MUNCIE, Ind. — The Mid-American Conference baseball schedule played out perfectly.
No. 2 Ball State (33-18, 19-8) hosts No. 1 Kent State (37-14, 21-6) from Thursday to Saturday in the final series before the postseason. The Cardinals recovered from getting swept by No. 3 Central Michigan on April 14-15 to go 9-3 in conference play thereafter, winning three straight series and keeping alive their chance at the regular-season title.
BSU needs to sweep the Golden Flashes in order to repeat as MAC champions, a challenge the team is eager to face.
"We know they're a good team, but it's kind of cool it's set up like this, the first and second-place teams are playing each other at the very end," junior Decker Scheffler said.