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2023 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsBall State (2nd title)
Winning coachRich Maloney (1st title)
MVPAdam Tellier (Ball State)
TelevisionESPN+
2023 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Kent State ‍†‍‍ 24 – 6   .800 40 – 14   .741
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 19 – 11   .633 31 – 21   .596
Ball State ‍‍‡‍y 19 – 11   .633 33 – 21   .611
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 18 – 11   .621 21 – 29   .420
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500 19 – 30   .388
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16   .467 26 – 29   .473
Miami (OH)  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 21 – 35   .375
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 20 – 30   .400
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18   .400 27 – 26   .509
Akron  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18   .400 21 – 34   .382
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 5 – 24   .172 10 – 43   .189
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 20, 2023[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 27, 2023. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eleven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Schoonover Stadium in Kent, Ohio, the home field of Kent State who won the 2023 regular season conference title.[2]

Ball State won the tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3][4]

Seeding and format

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The top four teams were seeded according conference winning percentage. Teams then played a double-elimination tournament.

Team W–L Pct GB Seed Tiebreaker
Kent State 24–6 .800 - 1
Central Michigan 19–11 .633 5 2 CMU 3–0 v. Ball State
Ball State 19–11 .633 5 3 Ball State 0–3 v. CMU
Western Michigan 18–11 .621 5.5 4
Ohio 15–15 .500 9 -
Toledo 14–16 .467 10 -
Bowling Green 13–17 .433 11 - BGSU 2–1 vs. Miami
Miami 13–17 .433 11 - Miami 1–2 vs. BGSU
Eastern Michigan 12–18 .400 12 - EMU 2–1 vs. Akron
Akron 12–18 .400 12 - Akron 1–2 vs. EMU
Northern Illinois 5–24 .172 18.5 -

Results

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MAC tournament teams
(1) Kent State Golden Flashes (2) Central Michigan Chippewas (3) Ball State Cardinals (4) Western Michigan Broncos
First Round
May 24		Semifinal
May 25		Championship
May 27
1Kent State6
4Western Michigan4
1Kent State1
3Ball State6
2Central Michigan6
3Ball State7
3Ball State12-
1Kent State9-
Losers Bracket Semifinal
May 25		Losers Bracket Final
May 26
1Kent State10
4Western Michigan22Central Michigan2
2Central Michigan5

Schedule

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Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance
Wednesday, May 24
1 12:30 pm No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 4 Western Michigan 6–4 ESPN+ 313[5]
2 4:00 pm No. 2 Central Michigan vs. No. 3 Ball State 6–7 162[6]
Thursday, May 25
3 12:30 pm No. 2 Central Michigan vs. No. 4 Western Michigan
Elimination Game 		5–2 ESPN+ 121[7]
4 6:00 pm No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 3 Ball State 1–6 539[8]
Friday, May 26
5 12:30 pm No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan
Elimination Game 		10–2 ESPN+ 309[9]
Saturday, May 27
6 12:30 pm No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 3 Ball State
Championship Game 		9–12 ESPN+ 487[10]
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Conference championship

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May 27, 2023, 12:30 p.m. (EDT) at Schoonover Stadium in Kent, Ohio
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Ball State 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 4 12 14 0
Kent State 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 2 0 9 12 1
WP: Jacob Hartlaub (4-2)   LP: Mitchell Scott (2-2)
Home runs:
BALL: Adam Tellier, Blake Bevis, Logan Flood
KENT: Justin Miknis
Attendance: 487
Umpires: Sal Giacomantonio (HP), Kyle Reese (1B), James Muhleck (2B), Andy Dudones (3B)
Boxscore

All-Tournament Team

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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[11]

Name School
Cade Sullivan Western Michigan
Garrett Navara Central Michigan
Christian Mitchelle Central Michigan
Aidan Longwell Kent State
Kyle Jackson Kent State
Collin Mathews Kent State
Ryan Peltier Ball State
Adam Tellier (MVP) Ball State
Decker Scheffler Ball State
Trennor O'Donnell Ball State

References

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  1. ^ "Mid-American Conference baseball standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
  2. ^ "2022–23 Conference Standings". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "2022–23 Championship Dates" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "2023 MAC Baseball Championship". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  5. ^ Game 1 boxscore
  6. ^ Game 2 boxscore
  7. ^ Game 3 boxscore
  8. ^ Game 4 boxscore
  9. ^ Game 5 boxscore
  10. ^ Game 6 boxscore
  11. ^ "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's". Mid-American Sports. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
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