Sprenger Stadium is a baseball park in Avon, Ohio, United States. It is the home of the Lake Erie Crushers, a Frontier League team that began play in 2009. The ballpark has a capacity of 5,000 people and opened on June 2, 2009, with the Crushers defeating the Windy City Thunderbolts, 5-2. The naming rights to the ballpark are owned by the small family-owned nursing facility, Sprenger Health Care Systems, headquartered in Lorain, Ohio. The ballpark was previously known as All Pro Freight Stadium until January 2017.Other usesCleveland State baseballThe Cleveland State Vikings baseball team played home games at the ballpark for the 2010 and 2011 seasons. After the 2011 season, however, Cleveland State dropped its baseball program.Mid-American Conference TournamentSince 2012, the ballpark has hosted the Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament, held in late May. The top eight teams in the MAC earn berths to the tournament, which uses a double-elimination format over five days. The winner of the tournament earns the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.
