2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball team

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.

2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	26–17 (20–5 MAC)
Head coach	Kyle Hallock (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Matt Rembielak (4th season) Joey Gamache (3rd season) Joey Cooper (1st season)
Home stadium	Steller Field

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 Rankings from D1Baseball

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.

Previous Season

Main article: List of Bowling Green Falcons baseball seasons

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 Cooper	Assistant Coach
Joey Gamache	Assistant Coach
Matt Rembielak	Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator

Schedule and results

2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball game log (26–17)
February (2–4) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record MAC Record 1 February 16 at. Middle Tennessee 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. Memphis 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 Overall Record MAC Record 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. Miami (OH)* 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. Dayton Woerner Field 4–14 Newell (1–0) Arn (0–1) None 243 5–8 – 14 March 15 at. Ball State* 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. Youngstown State Eastwood Field Canceled, inclement weather 8–8 – 18 March 22 Akron* 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. Notre Dame Frank Eck Stadium Canceled, inclement weather 11–8 – 22 March 28 at. Xavier 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 300 11–10 – 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 Overall Record MAC Record 25 April 2 at. Oakland Oakland University Baseball Field 17–187 Postponed, inclement weather. To be resumed May 1 26 April 5 at. Northern Illinois* Ralph McKinzie Field 7–4 Penrod (2–1) Stewart (0–2) None 283 13–10 10–0 27 April 6 at. Northern Illinois* Ralph McKinzie Field 9–3 Good (2–2) Brouwer (3–4) None 274 14–10 11–0 28 April 6 at. Northern Illinois* Ralph McKinzie Field 11–1 Willeman (1–0) Hann (0–1) None 473 15–10 12–0 29 April 9 at. Ohio State Bill Davis Stadium 4–6 Brown (3–0) Turner (1–3) Eckhardt (5) 1,199 15–11 – 30 April 10 Purdue Fort Wayne Steller Field 8–7 Wilson (1–0) Fee (4–1) None 230 16–11 – 31 April 13 Central Michigan* Steller Field 10–8 Newman (4–2) Mrakitsch (2–5) Wilson (1) 415 17–11 13–0 32 April 13 Central Michigan* Steller Field 10–7 Seidel (1–0) Vitas (1–4) Turner (2) 415 18–11 14–0 33 April 14 Central Michigan* Steller Field 18–1711 Ramos (1–0) Knorr (0–2) None 455 19–11 15–0 34 April 16 Youngstown State Steller Field 12–9 Miller (4–0) Perez (0–1) Seidel (1) 244 20–11 – 35 April 19 Ohio* Steller Field 14–5 Ramos (2–0) Masters (1–3) None 332 21–11 16–0 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. Kent State* 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 Toledo* Steller Field 17–9 Krouse (1–0) Shunck (1–4) None 317 24–14 19–3 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 MAC Tournament # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record MAC Record 54 May 22 TBD Mercy Health Stadium
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