Friday’s Baseball Results
Ball State 7, Towson 2
Akron 12, Radford 11 (10 innings)
Central Michigan 6, Houston Christian 0
Kent State 4, Eastern Kentucky 2
Bowling Green 7, Middle Tennessee 6
Pittsburgh 9, Eastern Michigan 8 (12 innings)
Radford 10, Akron 9 (11 innings)
Middle Tennessee 18, Bowling Green 0
Charleston Southern 13, Miami 3 (8 innings)
Michigan State 2, Western Michigan 0 (7 innings)
Wofford 11, Ohio 1
Wofford 9, Ohio 8
No. 12 Oregon 9. Toledo 2
Houston Christian 5, Central Michigan 0
Michigan State 6, Western Michigan 3
Nicholls 5, Northern Illinois 3
Stories Courtesy of MAC Athletic Communcations Departments
Ball State 7, Towson 2
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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Ball State baseball team rode a strong performance from Jacob Hartlaub on the mound and multi-RBI games from Blake Bevis, Brett Griffiths and Clay Jacobs at the plate to a 7-2 win over Towson on Friday at Shipyard Park.
The Cardinals led wire-to-wire in the season opener at the Swig & Swine Classic, scoring three runs in the second inning on a two-run single by Griffiths following by an RBI knock by Gavin Balius in both of their Ball State debuts.
Jacobs drove in a run each in the third (bunt single) and fifth (grounder to second) to extend the Cardinals' advantage to 5-0. Bevis punctuated the offense with a two-run homer to left field in the sixth inning for a 7-0 edge.
Hartlaub struck out eight and surrendered only one hit in 5.2 innings of shutout ball. The senior righthander didn't allow a hit until the sixth inning, setting the Tigers down in order four times while being perfect the first time through the order.
Owen Quinn came on in relief and struck out three in 3.1 frames to earn his first career save.
Dylan Grego and Garrett Arnold has a pair of singles each to lead a Ball State offense that tallied nine hits.
Akron 12, Radford 11 (10 inn.)
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RADFORD, Va. - The Akron Zips broke through a 6-6 tie heading to the eighth inning to grab a 12-11 win against the Radford Highlanders in 10 innings Friday.
The Zips had three players record multiple hits, led by Sophomore Charlie Schebler's three hits which resulted in two RBI. Senior Andrew Horvath and redshirt freshman Blake Bowen each recorded a pair of hits each while senior Jack Poist hit a grand slam, drove in four RBI and walked three times.
Senior Sean Perkins (1-0) picked up the victory out of the bullpen for Akron (1-0). The right-hander went 0.2 innings, giving up one run on one hit, allowing no walks and striking out two. Senior Johnny Anservitz also made an impact on the mound for the Zips, throwing one shutout inning while allowing no hits, with no walks and two strikeouts to earn the save.
Central Michigan 6, Houston Christian 0
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HOUSTON –Evan Waters was solid on the mound and Spencer Verburg delivered the big hit on Friday as the Central Michigan baseball team opened the season with a. 6-0 victory over Houston Christian in game 1 of a nonconference doubleheader at Husky Field.
It marked the first time the Chippewas have won their season opener since 2020. The Huskies rebounded to take the nightcap, 5-0. Both games went seven innings.
The teams continue their four-game series on Saturday (7:30 p.m. ET) and conclude on Sunday (1:30 p.m. ET).
While the newcomers produced, it was a pair of holdovers, Waters and Verburg, who shined brightest in game 1.
Waters, a junior left-hander, allowed three hits, walked five and struck out four while throwing 100 pitches over six innings.
Verburg, a redshirt junior catcher, hit a two-run home run during CMU's three-run fourth inning.
Waters got inning-ending double plays in both the second and third innings. He walked two in the second and in the third, the Huskies loaded the bases when he induced the Husky cleanup hitter to hit into a 6-4-3 double play.
Jake Kutella delivered an RBI double in the fourth inning to put the Chippewas in front, 1-0, and then Verburg hit a two-out, two-run blast to left-center field on a full count.
It was his second career homer.
The Chippewas added three insurance runs in the fifth when they pieced together four singles and took advantage of a Houston Christian error.
CMU managed just four hits in the nightcap and Houston Christian jumped out to a 4-0 first-inning lead. Three of the runs were unearned as the Chippewas committed a costly error and a passed ball.
Redshirt junior right-hander Liam Stumpf started and took the loss. He surrendered five runs (two earned) on four hits over two innings.
Redshirt sophomore Jared Hanson struck out five over four scoreless innings in relief. Both his strikeouts and innings are career highs.
Kent State 4, Eastern Kentucky 2
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MOBILE- The Kent State Golden Flashes took down the Eastern Kentucky Colonels 4-2 in the 2025 season opener. This is the first opening day win for the Flashes since they took down Sam Houston State in 2018.
Gavin Jones got the start for the Flashes and after allowing a run in the first inning. After that the right-hander settled in quite nicely pitching another four clean innings striking out a total of five Colonels.
The Flashes took the lead in the bottom of the fourth and never looked back. Hayden Jatczak started off the inning with a double to right center and then was brought home just two pitches later when Jake Casey tripled to center. Casey would come in to score on a wild pitch to give Kent State a 2-1 lead.
The Flashes would extend their lead thanks to a pair of Luke Matthews sacrifice flies, one in the sixth to bring in Dom Kibler and one in the eighth to bring in Jatczak.
The duo of Benny Roebuck and Peyton Cariaco closed out the game for the Flashes. Roebuck entered the game in the sixth inning and pitched 2.1 innings allowing just two hits before turning the ball over to Cariaco who pitched the final 1.2 innings allowing just one run and earning his first save of the season.
Casey and Jatczak both recorded multi-hit day for the Flashes recording two and three respectively. In his Flashes debut Jatczak went 3-4 with two doubles and two runs scored. Also making their Kent State debuts were Micah Rienstra-Kiracofe, Luke Matthews, Sawyer Solitaria, and Max Humphrey. Rienstra-Kiracofe and Solitaria both recorded the first hits of their collegiate careers.
Bowling Green 7, Middle Tennessee 6
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Bowling Green State University baseball team began the 2025 season with a doubleheader against Middle Tennessee on Friday (Feb. 14). The Falcons and Blue Raiders split the doubleheader on a day that included 31 total runs scored. After being held scoreless in the first game, Bowling Green battled back to claim the second game in a 7-6 final. The series will conclude later this weekend with the exact day and time dependent on the weather. As of now, both BGSU and MTSU hold 1-1 records on the season ahead of the yet to be determined rubber match.
In the win, Landon Willeman produced 4.2 innings with six strikeouts in the start before handing the ball over to Luke Krouse who went on to claim the win. Titus Lotz offered two scoreless innings before Owen Poole closed it out in the ninth for his first career save. DJ Newman produced a four-hit game with two RBI while Gunner Antillon added three hits and a stolen base. Caden Parker clubbed a double and two RBI along with two runs scored as well.
