Collegiate 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]
The top four teams were seeded according conference winning percentage. Teams then played a double-elimination tournament.
Results
MAC tournament teams
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(1) Ball State Cardinals
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(2) Central Michigan Chippewas
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(3) Toledo Rockets
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(4) Ohio Bobcats
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Schedule
Game
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Time*
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Matchup#
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Score
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Television
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Attendance
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Wednesday, May 25
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1
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11:00 a.m.
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No. 2 Central Michigan vs. No. 3 Toledo
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11-10
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ESPN+
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286[6]
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Thursday, May 26
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2
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4:00 p.m.
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No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 4 Ohio
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6-4
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ESPN+
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425[7]
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Friday, May 27
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3
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9:00 a.m.
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No. 3 Toledo vs. No. 4 Ohio Elimination Game
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13-5
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ESPN+
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117 [8]
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4
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1:45 p.m.
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No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan
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9-7
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409 [9]
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Saturday, May 28
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5
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10:30 a.m.
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No. 2 Central Michigan vs. No. 3 Toledo Elimination Game
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10-7
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ESPN+
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126 [10]
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6
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3:15 p.m.
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No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan
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3-12
|
536 [11]
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Sunday, May 29
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7
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12:00 p.m.
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No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan
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7-11
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ESPN+
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689 [12]
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*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.
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Conference championship
MAC Championship
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(2) Central Michigan Chippewas
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vs.
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(1) Ball State Cardinals
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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
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(2) Central Michigan |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
11 |
17 |
2
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(1) Ball State |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
12 |
2
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WP: Adam Mrakitsch (6–1) LP: Sam Klein (4–3) Home runs: CMU: Mario Camilletti, Garrett Navarra, Robby Morgan IV Ball: None Attendance: 689
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All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[13]
Name |
School
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Garret Pike |
Toledo
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Mason Sykes |
Toledo
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Scott Mackiewicz |
Toledo
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Ryan Peltier |
Ball State
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Tyler Schweitzer |
Ball State
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Zach Cole |
Ball State
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Garrett Navarra (MVP) |
Central Michigan
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Robby Morgan IV |
Central Michigan
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Jakob Marsee |
Central Michigan
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Adam Markitsch |
Central Michigan
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References