2024 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

2024 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsWestern Michigan (2nd title)
Winning coachBilly Gernon (1st title)
MVPDylan Nevar (Western Michigan)
TelevisionESPN+
2024 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Bowling Green ‍†‍‍ 25 – 6 – 0   .806 33 – 20 – 0   .623
Western Michigan ‍‍‡‍y 19 – 11 – 0   .633 32 – 21 – 0   .604
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12 – 0   .600 35 – 23 – 1   .602
Miami (OH)  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13 – 0   .567 27 – 27 – 0   .500
Kent State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 13 – 0   .552 26 – 27 – 0   .491
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 16 – 15 – 0   .516 27 – 32 – 0   .458
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16 – 0   .467 21 – 33 – 0   .389
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17 – 0   .433 18 – 32 – 0   .360
Akron  ‍‍‍ 10 – 19 – 0   .345 15 – 38 – 0   .283
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21 – 0   .300 14 – 38 – 0   .269
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 8 – 22 – 0   .267 17 – 38 – 0   .309
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 25, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Mid-American Conference for the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season, held from May 21–25 at Crushers Stadium in Avon, Ohio.[2] Western Michigan earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Seeding and format

The top six teams were seeded according conference winning percentage. Teams then played a double-elimination tournament with the top two seeds each receiving a single bye. This style of seeding was last used in the 2019 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament.

Seed School Conference
record 		Tiebreaker
1 Bowling Green 25–6
2 Western Michigan 19–11
3 Ball State 18–12
4 Miami (OH) 17–13
5 Kent State 16–13
6 Toledo 16–15

Results

MAC tournament teams
(1) Bowling Green Falcons (2) Western Michigan Broncos (3) Ball State Cardinals (4) Miami RedHawks (5) Kent State Golden Flashes (6) Toledo Rockets
Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Bowling Green12
3Ball State54Miami (OH)4
6Toledo11Bowling Green0
2Western Michigan11
2Western Michigan8
4Miami (OH)53Ball State0
5Kent State2
2Western Michigan10–
3Ball State3–
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
1Bowling Green5
3Ball State43Ball State10
4Miami (OH)46Toledo3
6Toledo86Toledo8
5Kent State2

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance
Wednesday, May 22
1 12:30 pm No. 3 Ball State vs. No. 6 Toledo 5–1 ESPN+ N/A[3]
2 6:00 pm No. 4 Miami (OH) vs. No. 5 Kent State 5–2 919[4]
Thursday, May 23
3 10:30 am No. 6 Toledo vs. No. 5 Kent State
Elimination Game 		8–2 ESPN+ N/A[5]
4 2:30 pm No. 1 Bowling Green vs. No. 4 Miami (OH) 12–4 N/A[6]
5 6:30 pm No. 2 Western Michigan vs. No. 3 Ball State 8–0 1,227[7]
Friday, May 24
6 10:00 am No. 6 Toledo vs. No. 4 Miami (OH)
Elimination Game 		8–4 ESPN+ N/A[8]
7 2:00 pm No. 6 Toledo vs. No. 3 Ball State
Elimination Game 		3–4 N/A[9]
8 6:00 pm No. 1 Bowling Green vs. No. 2 Western Michigan 0–11 1,248[10]
Saturday, May 25
9 12:30 pm No. 1 Bowling Green vs. No. 3 Ball State
Elimination Game 		5–10 ESPN+ N/A[11]
10 6:00 pm No. 2 Western Michigan vs. No. 3 Ball State 10–3 956[12]
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Conference championship

May 25, 2024, 6:02 p.m. (EDT) at Mercy Health Stadium in Avon, Ohio
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Ball State 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 10 1
Western Michigan 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 x 10 15 1
WP: Joe Shapiro (5-0)   LP: Logan Schulfer (1-4)
Home runs:
BALL: None
WM: Josh Swinehart (6)
Attendance: 956
Umpires: Sal Giacomantonio (HP), Michael Schultz (1B), Michael Wiseman (2B), Stephen Linton (3B)
Boxscore

All-Tournament Team

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

Name School
Garret Pike Toledo
Jack Krause Bowling Green
Matt Gonzalez Ball State
Merritt Beeker Ball State
Sam Klein Ball State
Dylan Nevar (MVP) Western Michigan
Josh Swinehart Western Michigan
Cade Sullivan Western Michigan
Nolan Vlcek Western Michigan
Brady Miller Western Michigan

References

  1. ^ "Mid-American Conference baseball standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  2. ^ "Kent State Selected as Favorite in MAC Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll". getsomemaction.com. February 13, 2024.
  3. ^ Game 1 boxscore
  4. ^ Game 2 boxscore
  5. ^ Game 3 boxscore
  6. ^ Game 4 boxscore
  7. ^ Game 5 boxscore
  8. ^ Game 6 boxscore
  9. ^ Game 7 boxscore
  10. ^ Game 8 boxscore
  11. ^ Game 9 boxscore
  12. ^ Game 10 boxscore
  13. ^ "Western Michigan Captures Program's Second MAC Baseball Tournament Title". Mid-American Sports. May 25, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2024.