| Year: | 2022 |
| Conference: | Mid-American Conference |
| Teams: | 4 |
| Format: | Double-elimination |
| Ballpark: | Ball Diamond |
| City: | Muncie, Indiana |
| Champions: | Central Michigan |
| Titlecount: | 4th |
| Coach: | Jordan Bischel |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Garrett Navarra |
| Mvpteam: | CMU |
| Television: | ESPN+ |
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.[1] Second-seeded Central Michigan won the tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2] [3] [4]
The top four teams were seeded according conference winning percentage. Teams then played a double-elimination tournament.
| Team | W–L | Pct | GB | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32–7 | – | 1 | |||
| 30–7 | 2 | ||||
| 23–16 | 3 | ||||
| 21–15 | 4 | ||||
| 19–19 | - | ||||
| 18–22 | - | ||||
| 16–24 | - | ||||
| 15–24 | - | ||||
| 14–24 | - | ||||
| 13–25 | - | ||||
| 11–29 | - |
| 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[5] | ||
| Thursday, May 26 | |||||||
| 2 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 4 Ohio | 6-4 | ESPN+ | 425[6] | ||
| Friday, May 27 | |||||||
| 3 | 9:00 a.m. | No. 3 Toledo vs. No. 4 Ohio Elimination Game | 13-5 | ESPN+ | 117 [7] | ||
| 4 | 1:45 p.m. | No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan | 9-7 | 409 [8] | |||
| Saturday, May 28 | |||||||
| 5 | 10:30 a.m. | No. 2 Central Michigan vs. No. 3 Toledo Elimination Game | 10-7 | ESPN+ | 126 [9] | ||
| 6 | 3:15 p.m. | No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan | 3-12 | 536 [10] | |||
| Sunday, May 29 | |||||||
| 7 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan | 7-11 | ESPN+ | 689 [11] | ||
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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[12]
| 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 |