2023 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

2023 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Schoonover Stadium; Kent, Ohio;
Champions	Ball State (2nd title)
Winning coach	Rich Maloney (1st title)
MVP	Adam Tellier (Ball State)
Television	ESPN+
	← 2022; MAC baseball tournament; 2024 →;

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]

2023 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
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

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	-

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

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	ESPN+	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	ESPN+	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.

May 27, 2023, 12:30 p.m. (EDT) at Schoonover Stadium in Kent, Ohio
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

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[11]