ROCHESTER, Mich. – The Bowling Green State University baseball team picked up the road win on Wednesday against the Oakland Golden Grizzlies, capturing a 12-2 final.
The Falcons scored the game’s first run in the first before Oakland evened the tally in the third at 1-1. It wasn’t until the sixth inning that the Falcons reclaimed the lead with a pair of runs. From there, BGSU scored three runs in the seventh, three in the eighth and another three in the ninth while the bullpen gave up just one run to secure the victory.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Nathan Archer doubled to right center to start the game. Sam Seidel followed with a single through the left side, but Archer was thrown out trying for third. A single from Kyle Gurney put runners at the corners before a wild pitch brought home Seidel for the game’s first run.
Oakland responded with a run in the bottom of the third to knot the game up at 1-1 through three innings played.
Moving to the sixth inning, Adam Fallon began with a single to left. Later in the inning, Jack Krause doubled to right center, putting runners at second and third with one out for BGSU. Ryan Johnston stepped in next and knocked a single to left, scoring both Fallon and Krause to push the Falcons ahead 3-1.
The Falcons added to their lead in the seventh. Gurney drew a walk and stole second with Tyler Ross also walking. Fallon hit his first triple of the season to right center, scoring both Gurney and Ross to stretch the BGSU lead to 5-1.
In the next at-bat, Gavin Ganun grounded out, but it was enough to score Fallon and make it a 6-1 Bowling Green advantage.
With two outs in the eighth inning, Sam Seidel crushed his third home run in the last four games to give BGSU a 7-1 lead.
The two-out rally continued for the Falcons with Gurney reaching on a dropped third strike. Ross singled to right, putting runners at the corners for a Nathan Rose single that scored Gurney. The inning ended with Rose being caught stealing, but the rundown lasted long enough for Ross to score and make it a 9-1 lead.
Oakland added a run in the bottom of the eighth to cut the score to 9-2.
The Falcons responded with three more runs in the ninth. Fallon began the inning with a walk followed by a pinch hit hit by pitch to Parker Hydrick. Krause also walked to load the bases for a fielder’s choice grounder by Johnston, scoring Fallon.
Nathan Archer drew a walk as well to load the bases again. Another walk, this time to Seidel, brought home Hydrick. The last run crossed on a Gurney sacrifice fly to score Johnston and push the score to 12-2.
STAT LEADERS
DJ Newman: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R/ER, 2 K
Luke Krouse: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R/ER
Landon Willeman: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R/ER, 2 K
Logan Bell: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R/ER
Peyton Wilson: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R/ER
Kade Arn: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R/ER, 1 K
Sam Seidel: 2-for-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB
Adam Fallon: 2-for-3, 1 3B, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 1 SB
Jack Krause: 2-for-3, 1 2B, 1 R, 2 BB
Nathan Archer: 2-for-5, 1 2B, 1 BB
Ryan Johnston: 1-for-4, 3 RBI, 1 R
Kyle Gurney: 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB
Nathan Rose: 1-for-3, 1 RBI
Tyler Ross: 1-for-4, 2 R, 1 BB
FALCON STAT FACTS
The win marks the first time the Falcons have won consecutive games against Oakland since the 2007-08 seasons, capping a five-game winning streak in the all-time series at the time.
Kyle Gurney registered a single in the first inning to push his hitting streak to five games and has now reached in 25 of the last 26 games.
With a leadoff double to start the game, Nathan Archer extended his on-base streak to 14 games for the Orange and Brown. Archer also now has a five-game hitting streak, batting .429 (9-for-21) with six runs scored, six RBI, four home runs and two doubles.
Ryan Johnston hit a two-RBI single in the sixth inning, extending his hitting streak to five games with eight RBI over the stretch.
DJ Newman made his first start on the mound for the Falcons and tossed a career-high three innings, striking out two.
Logan Bell pitched another scoreless frame for the Falcons. Bell has not allowed a run this year over five appearances, totaling 3.2 innings of work.
UP NEXT
The Falcons will stick with the non-conference play this weekend, facing Virginia Tech for a trio of games this weekend. BGSU will play a doubleheader on Saturday before wrapping up the series on Sunday. The entirety of the series will be available to stream on ACCNX.
