| Year: | 2023 |
| Conference: | Mid-American Conference |
| Shortconference: | MAC |
| Teams: | 4 |
| Format: | Double-elimination |
| Ballpark: | Schoonover Stadium |
| City: | Kent, Ohio |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Coach: | Rich Maloney |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Adam Tellier |
| Mvpteam: | Ball State |
| Television: | ESPN+ |
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.[1]
Ball State won the tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2] [3]
The top four teams were seeded according conference winning percentage. Teams then played a double-elimination tournament.
| Team | W–L | Pct | GB | Seed | Tiebreaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24–6 | - | 1 | ||||
| 19–11 | 2 | CMU 3–0 v. Ball State | ||||
| 19–11 | 3 | Ball State 0–3 v. CMU | ||||
| 18–11 | 4 | |||||
| 15–15 | - | |||||
| 14–16 | - | |||||
| 13–17 | - | BGSU 2–1 vs. Miami | ||||
| 13–17 | - | Miami 1–2 vs. BGSU | ||||
| 12–18 | - | EMU 2–1 vs. Akron | ||||
| 12–18 | - | Akron 1–2 vs. EMU | ||||
| 5–24 | - |
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | Attendance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, May 24 | |||||||
| 1 | 12:30 pm | No. 1 vs. No. 4 | 6–4 | ESPN+ | 313[4] | ||
| 2 | 4:00 pm | No. 2 vs. No. 3 | 6–7 | 162[5] | |||
| Thursday, May 25 | |||||||
| 3 | 12:30 pm | No. 2 Central Michigan vs. No. 4 Western Michigan Elimination Game | 5–2 | ESPN+ | 121[6] | ||
| 4 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 3 Ball State | 1–6 | 539[7] | |||
| Friday, May 26 | |||||||
| 5 | 12:30 pm | No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan Elimination Game | 10–2 | ESPN+ | 309[8] | ||
| Saturday, May 27 | |||||||
| 6 | 12:30 pm | No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 3 Ball State Championship Game | 9–12 | ESPN+ | 487[9] | ||
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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[10]
| 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 |