2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball team

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2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record26–17 (20–5 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  ‍‍‍ 18 3 0   .857 23 14 0   .622
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 13 8 0   .619 22 18 0   .550
Miami (OH)  ‍‍‍ 14 10 0   .583 22 19 0   .537
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 12 9 0   .571 25 18 1   .580
Kent State  ‍‍‍ 12 9 0   .571 22 20 0   .524
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 13 11 0   .542 20 24 0   .455
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 9 12 0   .429 15 28 0   .349
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 8 13 0   .381 13 29 0   .310
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 9 15 0   .375 14 25 0   .359
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 6 15 0   .286 15 29 0   .341
Akron  ‍‍‍ 6 15 0   .286 11 32 0   .256
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of April 29, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

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

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]

Previous Season[edit]

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.[5]

Personnel[edit]

Roster[edit]

2024 Bowling Green Falcons roster[6]
 

Pitchers

  • 11 – Nate Kress – Freshman
  • 12 – Connar Penrod – Junior
  • 14 – Carson Lumley – Redshirt 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 – Redshirt 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[edit]

2024 Bowling Green Falcons coaching staff[6]
Name Position
Kyle Hallock Head coach
Joey Cooper Assistant Coach
Joey Gamache Assistant Coach
Matt Rembielak Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator

Schedule and results[edit]

2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball game log (26–17)
May (2–3)
# Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall
Record
MAC
Record
43 May 1 Oakland Steller Field 18–21 Fekete (4–3) Wilson (1–3) None 171 24–15
43 May 1 Oakland Steller Field 19–8 Arn (1–1) Smith (1–1) None 181 25–15
44 May 3 Western Michigan* Steller Field 8–3 Good (5–2) Miller (3–5) Seidel (2) 265 26–15 20–3
45 May 4 Western Michigan* Steller Field 4–6 Vlcek (4–2) Willeman (1–2) Thelen (1) 313 26–16 20–4
46 May 5 Western Michigan* Steller Field 0–11 Shapiro (1–1) Miller (4–1) None 315 26–17 20–5
47 May 7 at. Michigan State Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium at John H. Kobs Field
48 May 8 at. Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodon Field
49 May 10 at. Eastern Michigan* Oestrike Stadium
50 May 11 at. Eastern Michigan* Oestrike Stadium
51 May 12 at. Eastern Michigan* Oestrike Stadium
51 May 16 Toledo* Steller Field
52 May 17 Toledo* Fifth Third Field
53 May 18 Toledo* Steller Field
  •   Win
  •   Loss
  •   Postponement
  • Bold: Falcons team member
  • Reference:[11]

References[edit]

  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. ^ "2023 Baseball Schedule". Bowling Green State University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  6. ^ a b "2024 Baseball Roster". Bowling Green Falcons. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
  7. ^ "Tuesday Baseball Against Youngstown State Canceled". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green Atletics. March 19, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  8. ^ "Tuesday Baseball At Notre Dame Postponed". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green Atletics. March 26, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "BGSU-Dayton Baseball Game Wednesday Canceled". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green Atletics. April 24, 2024. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  11. ^ "2024 Baseball Schedule". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green State University. June 6, 2022.