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
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 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 22–26. 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[]

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[]

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  3 Kent State 3     1 Central Michigan 18  
  6 Ohio 7     6 Ohio 9    
      1 Central Michigan 8              
      2 Ball State 2              
  4 Miami (OH) 0     2 Ball State 10          
  5 Northern Illinois 4     5 Northern Illinois 4        
        1 Central Michigan 6 –
Loser's Bracket       2 Ball State 0 –
  3 Kent State 5        
  4 Miami (OH) 8          
      4 Miami (OH) 517        
      6 Ohio 6          
            6 Ohio 3              
          5 Northern Illinois 6              
      5 Northern Illinois 711    
    2 Ball State 8  

Conference championship[]

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[]

  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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