2023 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Ball State (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Rich Maloney (1st title) |
| MVP | Adam Tellier (Ball State) |
| Television | ESPN+ |
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| 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
| 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
- ^ "Mid-American Conference baseball standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
- ^ "2022–23 Conference Standings". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
- ^ "2022–23 Championship Dates" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
- ^ "2023 MAC Baseball Championship". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
- ^ Game 1 boxscore
- ^ Game 2 boxscore
- ^ Game 3 boxscore
- ^ Game 4 boxscore
- ^ Game 5 boxscore
- ^ Game 6 boxscore
- ^ "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's". Mid-American Sports. Retrieved June 1, 2023.