Toledo, Ohio— The Toledo baseball team wraps up the regular season this weekend by hosting rival Bowling Green at Scott Park. The series begins on Thursday with a 3:05 p.m. contest and continues with a 3:05 p.m. game on Friday and a 1:05 p.m. finale on Saturday.

The first 50 fans in attendance at Friday's game will receive free pizza, and all UT baseball alumni will receive $2.00 tickets to Saturday's contest. Also, prior to the game on Saturday, the Rockets will honor their eight seniors: Dalton Bollinger, Casey Gose, Matt Hansen, AJ Montoya, Sam Shutes, Nolan Silberhorn, Corey Tipton, and Alex Wagner.

All three games will be streamed live on ESPN3 this weekend and live stats will be available here. As always, follow along on Twitter at @ToledoBaseball for any and all updates.

Thursday Live Stream | Friday Live Stream | Saturday Live Stream

Probable Starters
Thursday: vs. Bowling Green, 3:05 p.m. (RHP Zac Carey vs. RHP Joey Prechtel)
Friday: vs. Bowling Green, 3:05 p.m. (LHP Ben Beutel vs. RHP Sam Shutes)
Saturday: vs. Bowling Green, 1:05 p.m. (TBA vs. TBA)

Last Time Out
Toledo (18-31) dropped its final non-conference contest of the regular season on Tuesday, falling at Dayton by a score of 4-2. UT scored a run in the top of the first to take the lead, but UD tied the game in the bottom of the second. The Flyers pulled ahead with a run in the fourth and held that advantage until the top of the sixth, when the Rockets tied the game yet again. The stalemate didn't last long though, and Dayton scored the eventual winning runs in the bottom of the sixth to secure a win over the Midnight Blue and Gold.

MAC Tournament Outlook
This season is the first with the new-look MAC Tournament, where six teams make it into the field. The Rockets currently sit just a game back of Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan. Kent State, Miami, and Ball State have all secured spots in the tournament, while Northern Illinois and Bowling Green are eliminated from tournament contention. Below are the current MAC standings entering the weekend, as well as each team's opponent.
 

x-Kent State	18-6	(at Miami)
x-Miami	15-9	(vs. Kent State)
x-Ball State	15-9	(vs. Western Michigan)
Central Michigan	13-11	(vs. Ohio)
Eastern Michigan	12-12	(vs. Northern Illinois)
Western Michigan	11-11	(at Ball State)
Toledo	11-13	(vs. Bowling Green)
Ohio	9-15	(at Central Michigan)
e-Northern Illinois	8-16	(at Eastern Michigan)
e-Bowling Green	6-16	(at Toledo)

 
Rocket Notes

• Ross Adolph has 13 home runs this season, two away from tying the single-season home run mark at Toledo. The record is held by Mike Ernst, who hit 15 homers in 2000. Adolph also has 13 career triples, which is tied for second-most in school history, four away from tying Ron Warga (1996-99) for most all-time.
• Sam Shutes earned his ninth win of the year last weekend, tying him with five others for third-most in a single season. He has also tallied 293.0 innings in his career, which are now third-most all-time at Toledo.
• AJ Montoya hit his 30th home run last weekend against Ball State, becoming the fourth player all-time in program history with at least 30 home runs, joining Dan Sherwood (35, 2008-11), Jared Hoying (34, 2008-10), and Bill Bronikowski (30, 1994-97).
• Last season, Toledo took two out of three at Bowling Green, including a 20-4 win over the Falcons. The last time the series was held at Scott Park, BG took two out of three from the Rockets (April 1-3, 2016).

Scouting the Competition
Bowling Green enters the weekend with an overall mark of 11-36 and a 6-16 record in conference play. The Falcons have dropped 10 of their last 11 MAC games, the lone victory coming against Northern Illinois. They rank last in the MAC with a team ERA of 7.00 and with a scoring average of 4.2 runs per game. Randy Righter is the lone Falcon regular with a batting average over .300. The senior is hitting .322 with a team-high 29 RBIs and a .470 slugging percentage.