Toledo, Ohio— The Toledo baseball team resumes Mid-American Conference play when it heads down to Oxford, Ohio this weekend for a three-game series against the Miami RedHawks.

Live stats for the weekend can be found here, and live streams for all three games this weekend are available here ($). As always, follow along on Twitter at @ToledoBaseball for any and all updates.

Probable Starters
Friday: at Miami, 5:00 p.m. (RHP Spencer Mraz vs. LHP Michael Jacob)
Saturday: at Miami, 4:00 p.m. (LHP Zach Spears vs. RHP Sam Shutes)
Sunday: at Miami, 1:00 p.m. (RHP Gus Graham vs. TBA)

Last Time Out
Toledo visited Ohio State on Wednesday evening and fell to the Buckeyes by a score of 19-4.

Freshman Jacob Youngpeter started his first game as a Rocket and, overall, Toledo threw eight pitchers. Junior Chris Hampton made his Rocket debut, throwing a scoreless eighth inning.

Junior Ross Adolph drove in two runs and senior Casey Gose had three hits, his third consecutive game with multiple hits since entering the starting lineup. At the plate, freshman Trace Hatfield reached base in his first three plate appearances. Hatfield singled in his first at-bat, followed that up with a double, and then walked to load the bases in the fifth inning.

Rocket Notes

• Under head coach Cory Mee, the Rockets are 15-21 against Miami.
• Toledo started off its conference season with a series win for the first time since 2015. That year, UT took two out of three from Kent State. This season marks the first time since 2013 (at Ohio) that the Rockets started MAC play with a road series win.
• Freshman John Servello has been one of the team's best hitters this month. The rookie is hitting a team-best .370 in March (20-for-54) entering this series and has a team-high .443 on-base percentage. He is second on the Rockets with 11 RBIs in that span and he is currently riding a 15-game on-base streak, best on the Rockets this season.
• Since entering the starting lineup at second base last Saturday, senior Casey Gose is 8-for-12 with three RBIs and has at least two hits in all three contests.
• Senior Sam Shutes has earned three different weekly awards this season: MAC Player of the Week following his start against Sacred Hear (3/4), and MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week and CollegeSportsMadness.com MAC Player of the Week after his start at Western Michigan (3/24).
• The Rockets have hit three home runs in a game three times this season— at Austin Peay (2/23), at Southeastern Louisiana (3/6), and this past Saturday at Cincinnati (3/17).

Rockets to Play at Comerica Park
Toledo and Madonna Universit­­y will play at Comerica Park, home of Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers on Wednesday, April 11.

First pitch is set for 7:00 p.m. with gates opening one hour prior. Tickets for the game, which is open to the public, are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for students/children and are available now through the UT Athletic Ticket Office. Fans can visit www.utrockets.com, call 419-530-GOLD (4653) or stop by the ticket office at Savage Arena.

Seating will be available as general admission on a first-come, first-served basis for sections 118-137, located behind home plate from dugout to dugout. Parking for the event will be available in lots 1 and 2 located in front of gate A for $6.00­­ per car. The concession stand located in section 132 will be open during the game.

Scouting the Competition
Miami is 13-8 entering the weekend, most recently falling to nationally ranked Kentucky, 13-7.

The RedHawks are 2-1 in MAC play after taking two out of three contests against Eastern Michigan last weekend. They have been the best pitching team in the league thus far, sporting a 3.45 team ERA, the only MAC team with a sub-4.00 ERA. Miami is also among the fastest teams in the nation with 48 stolen bases, 13th in the country and second in the conference. Ross Haffey leads the team offensively, hitting .329 with five home runs and 16 RBIs. Pitching-wise, Spencer Mraz has made five starts and owns a miniscule 0.74 ERA.