KENT, OHIO- The Golden Flashes furious rally on Friday night was halted by the Bowling Green Falcons in a 9-5 setback in Friday afternoon's series opener at Schoonover Stadium.
The Falcons had built an 8-0 lead after striking for two in the first, fifth and sixth and adding single tallies in the third and the fourth. Bowling Green made a habit of clutch hits, with five of the first eight runs coming with two outs. Kent State got runners into scoring position multiple times early on Friday but couldn't answer the Falcons' two-out thunder.
Collin Mathews got the Flashes on the board with a line-drive homer over the left-center field wall in the seventh.