# 2023 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

The 2023 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 27, 2023. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eleven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Schoonover Stadium in Kent, Ohio, the home field of Kent State who won the 2023 regular season conference title.
Ball State won the tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 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 | Tiebreaker |
| Kent State | 24–6 | .800 | - | 1 | |
| Central Michigan | 19–11 | .633 | 5 | 2 | CMU 3–0 v. Ball State |
| Ball State | 19–11 | .633 | 5 | 3 | Ball State 0–3 v. CMU |
| Western Michigan | 18–11 | .621 | 5.5 | 4 | |
| Ohio | 15–15 | .500 | 9 | - | |
| Toledo | 14–16 | .467 | 10 | - | |
| Bowling Green | 13–17 | .433 | 11 | - | BGSU 2–1 vs. Miami |
| Miami | 13–17 | .433 | 11 | - | Miami 1–2 vs. BGSU |
| Eastern Michigan | 12–18 | .400 | 12 | - | EMU 2–1 vs. Akron |
| Akron | 12–18 | .400 | 12 | - | Akron 1–2 vs. EMU |
| Northern Illinois | 5–24 | .172 | 18.5 | - | |

## Results

MAC tournament teams :
| (1) Kent State Golden Flashes | (2) Central Michigan Chippewas | (3) Ball State Cardinals | (4) Western Michigan Broncos |
| First Round May 24 | First Round May 24 | First Round May 24 | Semifinal May 25 | Semifinal May 25 | Semifinal May 25 | Championship May 27 | Championship May 27 | Championship May 27 | Championship May 27 |
| 1 | Kent State | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Western Michigan | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Western Michigan | 4 | 1 | Kent State | 1 | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Ball State | 6 | | | | |
| 2 | Central Michigan | 6 | 3 | Ball State | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | Ball State | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Ball State | 7 | | | | 3 | Ball State | 12 | - |
| | | | | | | 1 | Kent State | 9 | - |
| Losers Bracket Semifinal May 25 | Losers Bracket Semifinal May 25 | Losers Bracket Semifinal May 25 | Losers Bracket Final May 26 | Losers Bracket Final May 26 | Losers Bracket Final May 26 | 1 | Kent State | 9 | - |
| | | | 1 | Kent State | 10 | | | | |
| 4 | Western Michigan | 2 | 2 | Central Michigan | 2 | | | | |
| 2 | Central Michigan | 5 | | | | | | | |

## Schedule

| Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Score | Television | Attendance |
| Wednesday, May 24 ||||||
| 1 | 12:30 pm | No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 4 Western Michigan | 6–4 | ESPN+ | 313 |
| 2 | 4:00 pm | No. 2 Central Michigan vs. No. 3 Ball State | 6–7 | ESPN+ | 162 |
| Thursday, May 25 ||||||
| 3 | 12:30 pm | No. 2 Central Michigan vs. No. 4 Western Michigan Elimination Game | 5–2 | ESPN+ | 121 |
| 4 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 3 Ball State | 1–6 | ESPN+ | 539 |
| Friday, May 26 ||||||
| 5 | 12:30 pm | No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan Elimination Game | 10–2 | ESPN+ | 309 |
| Saturday, May 27 ||||||
| 6 | 12:30 pm | No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 3 Ball State Championship Game | 9–12 | ESPN+ | 487 |
| *Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. ||||||

## Conference championship

May 27, 2023, 12:30 p.m. (EDT) at Schoonover Stadium in Kent, Ohio :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Ball State | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 0 |
| Kent State | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
| WP: Jacob Hartlaub (4-2) LP: Mitchell Scott (2-2) Home runs: BALL: Adam Tellier, Blake Bevis, Logan Flood KENT: Justin Miknis Attendance: 487 Umpires: Sal Giacomantonio (HP), Kyle Reese (1B), James Muhleck (2B), Andy Dudones (3B) Boxscore |||||||||||||

## All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
| Name | School |
| Cade Sullivan | Western Michigan |
| Garrett Navara | Central Michigan |
| Christian Mitchelle | Central Michigan |
| Aidan Longwell | Kent State |
| Kyle Jackson | Kent State |
| Collin Mathews | Kent State |
| Ryan Peltier | Ball State |
| Adam Tellier (MVP) | Ball State |
| Decker Scheffler | Ball State |
| Trennor O'Donnell | Ball State |