2022 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

The 2022 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 29. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eleven teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Ball Diamond in Muncie, Indiana, the home field of Ball State who finished 2022 with the highest regular season winning percentage.[2] Second-seeded Central Michigan won the tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3][4][5]

2022 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCentral Michigan (4th title)
Winning coachJordan Bischel (2nd title)
MVPGarrett Navarra (CMU)
TelevisionESPN+
2022 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Ball State ‍†‍‍ 32–7 .82140–19 .678
Central Michigan ‍‍‡‍y 30–7 .81142–17 .712
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 23–16 .59033–25 .569
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 21–15 .58330–24 .556
Kent State  ‍‍‍ 19–19 .50024–29 .453
Miami (OH)  ‍‍‍ 18–22 .45023–33 .411
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 16–24 .40022–34 .393
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 15–24 .38518–36 .333
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 14–24 .36818–35 .340
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 13–25 .34214–40 .259
Akron  ‍‍‍ 11–29 .27515–41 .268
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of October 26, 2023[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Seeding and format

The top four teams were seeded according conference winning percentage. Teams then played a double-elimination tournament.

TeamW–LPctGBSeed
Ball State32–7.821–1
Central Michigan30–7.81112
Toledo23–16.59093
Ohio21–15.5839.54
Kent State19–19.50012.5-
Miami18–22.45014.5-
Eastern Michigan16–24.40016.5-
Western Michigan15–24.38517-
Bowling Green14–24.36817.5-
Northern Illinois13–25.34218.5-
Akron11–29.27521.5-

Results
MAC tournament teams
(1) Ball State Cardinals (2) Central Michigan Chippewas (3) Toledo Rockets (4) Ohio Bobcats
Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Ball State6
4Ohio4
1Ball State9
2Central Michigan7
2Central Michigan11
3Toledo10
1Ball State37
2Central Michigan1211
Lower round 1Lower final
2Central Michigan10
3Toledo133Toledo7
4Ohio5

Schedule
Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance
Wednesday, May 25
1 11:00 a.m. No. 2 Central Michigan vs. No. 3 Toledo 11-10 ESPN+ 286[6]
Thursday, May 26
2 4:00 p.m. No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 4 Ohio 6-4 ESPN+ 425[7]
Friday, May 27
3 9:00 a.m. No. 3 Toledo vs. No. 4 Ohio
Elimination Game		 13-5 ESPN+ 117 [8]
4 1:45 p.m. No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan 9-7 409 [9]
Saturday, May 28
5 10:30 a.m. No. 2 Central Michigan vs. No. 3 Toledo
Elimination Game		 10-7 ESPN+ 126 [10]
6 3:15 p.m. No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan 3-12 536 [11]
Sunday, May 29
7 12:00 p.m. No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan 7-11 ESPN+ 689 [12]
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Conference championship
MAC Championship
(2) Central Michigan Chippewas vs. (1) Ball State Cardinals
May 29, 2022, 12:00 p.m. (EDT) at Ball Diamond in Muncie, Indiana
Team123456789RHE
(2) Central Michigan11000232211172
(1) Ball State5000101007122
WP: Adam Mrakitsch (6–1)   LP: Sam Klein (4–3)
Home runs:
CMU: Mario Camilletti, Garrett Navarra, Robby Morgan IV
Ball: None
Attendance: 689

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[13]

NameSchool
Garret PikeToledo
Mason SykesToledo
Scott MackiewiczToledo
Ryan PeltierBall State
Tyler SchweitzerBall State
Zach ColeBall State
Garrett Navarra (MVP)Central Michigan
Robby Morgan IVCentral Michigan
Jakob MarseeCentral Michigan
Adam MarkitschCentral Michigan

References
  1. "Mid-American Conference baseball standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  2. "2021–22 Conference Standings". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  3. "2021–22 Championship Dates" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  4. "2022 MAC Baseball Championship". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  5. Tony Paul (May 7, 2021). "MAC's back! Conference restores eight championships cut amid pandemic". Detroit News. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  6. Game 1 boxscore
  7. Game 2 boxscore
  8. Game 3 boxscore
  9. Game 4 boxscore
  10. Game 5 boxscore
  11. Game 6 boxscore
  12. Game 7 boxscore
  13. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's". Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
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