Kent State University
41-15
Ball State
35-21
Flashes Fall to Cardinals, 6-1
5/25/2023 8:35:00 PM | Baseball
KENT-The Golden Flashes dropped the winner's bracket game on Thursday night, falling 6-1 to Ball State.
The story of Thursday night was Ball State starter Trennor O'Donnell who out dueled Joe Whitman in a match-up of first-team all-conference hurlers. Whitman was excellent, throwing seven innings of two earned run ball, but it was a string of four base hits in the fifth inning that proved to be the difference. Ball State struck for four in that frame, all with two out, breaking a scoreless tie.
That was the difference in the ball game, the Flashes were able to get two runners on in the sixth, the only time they got a runner into scoring position before the ninth. Ball State added insurance in the ninth before Michael McNamara knocked in Aidan Longwell who hit a two-out double in the ninth.
The loss drops the Golden Flashes into an elimination game on Friday afternoon against Central Michigan at 12:30 p.m. The winner of tomorrow's contest will advance on to championship Saturday and a rematch with Ball State.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: T. O'Donnell (5-3)
L: Whitman, Joe (9-2)
Batting:
2B: Ryan Peltier 1
RBI: Ryan Peltier 2 ; D. Scheffler 1 ; Adam Tellier 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ryan Peltier 1 ; D. Scheffler 1 ; Adam Tellier 1 ; Blake Bevis 1 ; Nick Gregory 2
SB: Nick Gregory 1
CS: Ryan Peltier 1
Batting:
2B: Longwell, Aidan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Longwell, Aidan 1
CS: Mathews, Collin 1
