BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University baseball team picked up the team's 29th win of the season on Wednesday (April 30), topping Findlay in a 6-3 final score. The BGSU pitching locked up Findlay, including a strong outing from the bullpen as a whole. Following Luke Krouse's start, giving up just two runs, CJ Boudreaux, Kade Arn and Connar Penrod combined to finish out the game while allowing just one more Findlay run. Arn earned the win, his second of the season, while Penrod picked up his 11th save of the campaign. Bowling Green moves to 29-14 on the season ahead of the Battle of I-75, including Friday's (May 2) annual game at Fifth Third Field. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Gunner Antillon was hit by a pitch to start the bottom half of the first with a Garrett Wright single putting two on for BGSU. Zack Horky was able to replicate Wright's hit, finding a hole in the right side of the infield, to score Antillon for the first run of the game. 
• Findlay answered with two runs in the second inning to move in front 2-1.
• In the fourth inning, Brayden Curlis was hit by a pitch before Alex Laird joined him via walk. Antillon knocked a single into shallow center, scoring Curlis with Laird taking third to put runners at the corners with a 2-2 tie.
• Wright kept it going, slipping a hit-and-run double into the right field Bermuda triangle down the line. With Antillon off from first on first movement from the pitcher, he scored along with Laird to push the Falcons to a 4-2 advantage.
• In the top of the sixth, Findlay scored one to pull within a run, 4-3. 
• Bowling Green added insurance in the seventh. Gavin Ganun logged a single with a favorable hop resulting in the ball finding its way to the outfield to start the inning. A single to left for Cooper McKenzie put two on for BGSU, placing runners at the corners. A wild pitch on ball four to TJ Takats resulted in Ganun scoring for a 5-3 advantage.
• In the eighth inning, Laird tripled into the left field corner, rolling into the BGSU bullpen for his first collegiate triple. A single through the right side of the infield by Antillon was enough to score Laird for a 6-3 score.

STAT LEADERS

• Kade Arn: W (2-0), 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 1 K
• Connar Penrod: SV (11), 0 H, 0 R/ER, 1 K
• CJ Boudreaux: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 1 K
• Gunner Antillon: 2-for-3, 2 RBI, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 SB
• Garrett Wright: 2-for-5, 1 2B, 2 RBI
• Gavin Ganun: 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 BB
• Alex Laird: 1-for-2, 1 3B, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 SB
• Zack Horky: 1-for-5, 1 RBI
• Cooper McKenzie: 1-for-4

FALCON STAT FACTS

• The win marks 16 straight for the Falcons over Findlay dating back to the 1978 season. 
• Bowling Green now has 29 wins this season, sitting one away from back-to-back 30-win seasons for the first time since 2001-02. 
• Connar Penrod registered his 11th save of the season, furthering his hold on the single-season program record and now two away from the MAC's top 10. For his career, Penrod now has 12 saves, tied for fourth all-time with Jeremy Spezia. 
• Garrett Wright tallied two hits in the game, extending his on-base streak to 31 games and his hitting streak to seven. Wright's season batting average now sits at .436, just three points shy of the program record. 
• Gunner Antillon registered two hits for the Falcons, pushing his hitting streak to a team-high nine games. Antillon added two runs scored and two RBI. In addition to his hitting streak, Antillon has scored in eight of the last nine games as well, totaling 14 runs scored over the stretch. 
• Alex Laird knocked his first career triple in the game, extending his hitting streak to seven games, tied with Wright for second on the team. Laird scored twice for BGSU, giving him six runs scored during his hitting streak. 
• Zack Horky tallied a hit, pushing his hitting streak to six games. Additionally, he tallied an RBI in each of the six games as well, giving him 12 hits and eight RBI over his last six games played. 
• Gavin Ganun posted a two-hit day for the Falcons, giving him back-to-back multi-hit games. Ganun has also scored in three straight games for BGSU. 
• Kade Arn was strong out of the bullpen for the Falcons, picking up the win over 2.1 innings of scoreless work. The outing was Arn's second consecutive scoreless appearance after tossing two scoreless innings against Eastern Michigan on Saturday (April 26). 
• Luke Krouse made his second start of the season and third of his career, going four innings. Krouse struck out a career-high five batters in the start. 
• CJ Boudreaux produced two solid innings out of the bullpen for the Falcons, allowing just one run. Boudreaux has allowed one run or less in each of his last three appearances. 

UP NEXT
The Falcons will transition to the Battle of I-75, beginning on Friday (May 2) at Fifth Third Field, the home of the Toledo Mud Hens, with a 7 p.m. first pitch. Any changes will be announced on BGSUFalcons.com as well as the BGSU_Baseball Twitter/X page. 

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