2019 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

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2019 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCentral Michigan (3rd title)
Winning coachJordan Bischel (1st title)
MVPGriffin Lockwood-Powell ((Central Michigan))
TelevisionESPN+
2019 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Central Michigan  ‍†‍‡‍y 22 – 5 – 0   .815 47 – 14 – 0   .770
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 20 – 5 – 0   .800 38 – 19 – 0   .667
Kent State  ‍‍‍ 17 – 8 – 0   .680 30 – 24 – 0   .556
Miami (OH)  ‍‍‍ 15 – 11 – 0   .577 37 – 19 – 0   .661
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 14 – 12 – 0   .538 20 – 36 – 0   .357
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 12 – 14 – 0   .462 20 – 34 – 0   .370
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 11 – 14 – 0   .440 18 – 31 – 0   .367
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 8 – 18 – 0   .308 16 – 33 – 0   .327
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 6 – 21 – 0   .222 11 – 43 – 1   .209
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 4 – 21 – 0   .160 17 – 36 – 0   .321
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2019[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2019 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 26. The top six regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Sprenger Stadium in Avon, Ohio. The winner of the tournament, Central Michigan, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format[edit]

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.

Results[edit]

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Central Michigan18
3Kent State36Ohio9
6Ohio71Central Michigan8
2Ball State2
2Ball State10
4Miami (OH)05Northern Illinois4
5Northern Illinois4
1Central Michigan6–
2Ball State0–
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
5Northern Illinois711
6Ohio32Ball State8
4Miami (OH)5175Northern Illinois6
3Kent State56Ohio6
4Miami (OH)8

Conference championship[edit]

MAC Championship
(2) Ball State Cardinals vs. (1) Central Michigan Chippewas
May 26, 2019, 6:00 p.m. (EDT) at Sprenger Stadium in Avon, Ohio
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(2) Ball State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
(1) Central Michigan 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 X 6 7 2
WP: Jordan Patty (4–2)   LP: Mike Pachmayer (4–2)
Home runs:
BALL: None
CMU: Griffin Lockwood-Powell (12)
Attendance: 1,054

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mid-American Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  2. ^ "2018–19 Championship Dates" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  3. ^ "Chippewas Win First MAC Baseball Championship Since 1995". Mid-American Conference. May 25, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
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