# 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. Second-seeded Central Michigan won the tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

## Seeding and format

The top four teams were seeded according conference winning percentage. Teams then played a double-elimination tournament.
| Team | W–L | Pct | GB | Seed |
| Ball State | 32–7 | .821 | – | 1 |
| Central Michigan | 30–7 | .811 | 1 | 2 |
| Toledo | 23–16 | .590 | 9 | 3 |
| Ohio | 21–15 | .583 | 9.5 | 4 |
| Kent State | 19–19 | .500 | 12.5 | - |
| Miami | 18–22 | .450 | 14.5 | - |
| Eastern Michigan | 16–24 | .400 | 16.5 | - |
| Western Michigan | 15–24 | .385 | 17 | - |
| Bowling Green | 14–24 | .368 | 17.5 | - |
| Northern Illinois | 13–25 | .342 | 18.5 | - |
| Akron | 11–29 | .275 | 21.5 | - |

## Results

MAC tournament teams :
| (1) Ball State Cardinals | (2) Central Michigan Chippewas | (3) Toledo Rockets | (4) Ohio Bobcats |
| Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper final | Upper final | Upper final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Ball State | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Ohio | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Ohio | 4 | 1 | Ball State | 9 | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Central Michigan | 7 | | | | |
| 2 | Central Michigan | 11 | 2 | Central Michigan | 7 | | | | |
| 3 | Toledo | 10 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Toledo | 10 | | | | 1 | Ball State | 3 | 7 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Central Michigan | 12 | 11 |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | 2 | Central Michigan | 12 | 11 |
| | | | 2 | Central Michigan | 10 | | | | |
| 3 | Toledo | 13 | 3 | Toledo | 7 | | | | |
| 4 | Ohio | 5 | | | | | | | |

## 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 |
| Thursday, May 26 ||||||
| 2 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 4 Ohio | 6-4 | ESPN+ | 425 |
| Friday, May 27 ||||||
| 3 | 9:00 a.m. | No. 3 Toledo vs. No. 4 Ohio Elimination Game | 13-5 | ESPN+ | 117 |
| 4 | 1:45 p.m. | No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan | 9-7 | ESPN+ | 409 |
| Saturday, May 28 ||||||
| 5 | 10:30 a.m. | No. 2 Central Michigan vs. No. 3 Toledo Elimination Game | 10-7 | ESPN+ | 126 |
| 6 | 3:15 p.m. | No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan | 3-12 | ESPN+ | 536 |
| Sunday, May 29 ||||||
| 7 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan | 7-11 | ESPN+ | 689 |
| *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 :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| (2) Central Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 2 |
| (1) Ball State | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 2 |
| 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.
| Name | School |
| Garret Pike | Toledo |
| Mason Sykes | Toledo |
| Scott Mackiewicz | Toledo |
| Ryan Peltier | Ball State |
| Tyler Schweitzer | Ball State |
| Zach Cole | Ball State |
| Garrett Navarra (MVP) | Central Michigan |
| Robby Morgan IV | Central Michigan |
| Jakob Marsee | Central Michigan |
| Adam Markitsch | Central Michigan |