# 2024 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

The 2024 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Mid-American Conference for the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season, held from May 21–25 at Crushers Stadium in Avon, Ohio. Western Michigan earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

## 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. This style of seeding was last used in the 2019 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament.
| Seed | School | Conference record |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 25–6 |
| 2 | Western Michigan | 19–11 |
| 3 | Ball State | 18–12 |
| 4 | Miami (OH) | 17–13 |
| 5 | Kent State | 16–13 |
| 6 | Toledo | 16–15 |

## Results

MAC tournament teams :
| (1) Bowling Green Falcons | (2) Western Michigan Broncos | (3) Ball State Cardinals | (4) Miami RedHawks | (5) Kent State Golden Flashes | (6) Toledo Rockets |
| Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Upper final | Upper final | | | | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1 | Bowling Green | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Ball State | 5 | 4 | Miami (OH) | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Toledo | 1 | | | | 1 | Bowling Green | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Western Michigan | 11 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Western Michigan | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Miami (OH) | 5 | 3 | Ball State | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Kent State | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Kent State | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Western Michigan | 10 | – |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Ball State | 3 | – |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Bowling Green | 5 | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Ball State | 4 | 3 | Ball State | 10 | |
| | | | 4 | Miami (OH) | 4 | 6 | Toledo | 3 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Toledo | 8 | 6 | Toledo | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Kent State | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Schedule

| Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Score | Television | Attendance |
| Wednesday, May 22 ||||||
| 1 | 12:30 pm | No. 3 Ball State vs. No. 6 Toledo | 5–1 | ESPN+ | N/A |
| 2 | 6:00 pm | No. 4 Miami (OH) vs. No. 5 Kent State | 5–2 | ESPN+ | 919 |
| Thursday, May 23 ||||||
| 3 | 10:30 am | No. 6 Toledo vs. No. 5 Kent State Elimination Game | 8–2 | ESPN+ | N/A |
| 4 | 2:30 pm | No. 1 Bowling Green vs. No. 4 Miami (OH) | 12–4 | ESPN+ | N/A |
| 5 | 6:30 pm | No. 2 Western Michigan vs. No. 3 Ball State | 8–0 | ESPN+ | 1,227 |
| Friday, May 24 ||||||
| 6 | 10:00 am | No. 6 Toledo vs. No. 4 Miami (OH) Elimination Game | 8–4 | ESPN+ | N/A |
| 7 | 2:00 pm | No. 6 Toledo vs. No. 3 Ball State Elimination Game | 3–4 | ESPN+ | N/A |
| 8 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Bowling Green vs. No. 2 Western Michigan | 0–11 | ESPN+ | 1,248 |
| Saturday, May 25 ||||||
| 9 | 12:30 pm | No. 1 Bowling Green vs. No. 3 Ball State Elimination Game | 5–10 | ESPN+ | N/A |
| 10 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 Western Michigan vs. No. 3 Ball State | 10–3 | ESPN+ | 956 |
| *Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. ||||||

## Conference championship

May 25, 2024, 6:02 p.m. (EDT) at Mercy Health Stadium in Avon, Ohio :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Ball State | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| Western Michigan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | x | 10 | 15 | 1 |
| WP: Joe Shapiro (5-0) LP: Logan Schulfer (1-4) Home runs: BALL: None WM: Josh Swinehart (6) Attendance: 956 Umpires: Sal Giacomantonio (HP), Michael Schultz (1B), Michael Wiseman (2B), Stephen Linton (3B) Boxscore |||||||||||||

## All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
| Name | School |
| Garret Pike | Toledo |
| Jack Krause | Bowling Green |
| Matt Gonzalez | Ball State |
| Merritt Beeker | Ball State |
| Sam Klein | Ball State |
| Dylan Nevar (MVP) | Western Michigan |
| Josh Swinehart | Western Michigan |
| Cade Sullivan | Western Michigan |
| Nolan Vlcek | Western Michigan |
| Brady Miller | Western Michigan |