Toledo Ready for Weekend Series at Georgia

Friday, March 9

Athens, Ga.

6:00 p.m.

University of Toledo

Georgia

Riley Campbell and the Rockets head to Athens, Ga. for a three-game series against the Georgia Bulldogs.

3/8/2018 10:50:00 AM | Baseball

Game Notes (PDF)

Athens, Ga.— The Toledo baseball team wraps up its spring break trip with a weekend series at Georgia.

The Rockets and Bulldogs will play at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, and 1:00 p.m. on Sunday. All three games will be available on SEC Network with links provided below, and the live stats link will be the same for all three contests. As always, follow along on Twitter (@ToledoBaseball) for UT baseball updates as well.

Friday Live Stream | Saturday Live Stream | Sunday Live Stream

Probable Starters
Friday: at Georgia, 6:00 p.m. (RHP Chase Adkins vs. LHP Michael Jacob)
Saturday: at Georgia, 2:00 p.m. (RHP Emerson Hancock vs. RHP Layne Schnitz-Paxton)
Sunday: at Georgia, 1:00 p.m. (LHP Ryan Webb vs. RHP Sam Shutes)

Last Time Out
The Rockets grabbed an early lead at Southeastern Louisiana on Tuesday night, but the Lions came back and edged out in front with three runs in the third inning. Trailing 6-3 in the top of the eighth, senior Matt Hansen lifted a ball high and deep to right field for his third home run of the season, tying the game at 6-6 with a three-run bomb. Unfortunately, Southeastern answered right back in the bottom half of the inning with an RBI single to take a 7-6 lead that would hold as the final score.

Offensively, Toledo slugged three home runs (Hansen, junior Ross Adolph, and senior AJ Montoya) and senior Brad Boss extended his on-base streak to 11 games. Senior Axel Bueter started for the Rockets on Tuesday, his first start since joining the program.

Rocket Notes

Toledo's offense has flexed its muscles the first 11 games this year. UT leads the MAC in home runs (13), extra-base hits (41), and slugging percentage (.443).
Hansen has been an offensive force on this road trip. He's hitting .529 (9-for-17) with six extra-base hits and comes into the weekend riding a 10-game hitting streak.
Sam Shutes has been stingy on the mound when it comes to giving away free bases. In 17.1 innings this season he has walked just two, while striking out 16. Last Sunday, Shutes struck out a career-high 11 in six scoreless innings in Toledo's 7-2 win against Sacred Heart.
Montoya's home run against the Lions on Tuesday gave him 24 for his career, moving him into the Top 10 in Toledo history in career homers. He is tied with Aaron Dudley (2007-10) and Mike King (1991-94).

Scouting the Competition
Georgia enters this weekend 8-5, having lost four of its last five games. The Bulldogs were swept by the College of Charleston and fell to Charleston Southern, before defeating the Citadel on Wednesday, 9-4. UGA is 6-1 on its home field. Individually, senior outfielder Keegan McGovern is hitting .375 with six home runs and 15 RBIs. He was named a National and SEC Player of the Week earlier this season, after a weekend during which he hit. 571 with five home runs. Georgia has averaged 7.3 runs per game to date and the pitching staff owns a 4.20 ERA.