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2022 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

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.[2] Second-seeded Central Michigan won the tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3][4][5]

2022 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCentral Michigan (4th title)
Winning coachJordan Bischel (2nd title)
MVPGarrett Navarra (CMU)
TelevisionESPN+
2022 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Ball State ‍†‍‍ 32 – 7   .821 40 – 19   .678
Central Michigan ‍‍‡‍y 30 – 7   .811 42 – 17   .712
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 23 – 16   .590 33 – 25   .569
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 21 – 15   .583 30 – 24   .556
Kent State  ‍‍‍ 19 – 19   .500 24 – 29   .453
Miami (OH)  ‍‍‍ 18 – 22   .450 23 – 33   .411
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 16 – 24   .400 22 – 34   .393
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 15 – 24   .385 18 – 36   .333
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 14 – 24   .368 18 – 35   .340
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 13 – 25   .342 14 – 40   .259
Akron  ‍‍‍ 11 – 29   .275 15 – 41   .268
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of November 4, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Seeding and format

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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 .821 – 1
Central Michigan 30–7 .811 1 2
Toledo 23–16 .590 9 3
Ohio 21–15 .583 9.5 4
Kent State 19–19 .500 12.5 -
Miami 18–22 .450 14.5 -
Eastern Michigan 16–24 .400 16.5 -
Western Michigan 15–24 .385 17 -
Bowling Green 14–24 .368 17.5 -
Northern Illinois 13–25 .342 18.5 -
Akron 11–29 .275 21.5 -

Results

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MAC tournament teams
(1) Ball State Cardinals (2) Central Michigan Chippewas (3) Toledo Rockets (4) Ohio Bobcats
Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Ball State6
4Ohio4
1Ball State9
2Central Michigan7
2Central Michigan11
3Toledo10
1Ball State37
2Central Michigan1211
Lower round 1Lower final
2Central Michigan10
3Toledo133Toledo7
4Ohio5

Schedule

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Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance
Wednesday, May 25
1 11:00 a.m. No. 2 Central Michigan vs. No. 3 Toledo 11-10 ESPN+ 286[6]
Thursday, May 26
2 4:00 p.m. No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 4 Ohio 6-4 ESPN+ 425[7]
Friday, May 27
3 9:00 a.m. No. 3 Toledo vs. No. 4 Ohio
Elimination Game 		13-5 ESPN+ 117 [8]
4 1:45 p.m. No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan 9-7 409 [9]
Saturday, May 28
5 10:30 a.m. No. 2 Central Michigan vs. No. 3 Toledo
Elimination Game 		10-7 ESPN+ 126 [10]
6 3:15 p.m. No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan 3-12 536 [11]
Sunday, May 29
7 12:00 p.m. No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan 7-11 ESPN+ 689 [12]
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Conference championship

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MAC Championship
(2) Central Michigan Chippewas vs. (1) Ball State Cardinals
May 29, 2022, 12:00 p.m. (EDT) at Ball Diamond in Muncie, Indiana
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(2) Central Michigan 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 2 2 11 17 2
(1) Ball State 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 12 2
WP: Adam Mrakitsch (6–1)   LP: Sam Klein (4–3)
Home runs:
CMU: Mario Camilletti, Garrett Navarra, Robby Morgan IV
Ball: None
Attendance: 689

All-Tournament Team

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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[13]

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

References

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  1. ^ "Mid-American Conference baseball standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  2. ^ "2021–22 Conference Standings". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "2021–22 Championship Dates" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  4. ^ "2022 MAC Baseball Championship". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  5. ^ Tony Paul (May 7, 2021). "MAC's back! Conference restores eight championships cut amid pandemic". Detroit News. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  6. ^ Game 1 boxscore
  7. ^ Game 2 boxscore
  8. ^ Game 3 boxscore
  9. ^ Game 4 boxscore
  10. ^ Game 5 boxscore
  11. ^ Game 6 boxscore
  12. ^ Game 7 boxscore
  13. ^ "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's". Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
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