2022 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

The 2022 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 29. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eleven teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Ball Diamond in Muncie, Indiana, the home field of Ball State who finished 2022 with the highest regular season winning percentage.^[2] Second-seeded Central Michigan won the tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[3][4][5]

2022 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Ball Diamond Muncie, Indiana
Champions	Central Michigan (4th title)
Winning coach	Jordan Bischel (2nd title)
MVP	Garrett Navarra (CMU)
Television	ESPN+
← 2021 baseball tournament 2023 →

2022 Mid-American Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Ball State ‍†‍‍	32	–	7		.821			40	–	19		.678
Central Michigan ‍‍‡‍y	30	–	7		.811			42	–	17		.712
Toledo  ‍‍‍	23	–	16		.590			33	–	25		.569
Ohio  ‍‍‍	21	–	15		.583			30	–	24		.556
Kent State  ‍‍‍	19	–	19		.500			24	–	29		.453
Miami (OH)  ‍‍‍	18	–	22		.450			23	–	33		.411
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍	16	–	24		.400			22	–	34		.393
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍	15	–	24		.385			18	–	36		.333
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍	14	–	24		.368			18	–	35		.340
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍	13	–	25		.342			14	–	40		.259
Akron  ‍‍‍	11	–	29		.275			15	–	41		.268
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from D1Baseball[1]

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
Ball State	32–7	.821	–	1
Central Michigan	30–7	.811	1	2
Toledo	23–16	.590	9	3
Ohio	21–15	.583	9.5	4
Kent State	19–19	.500	12.5	-
Miami	18–22	.450	14.5	-
Eastern Michigan	16–24	.400	16.5	-
Western Michigan	15–24	.385	17	-
Bowling Green	14–24	.368	17.5	-
Northern Illinois	13–25	.342	18.5	-
Akron	11–29	.275	21.5	-

Results

MAC tournament teams
(1) Ball State Cardinals	(2) Central Michigan Chippewas	(3) Toledo Rockets	(4) Ohio Bobcats

	Upper round 1					Upper final					Final
	1	Ball State	6
	4	Ohio	4
						1	Ball State	9
						2	Central Michigan	7
	2	Central Michigan	11
	3	Toledo	10
											1	Ball State	3	7
											2	Central Michigan	12	11
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						2	Central Michigan	10
	3	Toledo	13			3	Toledo	7
	4	Ohio	5

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television	Attendance
Wednesday, May 25
1	11:00 a.m.	No. 2 Central Michigan vs. No. 3 Toledo	11-10	ESPN+	286[6]
Thursday, May 26
2	4:00 p.m.	No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 4 Ohio	6-4	ESPN+	425[7]
Friday, May 27
3	9:00 a.m.	No. 3 Toledo vs. No. 4 Ohio Elimination Game	13-5	ESPN+	117 [8]
4	1:45 p.m.	No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan	9-7		409 [9]
Saturday, May 28
5	10:30 a.m.	No. 2 Central Michigan vs. No. 3 Toledo Elimination Game	10-7	ESPN+	126 [10]
6	3:15 p.m.	No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan	3-12		536 [11]
Sunday, May 29
7	12:00 p.m.	No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan	7-11	ESPN+	689 [12]
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Conference championship

MAC Championship
(2) Central Michigan Chippewas	vs.	(1) Ball State Cardinals

May 29, 2022, 12:00 p.m. (EDT) at Ball Diamond in Muncie, Indiana

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(2) Central Michigan	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	2	2	11	17	2
(1) Ball State	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	7	12	2
WP: Adam Mrakitsch (6–1)   LP: Sam Klein (4–3) Home runs: CMU: Mario Camilletti, Garrett Navarra, Robby Morgan IV Ball: None Attendance: 689

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[13]

Name	School
Garret Pike	Toledo
Mason Sykes	Toledo
Scott Mackiewicz	Toledo
Ryan Peltier	Ball State
Tyler Schweitzer	Ball State
Zach Cole	Ball State
Garrett Navarra (MVP)	Central Michigan
Robby Morgan IV	Central Michigan
Jakob Marsee	Central Michigan
Adam Markitsch	Central Michigan