2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball team

The 2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball team represents Bowling Green State University during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Falcons were led by head coach Kyle Hallock in his fourth season, are a members of the Mid-American Conference, and played their home games at Steller Field in Bowling Green, Ohio.

2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball
MAC regular season champions
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record33–20 (25–6 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Matt Rembielak (4th season)
  • Joey Gamache (3rd season)
  • Joey Cooper (1st season)
Home stadiumSteller Field
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
2024 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Bowling Green ‍‍‍ 25 6 0   .806 33 20 0   .623
Western Michigan ‍‍y 19 11 0   .633 32 21 0   .604
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 18 12 0   .600 35 23 1   .602
Miami (OH)  ‍‍‍ 17 13 0   .567 27 27 0   .500
Kent State  ‍‍‍ 16 13 0   .552 26 27 0   .491
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 16 15 0   .516 27 32 0   .458
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 14 16 0   .467 21 33 0   .389
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 13 17 0   .433 18 32 0   .360
Akron  ‍‍‍ 10 19 0   .345 15 38 0   .283
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 9 21 0   .300 14 38 0   .269
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 8 22 0   .267 17 38 0   .309
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 25, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

On March 16, the Falcons set a program record with 33 runs batted in against Ball State in a 34–8 victory. The 34 runs scored were the most in a MAC game and second-most in program history.[2] On March 23, the Falcons defeated Akron 11–6 to advance to 8–0 in MAC play, the best conference start in program history.[3] The Falcons started MAC play 17–0 which was both a school and MAC record. They also started 10–0 at home which was also a program record.[4]

On May 12, Bowling Green defeated Eastern Michigan 8–6, which secured their first regular season championship since the 2009 season.[5]

Previous Season

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The Falcons finished the 2023 season 20–30, including 13–17 in conference play, finishing in seventh place in their conference. The Falcons did not qualify for the conference tournament.[6]

Personnel

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Roster

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2024 Bowling Green Falcons roster[7]
 

Pitchers

  • 11 – Nate Kress – Freshman
  • 12 – Connar Penrod – Junior
  • 14 – Carson Lumley –   Freshman
  • 17 – Rigo Ramos – Senior
  • 19 – Perry Miller – Sophomore
  • 20 – Kade Arn – Sophomore
  • 22 – Owen Poole – Freshman
  • 23 – Landon Willeman – Junior
  • 24 – Peyton Wilson – Senior
  • 25 – Nic Good – Junior
  • 26 – Titus Lotz – Freshman
  • 27 – Luke Krouse – Sophomore
  • 29 – Logan Bell – Senior
  • 30 – Jacob Turner – Sophomore
  • 31 – Isaiah Seidel – Senior
  • 32 – Levi Gazarek – Junior
  • 33 – Calvin Mitchell – Sophomore
  • 35 – Brock Amelung – Freshman
 

Catchers

  • 3 – Garrett Wright – Freshman
  • 34 – Zack Horky – Sophomore
  • 37 – Austin Morman – Freshman
  • 38 – Cooper McKenzie – Sophomore

Infielders

  • 1 – Caden Bates – Freshman
  • 4 – David Silva – Senior
  • 10 – TJ Takats – Freshman
  • 13 – Landon Roque – Senior
  • 16 – Alex Laird – Freshman
  • 18 – Tyler Ross – Senior
  • 21 – Sam Seidel – Sophomore
  • 43 – Brady Birchmeier –   Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 7 – Jack Krause – Senior
  • 8 – Nathan Archer – Junior
  • 14 – Gavin Ganun – Junior
  • 40 – Caden Parker – Junior

Utility

  • 9 – Leighton Banjoff – Senior
  • 28 – DJ Newman – Sophomore
 

Coaching Staff

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2024 Bowling Green Falcons coaching staff[7]
Name Position
Kyle Hallock Head coach
Joey Cooper Assistant Coach
Joey Gamache Assistant Coach
Matt Rembielak Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator

Schedule and results

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2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball game log (33–20)
Regular season (32–18)
Postseason (1–2)
  •   Win
  •   Loss
  •   Postponement
  • Bold: Falcons team member
  • Reference:[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Mid-American Conference baseball standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  2. ^ "Falcons Score 34 Runs, Set Program Record With 33 RBI". Bowling Green State University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  3. ^ "Falcons Achieve Best MAC Start In Program History With Saturday Win Over Akron". Bowling Green State University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  4. ^ "Historic Start For BGSU Baseball Closes With Ninth-Inning Ohio Rally". Bowling Green State University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  5. ^ "Falcons Tally First Outright MAC Title Since 2009, First Series Win In Ypsilanti Since 1999". Bowling Green State University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  6. ^ "2023 Baseball Schedule". Bowling Green State University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  7. ^ a b "2024 Baseball Roster". Bowling Green Falcons. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
  8. ^ "Tuesday Baseball Against Youngstown State Canceled". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green Atletics. March 19, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  9. ^ "Tuesday Baseball At Notre Dame Postponed". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green Atletics. March 26, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  10. ^ "The umpires of today's game have deemed the game unsafe to continue. The game has been suspended and will be concluded when Oakland visits Bowling Green on May 1 before the regularly scheduled second meeting between the teams.END 6 BGSU 17, Oakland 18 #AyZiggy". twitter.com. BGSU Baseball. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  11. ^ "BGSU-Dayton Baseball Game Wednesday Canceled". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green Atletics. April 24, 2024. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  12. ^ "BGSU-Michigan State Tuesday Baseball Canceled". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green Atletics. May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  13. ^ "2024 Baseball Schedule". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green State University. June 6, 2022.