The 2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball team represented Bowling Green State University during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Falcons, led by head coach Kyle Hallock in his fourth season, were members of the Mid-American Conference, and played 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. On March 23, the Falcons defeated Akron 11–6 to advance to 8–0 in MAC play, the best conference start in program history. 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.

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

Previous season

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.

Personnel

Roster

2024 Bowling Green Falcons roster 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

2024 Bowling Green Falcons coaching staff Name Position Kyle Hallock Head coach Joey CooperAssistant Coach Joey GamacheAssistant Coach Matt RembielakAssistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator

Schedule and results 2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball game log (33–20) Regular season (32–18) February (2–4) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord MACRecord 1 February 16 at. Reese Smith Jr. Field 8–12 Akens (1–0) Newman (0–1) None 983 0–1 – 2 February 17 at. Middle Tennessee Reese Smith Jr. Field 4–5 Sells (1–0) Penrod (0–1) None 605 0–2 – 3 February 18 at. Middle Tennessee Reese Smith Jr. Field 7–3 Mitchell (1–0) Beranek (0–1) None 796 1–2 – 4 February 23 at. FedExPark 9–1 Newman (1–1) Warren (0–1) None 573 2–2 – 5 February 24 at. Memphis FedExPark 13–14 Sanders (1–0) Turner (0–1) None 502 2–3 – 6 February 25 at. Memphis FedExPark 7–13 Robinson (1–0) Mitchell (1–1) Durham (1) 435 2–4 – March (10–6) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord MACRecord 7 March 1 at. #8 Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 1–11 Causey (2–0) Newman (1–2) None 4,446 2–5 – 8 March 2 at. #8 Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 1–12 Beam (2–0) Good (0–1) None 5,343 2–6 – 9 March 3 at. #8 Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 6–16 Connell (1–0) Mitchell (1–2) None 5,385 2–7 – 10 March 8 at. McKie Field at Hayden Park 17–16 Turner (1–1) Galdoni (1–2) None N/A 3–7 1–0 11 March 9 at. Miami (OH)* McKie Field at Hayden Park 12–1 Good (1–1) Ross (0–1) None 107 4–7 2–0 12 March 10 at. Miami (OH)* McKie Field at Hayden Park 14–1012 Miller (1–0) Byers (0–1) None 124 5–7 3–0 13 March 13 at. Woerner Field 4–14 Newell (1–0) Arn (0–1) None 243 5–8 – 14 March 15 at. Ball Diamond 5–4 Newman (2–2) Blain (0–1) Turner (1) 237 6–8 4–0 15 March 16 at. Ball State* Ball Diamond 34–8 Miller (2–0) Schulfer (1–3) None 242 7–8 5–0 16 March 17 at. Ball State* Ball Diamond 15–8 Penrod (1–1) Hartlaub (1–1) None 241 8–8 6–0 17 March 19 at. Eastwood Field Canceled, inclement weather 8–8 – 18 March 22 Steller Field 10–1 Newman (3–2) Tourney (0–4) None 260 9–8 7–0 19 March 23 Akron* Steller Field 11–6 Miller (3–0) Kahook (1–1) None 250 10–8 8–0 20 March 24 Akron* Steller Field 15–5 Mitchell (2–2) Atkins (0–3) None 250 11–8 9–0 21 March 26 at. Frank Eck Stadium Canceled, inclement weather 11–8 – 22 March 28 at. J. Page Hayden Field 10–11 Hughes (1–3) Turner (1–2) None 300 11–9 – 23 March 29 at. Xavier J. Page Hayden Field 3–10 Schmidt (4–2) Good (1–2) None 30011–10 – 24 March 30 at. Xavier J. Page Hayden Field 8–4 Poole (1–0) Boyle (3–2) Penrod (1) 237 12–10 – April (12–4) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord MACRecord 25 April 2 at. Oakland University Baseball Field 17–187 Postponed, inclement weather. To be resumed May 1 26 April 5 at. Ralph McKinzie Field 7–4 Penrod (2–1) Stewart (0–2) None 28313–10 10–0 27 April 6 at. Northern Illinois* Ralph McKinzie Field 9–3 Good (2–2) Brouwer (3–4) None 27414–10 11–0 28 April 6 at. Northern Illinois* Ralph McKinzie Field 11–1 Willeman (1–0) Hann (0–1) None 47315–10 12–0 29 April 9 at. Bill Davis Stadium 4–6 Brown (3–0) Turner (1–3) Eckhardt (5) 1,199 15–11 – 30 April 10 Steller Field 8–7 Wilson (1–0) Fee (4–1) None 230 16–11 – 31 April 13 Steller Field 10–8 Newman (4–2) Mrakitsch (2–5) Wilson (1) 415 17–11 13–0 32 April 13Central Michigan* Steller Field 10–7 Seidel (1–0) Vitas (1–4) Turner (2) 415 18–11 14–0 33 April 14Central Michigan* Steller Field 18–1711 Ramos (1–0) Knorr (0–2) None 455 19–11 15–0 34 April 16 Youngstown State Steller Field 12–9Miller (4–0) Perez (0–1) Seidel (1) 244 20–11 – 35 April 19 Steller Field 14–5 Ramos (2–0) Masters (1–3) None 332 21–1116–0 36 April 20 Ohio* Steller Field 26–5 Good (3–2) Knapschaefer (3–3) None 526 22–11 17–0 37 April 21 Ohio* Steller Field 2–4 Weber (4–3) Wilson (1–1) None 245 22–12 17–1 38 April 23 Dayton Steller Field Canceled, inclement weather 22–12– 39 April 26 at. Schoonover Stadium 5–6 Cariaco (4–1) Wilson (1–2) None 711 22–13 17–2 40 April 27 at. Kent State* Schoonover Stadium 10–0 Good (4–2) Miceli (0–4) None 657 23–13 18–2 41 April 28 at. Kent State* Schoonover Stadium 2–12 Chalus (5–2) Willeman (1–1) None 662 23–14 18–3 42 April 30 Steller Field 17–9 Krouse (1–0) Shunck (1–4) None 317 24–14 19–3 May (8–4) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord MACRecord 25 (2) May 1 Oakland Steller Field18–21 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 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. Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium at John H. Kobs Field Canceled, inclement weather 26–17– 48 May 8 at. Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodon Field 5–2 Ramos (3–2) Evans (0–1) None 214 27–17 – 49 May 10 at. Oestrike Stadium 9–10 Sanfilipo (1–0) Penrod (2–2) None 449 27–18 20–6 50 May 11 at. Eastern Michigan* Oestrike Stadium 7–1 Willeman (2–2) Beckner (2–9) Arn (1) 368 28–18 21–6 51 May 12 at. Eastern Michigan* Oestrike Stadium 8–6 Miller (5–1) Lindsey (0–5) Turner (3) 350 29–18 22–6 51 May 16 Toledo* Steller Field 3–1 Seidel (2–0) Szynski (0–4) Turner (4) 306 30–18 23–6 52 May 17 Toledo* Fifth Third Field 8–6 Willeman (3–2) Johnson (3–3) Krouse (1) 2,942 31–18 24–6 53 May 18 Toledo* Steller Field 3–2 Penrod (3–2) Bergman (3–6) Turner (5) 450 32–18 25–6 Postseason (1–2) MAC Tournament (1–2) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord MACTRecord 54 May 23 No. 4 Miami (OH) 1 Mercy Health Stadium 12–4 Good (6–2) Mastrian IV (2–4) None N/A 33–18 1–0 55 May 24 No. 2 Western Michigan 1 Mercy Health Stadium 0–11 Vlcek (5–3) Willeman (3–3) None 1,248 33–19 1–1 56 May 25 No. 3 Ball State 1 Mercy Health Stadium 5–10 Klein (2–0) Ramos (3–1) None N/A 33–20 1–2

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