MUNCIE, Ind. – The Bowling Green State University baseball team completed the weekend sweep over Ball State on Sunday with a 15-8 victory over the Cardinals.

The win moves Bowling Green to 6-0 in the MAC for the first time since 1995. It also places the Falcons atop the Mid-American Conference standings as the only team remaining undefeated in conference contests.

In thier game with Ball State on Saturday, BGSU was on fire at the plate, picking up a 34-8 victory over Ball State. The 34 runs for the Falcons are the most in a MAC game for BGSU in program history and the second-most BGSU runs in a game ever. Bowling Green also set the program record for RBIs in a game with 33.

“This was a big weekend for us,” said BGSU coach Kyle Hallock. “We played our brand of baseball for all three games. Our guys on offense did an outstanding job grinding out at-bats all weekend.

“The defense was solid. We made the plays we were supposed to make and then a couple exceptional ones that gave us momentum.

“On the pitching side, our bullpen stepped up and held leads in each of the three games. They’re going to be a big part of our success and it was good to get those guys rolling.

“All-in-all it’s our most complete three-game weekend so far this year and while we are happy with the result, we aren’t satisfied. We want more.”

The Falcons were held scoreless in the first inning, but that would be the only time, scoring at least one run in each inning from the second on.

Bowling Green never trailed in the game and saw Jack Krause, D.J. Newman and Tyler Ross all post multiple-home run days for the Falcons. Newman hit his fourth and fifth home runs of the season to now have a team-leading five home runs on the season.

Leighton Banjoff added a trip around the bases of his own, giving the Falcons seven home runs in the game to complete the sweep.

The series win marks the first for BGSU in Muncie since 2016 and the first sweep since 1998.

Sam Seidel has now reached base in every game he’s played this season, totaling 15 in the streak. Going back to last season, Seidel has reached in 26 consecutive games.

Krause logged the first hit of the game with a single in the second inning, continuing his hitting streak to five games and his on-base streak to seven games.

Nathan Archer’s sixth inning single extended his hitting streak to seven games with an on-base streak of eight games.

T.J. Takats singled in the second inning to push his on-base streak to seven games. Takats has now reached in 11 of the 14 games he has appeared in this season.

Garrett Wright singled in his first at-bat, leading off the third inning, to push his hitting streak to four games and his on-base streak to five games.

Gavin Ganun singled in the sixth inning, giving him a hit in each game of the series for a three-game hitting streak. Landon Roque had a pinch hit single in the ninth inning, his first hit with the Falcons.

On Saturday, the Falcons jumped out to a 2-0 lead with a run in each of the first two innings, but a three-run second put Ball State in front 3-2. The Falcons struck for three in the top of the third, but Ball State tallied four in the bottom half for a 7-5 Ball State lead entering the fourth.

The Falcons added two in the fourth to tie it and two more in the fifth to take the lead at 9-7. BGSU erupted for eight runs in the sixth inning before adding 14 in the eighth on their way to a 34-8 win.

In the game, Archer and Seidel both broke the program record for at-bats in a game, each with eight. Both Archer and Seidel each hit two home runs with Garrett Wright adding another for five BGSU long balls on the day.

The Falcons will take on Youngstown State on Tuesday for the team’s final road game before opening up the home portion of the schedule on Friday with a three-game weekend series against Akron at Steller Field.