The 2022 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 29. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eleven teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Ball Diamond in Muncie, Indiana, the home field of Ball State who finished 2022 with the highest regular season winning percentage. Second-seeded Central Michigan won the tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
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 Ball State 32–7 – 1 Central Michigan 30–7 2 Toledo 23–16 3 Ohio 21–15 4 Kent State 19–19 - Miami 18–22 - Eastern Michigan 16–24 - Western Michigan 15–24 - Bowling Green 14–24 - Northern Illinois 13–25 - Akron 11–29 -
Results MAC tournament teams(1) Ball State Cardinals(2) Central Michigan Chippewas(3) Toledo Rockets(4) Ohio Bobcats
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision Attendance Wednesday, May 25 1 11:00 a.m. No. 2 Central Michigan vs. No. 3 Toledo 11-10 ESPN+ 286Game 1 boxscore Thursday, May 26 2 4:00 p.m. No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 4 Ohio 6-4 ESPN+ 425Game 2 boxscore Friday, May 27 3 9:00 a.m. No. 3 Toledo vs. No. 4 Ohio Elimination Game 13-5 ESPN+117 Game 3 boxscore 4 1:45 p.m. No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan 9-7 409 Game 4 boxscore Saturday, May 28 5 10:30 a.m. No. 2 Central Michigan vs. No. 3 Toledo Elimination Game 10-7 ESPN+ 126 Game 5 boxscore 6 3:15 p.m. No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan 3-12 536 Game 6 boxscore Sunday, May 29 7 12:00 p.m. No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan 7-11 ESPN+ 689 Game 7 boxscore *Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.
Conference championship MAC Championship(2) Central Michigan Chippewasvs.(1) Ball State Cardinals
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Name School Garret Pike Toledo Mason Sykes Toledo Scott Mackiewicz Toledo Ryan Peltier Ball State Tyler Schweitzer Ball State Zach Cole Ball State Garrett Navarra (MVP) Central Michigan Robby Morgan IV Central Michigan Jakob Marsee Central Michigan Adam Markitsch Central Michigan
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