Falcons Close Out First Conference Weekend Of The Season Against OU

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ATHENS, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University baseball team played a doubleheader against the Ohio Bobcats on Saturday (March 11) to wrap up the first series of the conference season. Sam Seidel continued a six-game hitting streak and a four-game stolen base streak in addition to his first collegiate home run. Nathan Archer had a strong day at the plate, going a perfect 3-for-3 in the first game. Ohio took both games of the day, winning two of the three for the series.

HOW IT HAPPENED: GAME ONE

Ohio scored the first two runs of the game in the bottom of the first to take an early 2-0 lead.
Bowling Green responded quickly, tying it up in the top of the second. Tyler Ross reached on an error before Krause singled to put two on with no outs. Both runners moved up on a groundout. A wild pitch brought home Ross for the first run with Krause scoring on a Ryan Johnston single to knot it up at 2-2.
The Falcons weren't done in the second. Johnston stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch, setting up another run for the Falcons on a sacrifice fly by Nathan Archer to make it a 3-2 BGSU lead.
The Bobcats retaliated with eight runs in the bottom of the second to move ahead 10-3.
OU added another tally in the fourth inning to push the score to the eventual 11-3 final.

STAT LEADERS: GAME ONE

Nathan Archer: 3-for-3, 1 RBI
Jack Krause: 2-for-3, 1 R
Ryan Johnston: 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB
Sam Seidel: 1-for-3, 1 SB
Adam Fallon: 1-for-3
Isaiah Seidel: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R/ER, 2 K
Perry Miller: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER
Jacob Turner: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R/ER

HOW IT HAPPENED: GAME TWO

The Falcons struck first in game one. Nathan Archer drew a walk before stealing second to set up an RBI single for Nathan Rose, scoring Archer and giving BGSU a quick 1-0 lead.
The lead held until the bottom of the fourth when the Bobcats scored two to move in front 2-1.
Bowling Green answered with a three-run top of the fifth. Ryan Johnston was hit by a pitch followed by a two-run home run off the bat of freshman Sam Seidel, his first collegiate home run, to make it a 3-2 Falcons lead.
After the home run, Archer singled through the left side before stealing second and taking third on a pass ball. A grounder by Nathan Rose was enough for Archer to score, giving BGSU a 4-2 advantage at the game's halfway point.
In the bottom of the sixth, four straight singles for the Bobcats loaded the bases and brought a run home before a pitching change with the Falcons up 4-3.
Another single after the change on the mound tied the game at 4-4. The inning totaled four runs for Ohio, giving them a 6-4 lead through six innings.

STAT LEADERS: GAME TWO

Sam Seidel: 1-for-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 R, 2 SB
Nathan Rose: 1-for-4, 2 RBI
Nathan Archer: 1-for-4, 2 R, 2 SB
Kyle Gurney: 1-for-4, 1 2B
Owen Recker: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 1 K
DJ Newman: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R/ER

FALCON STAT FACTS

Sam Seidel logged a hit in both games for the Falcons, extending his hitting streak to six games. Seidel also blasted his first home run with BGSU. The two-run shot marked his second multiple-RBI game of the season. Seidel has also recorded at least one stolen base in four straight games, now with five over the last four games.
Nathan Archer recorded at least one hit in each game for the Falcons, ending the day 4-for-7 with two runs scored, two stolen bases and an RBI.
In game one, Isaiah Seidel made his first appearance of the season, tossing two scoreless innings, giving up just one walk, no hits and striking out two.
As a team, the Falcons stole two bases in the first game and five in the second. Through the first 13 games of the season, BGSU now has 24 stolen bases.

UP NEXT
The Falcons will play a two-game midweek series against Oakland for their next two contests. BGSU will head to Rochester, Mich. on Tuesday (March 14) for a 2:30 p.m. start. The Falcons and Golden Grizzlies will then move the series to Bowling Green on Wednesday (March 15) for the Falcons' home opener, scheduled for a 3 p.m. first pitch.

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