The Star Press · May 16, 2016
Ball State baseball clinches MAC West title
(Photo: Ball State Athletics)The Ball State baseball team clinched the Mid-American Conference West Division with an 8-7 win in 10 innings over Toledo on Sunday. It was Ball State's second division title in the last three seasons.
The Cardinals (30-22, 15-9 MAC) scored twice in the top of the 10th as Alex Maloney doubled with two outs, Sean Kennedy drove him in with a double and Griffin Hulecki added an RBI single. Toledo (15-35-1, 11-10), which won the first two games of the series, scored once in the ninth but Maloney came on in relief from shortstop to record the final out. He earned the save in his first appearance on the mound this season.