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Zips Welcome Bowling Green This Weekend
March 12 | Baseball
AKRON, Ohio - The Akron baseball team concludes its eight-game home stand when it welcomes Bowling Green for three games starting on Friday, March 14.
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INSIDE THE SERIES
Bowling Green Leads 52-32 | Faulds vs BG: 0-3
First Met: 1963 (Bowling Green 4, Akron 0)
Last Met: Mar. 24, 2024 (Bowling Green 15, Akron 5)
COMMON OPPONENTS (Non-MAC Schools)
Dayton (A-10), Youngstown State (Horizon), Michigan (BIG 10)
SCOUTING REPORT
The Bowling Green Falcons come into the series with a 10-5 overall record and a 3-0 record in the MAC.
BGSU is on a five-game winning streak after sweeping Ohio in three tight games while defeating Dayton and Tiffin in a pair of mid-week contests. All three of the wins against Ohio saw the Falcons win by three or fewer runs.
Garrett Wright leads the Falcons in hits (22), doubles (5) and triples (2). Brady Birchmeier leads the way in RBI (20) while Gunner Antillon has the most stolen bases (5).
On the mound, three Falcons have posted two wins this season. Connar Penrod leads the way in ERA (0.00) and saves (3) while posting a 1-0 record in five appearances and 10.1 innings of work. Nic Good has thrown a team-high 18.1 innings and leads the Falcons in strikeouts (19).
ZIPS AT A GLANCE
Akron comes into the series with BGSU with a 6-10 overall record and a 0-3 record in the MAC.
The Zips recently took down Dayton, 10-5, on March 11. At the plate, the Zips saw Jack Poist, Max Bowman, Blake Bowen, Andrew Horvath and Caden Matlon all record two hits. Matlon added a double, a walk and three RBI while Bowen recorded a home run and three RBI.
Jack Poist leads the Zips in batting average (.350), hits (21), and stolen bases (9) and is tied for the lead with Matlon and Bowne in home runs (2), Andrew Horvath is the leader in doubles (7), two Zips have hits triples while Max Bowman is the leader in RBI (16).
On the mound, Johnny Anservitz leads the way for ERA (0.00) with a 1-0 record in five appearances and 7.2 innings of work. Six different Zips have recorded a win while Anservitz holds the lone save of the season. Jared Schaeffer leads the pitching staff in innings pitched (19.0) and strikeouts (20).
STREAKS AND TRENDS
Three Zips are currently on on-base streaks stretching 10 or more games. Evan Bottone has reached safely in all 16 games this season while Bowman (12) and Horvath (11) round out the list.
Bottone is also on a 10-game hitting streak while Bowman (8) and Horvath (6) are on the next two longest streaks.
Bowman, Bottone and Poist lead the Zips in mul-hit games with six each while Bowman and Bowen lead the squad in multi-RBI games with five each.
HERE'S JOHNNY
Johnny Anservitz has posted an ERA of 0.00 over 7.2 innings for Akron this season. Picking up a win and a save, Johnny has struck out 11 batters in five appearances while allowing just one hit. Anservitz threw 2.0 innings on Sunday against Eastern Michigan where he struck out three Eagles.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Akron hits the road to battle Pittsburgh next on Tuesday, March 18.
