Toledo, Ohio— The Toledo baseball team enters the home stretch of its spring break trip this weekend with a three-game series against Bucknell. The Rockets and Bison are escaping the cold and playing at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Fla.
 
Friday will be a travel day for UT. The series against Bucknell will begin with a doubleheader on Saturday starting at 10:00 a.m. and will conclude with a 10:30 a.m. finale on Sunday morning.

Live stats links for all three games can be found below and, as always, follow along on Twitter at @ToledoBaseball for any and all updates.

Probable Starters
Saturday (Game One):  Live Stats | LHP Jack Grabek vs. LHP Michael Jacob
Saturday (Game Two):  Live Stats | RHP Jeff Gottesman vs. RHP Doug Smith
Sunday: Live Stats | RHP Jack Simpson vs. RHP Layne Schnitz-Paxton

Last Time Out
Toledo visited UNC Wilmington for a two-game series this week and left with a series split. The Rockets won game one, 5-3, before falling 13-5 in game two.
 
UT scored all of its runs in innings four, five, and six to take a 5-0 lead in the first game. UNCW plated three runs in the bottom half of the sixth to pull within two, but the Rockets stood strong to take the win. Senior Axel Bueter was terrific, tossing four shutout innings and striking out two, and fellow senior Luke Schaefer threw 2.1 scoreless frames.
 
In game two, the Rockets and Seahawks were tied at 3-3 entering the bottom of the sixth, but UNCW put seven runs on the board despite not recording a hit in the inning. UT was unable to overcome the big inning in the 13-5 defeat.
 
Rocket Notes

• Saturday's doubleheader will be the fourth in as many weekends for the Rockets. Rain forced UT to play twin bills at Winthrop, Belmont, and Davidson.
• Toledo opened its season in 2018 at Osceola Heritage Park with games against Iowa, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis. The Rockets went 2-2 that weekend.
• Brad Boss and Darryn Davis have both reached base in all 11 games this season. Davis also owns the team's longest hitting streak at seven games.
• Michael Jacob has done a good job of limiting his opponents' offensive opportunities in his first three starts. Opposing hitters are batting just .162 (6-for-37) with runners on base against Jacob.

Scouting the Competition
Bucknell enters this weekend 3-6, recently completing a series sweep over Niagara, outscoring its opponent 34-3. JohnPaul Bell is the team's leading hitter with a .419 batting average and a .645 slugging percentage. Jack Simpson has thrown the most innings on the pitching staff (17.0) and owns a 4.76 ERA, the lowest of any Bison player who has started a game this season.