Falcons To Conclude Homestand With Wednesday Matchup Against Dayton

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University baseball team will conclude their nine-game homestand on Wednesday (April 24) against the Dayton Flyers. BGSU and Dayton will play their second matchup of the season at Steller Field with a 3 p.m. start. The two teams faced in Dayton earlier this season with Dayton taking a 14-4 final on March 13.

Current Week Schedule
Wednesday, April 24 | 3 p.m. | vs. Dayton
Friday, April 25 | 6 p.m. | at Kent State
Saturday, April 26 | 3 p.m. | at Kent State
Sunday, April 27 | 1 p.m. | at Kent State

Scouting Dayton
Since the last meeting with the Falcons, Dayton has posted a record of 15-7 with a game scheduled for tonight (April 23) against Eastern Kentucky at 7 p.m. Two of the 15 wins have come against MAC opponents, topping Akron by a score of 12-7 on April 9 and again on April 16 with a 20-6 final. For the season, Dayton is 25-14 overall while being 7-4 within A-10 play.

Series History

The Falcons and Flyers have met 72 times previously in program history with Bowling Green holding the all-time advantage with a record of 47-25.
Over the last 10 meetings, the series is split at 5-5.
BGSU's last win over Dayton came at home on April 3, 2019 with a 12-8 final.
Dayton won the first meeting this season, 14-4, on March 13.

What To Watch For

Bowling Green currently has the third-highest scoring offense in the nation, averaging 10.1 runs per game. Only Wofford (11.2) and Tennessee (10.4) average more.
Through 34 games, the Falcons have scored 7+ runs in 25 games and 10+ runs in 17 games, including a nation-leading 34 runs against Ball State on March 16.
The Falcons are 10-1 at home this season marking double-digit home wins for the first time 2019 (10). A win against Dayton would give BGSU 11 wins at home for the first time since 2015 (13).
BGSU is averaging 1.82 home runs per game, placing the Falcons 23rd in the nation and first in the MAC for the stat. On the year, Bowling Green has blasted 62 home runs in 34 games.
Sam Seidel has reached base in every game he's played in this season for the Falcons, bringing his on-base streak to 27 games this season. Dating back to last season, Seidel has reached base in 38-straight games.

History Ends As Last Team Standing
The Falcons historic start to both MAC play and at home closed on Sunday (April 21). The Falcons 17-0 record marked the best start in MAC play in conference history and the second-best MAC start in BGSU Athletics history behind only volleyball's 18-0 start in 2020-21. Additionally, the Falcons tallied a 10-0 start at home for the first time in program history. Entering Sunday, BGSU was one of two teams in the nation still unbeaten in conference play, joined by the MAAC's Niagara. Niagara also lost on Sunday, but went final before BGSU, leaving the Falcons as the nation's final unbeaten team in conference play.

Rare Company
The Falcons are one of just 11 teams in the nation currently to be in the Top 26 for batting average (21st), on-base percentage (13th) and slugging percentage (26th). So far this season, the Falcons have produced a slash line of .312/.430/.522 through the first 34 games of the season. In addition to being inside the Top 26 in the nation, the Falcons currently lead the Mid-American Conference in both on-base percentage and slugging percentage and rank second in batting average behind only Western Michigan (17th in the nation, .314).

Walking Into The Record Book
The Falcons are closing in on the record book in the walks category in three different ways. As a team, BGSU has drawn 212 walks this season, 41 shy of matching the program record of 253 set in 1978. Of those 212 walks, Leighton Banjoff has drawn 32. He needs 38 to break into the Top 10 all-time for single season walks. As for career marks, Jack Krause has 89 walks as a Falcon, needing 94 to enter the Top 10 all-time for career walks drawn.

Archer Making History
Nathan Archer has already entered the BGSU record book three times this season and is closing in on doing it three more times. Archer's 31 career home runs are currently tied for eighth all-time, his nine career triples are tied for ninth all-time and his 14 home runs this season are tied for 10th all-time. For career stats, Archer has 302 total bases as a Falcon, needing 319 total, 17 more, to break into the top 10 all-time. As for the single-season records, Archer is closing in on two. This season he has 48 runs scored, needing four more to reach 52 and enter the top 10. He has also logged 44 RBI this season, sitting 10 shy of reaching the needed 54 RBI to enter the top 10 for the stat.

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