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Dalton Bollinger
Senior Dalton Bollinger smacked a three-run home run in Toledo's 12-4 loss at NIU.
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Univ. of Toledo TOLEDO 16-27, 10-11 MAC
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Winner Northern Illinois NIU 17-31, 6-13 MAC
Univ. of Toledo TOLEDO
16-27, 10-11 MAC
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Northern Illinois NIU
17-31, 6-13 MAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Univ. of Toledo TOLEDO 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 1
Northern Illinois NIU 0 1 3 1 1 2 0 4 X 12 13 2

W: ANDERSON, W. (2-1) L: Jacob, Michael (0-7)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Rockets Fall to Huskies, 12-4, in Series Finale

DeKalb, Ill.— Toledo's chance at a series sweep was spoiled with a 12-4 loss at Northern Illinois.

After posting a comeback, extra-innings win on Friday and a dominant shutout on Saturday, the Rockets were unable to keep up with the Huskies' bats on Sunday. NIU scored a run in six of its eight innings, including a game-high four in the bottom of the eighth.

Senior Dalton Bollinger provided most of the offense for Toledo with a three-run home run in the top of the third, his second dinger of the season. Senior Matt Hansen drove in the other run for UT. Junior Michael Jacob started for the Rockets, one of six pitchers to take the mound for the Midnight Blue and Gold.

After taking two out of three games from the Huskies, UT sits in sixth place in the Mid-American Conference with two more weekends remaining.

Next up for Toledo is a home game against Youngstown State on Tuesday, then a Wednesday trip to Butler. Tuesday's game at Scott Park is slated for a 3:05 p.m. start.

How it Happened
  • NIU struck first on Sunday, taking a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning on a fielder's choice ground out. The inning started with a leadoff walk that was followed by a double, culminating in the run-scoring ground ball to shortstop.
  • The big swing from Bollinger put Toledo ahead, 3-1, in the top of the third.
  • The Huskies answered with three runs of their own in the bottom half of the third. A pair of RBI singles led to a 3-3 tie, then NIU took the lead with a well-executed squeeze bunt.
  • Another Northern Illinois run scored in the bottom of the fourth. A double into the corner in left field allowed the runner on first to score and put the Rockets in a two-run hole, 5-3.
  • The Huskies extended their lead again in the fifth on an RBI double, putting Toledo behind 6-3. The next inning, a two-run double for Northern Illinois made the score 8-3.
  • Hansen's seventh inning single rolled right by the right fielder, allowing him to reach third. Ryan scored all the way from first on the NIU error.
  • Northern Illinois tacked on four runs in the bottom of the eighth to extend its lead to 12-4.
 
 
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