University of Toledo
CENTRAL MICHIGAN
Baseball Drops Pair at Central Michigan
5/12/2001 12:00:00 PM | Baseball
May 12, 2001
Gm. 1 Box Score | Gm. 2 Box Score
MOUNT PLEASANT, MI-- Toledo saw Central Michigan register a pair of come-from-behind victories today in a doubleheader sweep.
The Chippewas won an eight-inning thriller by a 6-5 count in the opener before posting a 9-3 victory in the nightcap.
Toledo held a 5-1 lead heading into the sixth inning in the opening game but CMU's Matt Crowley hit a three-run homer off freshman starter Nick Szczur to close the gap to 5-4 in the bottom of the sixth.
The Chippewas then tied it in the bottom of the seventh when Mike Gates had an RBI double to send the game into extra innings.
The Rockets put a pair of runners on base in the top of the eighth but starter Jeff Garner got sophomore 2B J.D. Foust to strike out and freshman SS Chris Arvay to ground out to end the inning.
In CMU's half of the eighth, Crowley doubled to left field to drive Szczur from the game. Redshirt freshman Shawn Hurst struggled, giving up a bunt single to Ryan Krueger that moved Crowley to third base. Scott Pickens gave CMU the victory with a single to center that scored Crowley.
Garner struck out 14 in picking up the complete-game win for the Chippewas. He gave up seven hits and five runs (four earned) to improve his record to 6-4.
In game two, CMU spotted Toledo a 3-0 lead before roaring back to claim a 9-3 win over the Rockets.
Toledo scored two runs in the first and one in the second to take an early 3-0 advantage.
The Chippewas cut the lead to 3-2 with a pair of runs in the third inning.
Tim Bullinger and Bryan Scheurer led off the inning with back-to-back singles and advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Jason Helps. Bullinger scored the first run on an error by the catcher and Scheurer stole home to make it 3-2.
Central took an 8-3 lead in the next inning when it exploded for six runs.
Mike Galloway had the big blow of the inning - a double to center that scored three runs.
The Chippewas added one more run in the sixth inning on an RBI single by Galloway to make it 9-3.
Chad Pleiness didn't allow a hit after the second inning in picking up the win for the Chippewas. He gave up six hits and three runs while striking out six to raise his record to 6-3 on the year.
The CMU offense was led by Galloway who went 3-for-4 with two doubles and four RBI.
The two teams will meet in the series finale on Sunday at 1:00 p.m.
