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.
Ball State won the tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 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 Tiebreaker 24–6 - 1 19–11 2 CMU 3–0 v. Ball State 19–11 3 Ball State 0–3 v. CMU 18–11 4 15–15 - 14–16 - 13–17 - BGSU 2–1 vs. Miami 13–17 - Miami 1–2 vs. BGSU 12–18 - EMU 2–1 vs. Akron 12–18 - Akron 1–2 vs. EMU 5–24 -
Results MAC tournament teams(1) Kent State Golden Flashes(2) Central Michigan Chippewas(3) Ball State Cardinals(4) Western Michigan Broncos
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision Attendance Wednesday, May 24 1 12:30 pm No. 1 vs. No. 4 6–4 ESPN+ 313Game 1 boxscore 2 4:00 pm No. 2 vs. No. 3 6–7 162Game 2 boxscore Thursday, May 25 3 12:30 pm No. 2 Central Michigan vs. No. 4 Western Michigan Elimination Game 5–2 ESPN+ 121Game 3 boxscore 4 6:00 pm No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 3 Ball State 1–6 539Game 4 boxscore Friday, May 26 5 12:30 pm No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan Elimination Game 10–2 ESPN+ 309Game 5 boxscore Saturday, May 27 6 12:30 pm No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 3 Ball StateChampionship Game 9–12 ESPN+ 487Game 6 boxscore *Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. Conference championship
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Name School Cade Sullivan Western Michigan Garrett Navara Central Michigan Christian Mitchelle Central Michigan Aidan Longwell Kent State Kyle Jackson Kent State Collin Mathews Kent State Ryan Peltier Ball State Adam Tellier (MVP) Ball State Decker Scheffler Ball State Trennor O'Donnell Ball State
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