TOLEDO, Ohio - The Rockets were held to just a single run for a second-straight game en route to a 4-1 loss to Mid-American Conference opponent Central Michigan on Friday afternoon at Scott Park.
Toledo (14-35, 7-12 MAC) stayed in the game with another strong start on the mound by senior
Steven Calhoun. Calhoun tossed 8.0 innings and allowed four runs, two earned on six hits, four walks and a pair of strikeouts.Ā
Central Michigan (27-22, 14-5 MAC) matched Calhoun's start with an 8.0 inning performance of its own by Pat Leatherman. Leatherman allowed a single run on five hits and two walks.
The ChippewasĀ took the lead in the top of the first on a lead-off double, a sacrifice bunt and a sacrifice fly to make the score 1-0. CMU doubled the score in the top of the next frame on a single, a double and an RBI sacrifice bunt.
The Rockets cut the deficit to 2-1 in the bottom of the fourth inning as sophomore
Ross Adolph lined a one-out triple down the right field line. Freshman
Michael Ryan lengthened his hit streak to a modest five games with an RBI single to left, scoring Adolph.
Calhoun was locked in from the fourth through the seventh innings an put together a string of four shutout innings. Calhoun was helped by his defense on a caught stealing to end the fifth and a 6-4-3 double play to end the seventh.
The defense betrayed Calhoun in the top of the eighth as two unearned run came across the plate to score on three-straight Rocket errors. This brought the score to the final tally of 4-1.Ā
The Rockets and Chippewas will meet for game two of the series tomorrow, May 13, at 1:05 p.m.
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