Final Stats
TOLEDO, OH - Toledo registered a 10-0 triumph over Adrian College on Wednesday afternoon at Scott Park. With the victory, the Rockets improve to 17-16 overall and now have four shutouts on the season. The four blankings are the most since 1999, when they posted eight en route to a school-record 39 wins.
Sophomore Levi Curry (3-3) combined with four other Rocket hurlers to limit the Bulldogs to seven hits en route to his third win of the season in a controlled start. Curry allowed three singles and did not allow a AC batter to reach third base over his three innings of work.
Freshmen Jeff Cinadr and Ryan France came on in relief and threw two solid innings apiece, before giving way to classmate Mike Inselmann and junior Joe Roberts for one inning each to help UT snap a season-high four-game losing skid.
Sophomores Sean Boley (2-for-4, 4 RBI) and Scott Boley (2-for-4, RBI), along with freshman Josh Colliver (2-for-5, 2 RBI) led the UT offense with multi-hit contests, respectively.
Paul Walters (1-2), the first of four pitchers used by the Bulldogs (18-10), suffered the loss and allowed six runs (four earned) on seven hits in 3.1 innings.
Toledo established control in the bottom of the first on a RBI single from Scott Boley. With one out, senior Jason Watson ran his hitting streak to a team-best 15-consecutive games with a double into the gap in left-center and scored on Boley's 28th RBI of the season.
The Rockets added to their lead in the second with two runs on the strength of three hits and the aid of a Bulldogs error. Senior Dan Stong led off the frame with a single and advanced two bases on a failed pickoff attempt by Walters. Stong came around to score on Sean Boley's first RBI of the season. Drew Hoisington then drew a walk to put two runners on base, before Colliver singled through the right side to plate Boley and make the score 3-0.
The Midnight Blue and Gold continued to pour it on in the fourth frame with RBI singles by Jake Oester and Colliver to end the afternoon for Walters. AC reliever Andrew Anderson did not fair much better and served up a sacrifice fly to Watson which gave the home team a six-run cushion.
Toledo then finished off the scoring with a vengeance in the fifth on a solo home run by junior Ryan Laude and a three-run blast by Sean Boley to make the final score, 10-0. For Laude, it was his fourth home run of the season and fourth in the last five games.
Toledo returns to action this weekend, April 21-23, with a three-game series against Western Michigan. Friday's first pitch from Scott Park is slated for 3:00 p.m., while Saturday's and Sunday's is 1:00 p.m.
