Hallock in his fourth season, were 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

Main article: List of Bowling Green Falcons baseball seasons

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 – 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 – 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

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9. "Tuesday Baseball At Notre Dame Postponed". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green Athletics. 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 Athletics. April 24, 2024. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
12. "BGSU-Michigan State Tuesday Baseball Canceled". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green Athletics. May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
13. "2024 Baseball Schedule". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green State University. June 6, 2022.