2019 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

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]

2019 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Sprenger Stadium Avon, Ohio
Champions	Central Michigan (3rd title)
Winning coach	Jordan Bischel (1st title)
MVP	Griffin Lockwood-Powell, (Central Michigan)
Television	ESPN+

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

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)	5^17
						6	Ohio	6
											6	Ohio	3
											5	Northern Illinois	6
																5	Northern Illinois	7^11
																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.