Toledo, Ohio — The Toledo baseball team gets back on the field this Wednesday with a midweek contest at Michigan at 4:00 p.m.
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Probable Starters
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RHP Doug Smith
Last Time Out
The weather wreaked havoc on the Rockets' weekend series against Western Michigan, cancelling two of the scheduled games against the Broncos.
The lone game was played on Friday, and it ended up as a 6-3 win for WMU. Western Michigan did most of its damage in the top of the second, scoring four runs to take a 4-0 lead over the Rockets. UT answered with one run in the bottom of the third and two more in the sixth, but could not overcome the deficit. Western Michigan added two more runs in the top of the ninth to bring about the 6-3 final score.
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Rocket Notes
- Toledo has had three hitters record on-base streaks of at least 15 games: John Servello (19, current), Brad Boss (18), and Michael Ryan (16, current).
- Layne Schnitz-Paxton is 2-0 in his last four starts with a 1.78 ERA in 25.1 innings. Hitters are batting just .191 against him during that timeframe and he has 21 strikeouts to seven walks.
- Michael Jacob leads the MAC with 47.1 innings pitched. He has thrown at least six innings in all seven of his starts this season, including a season-high eight innings against WMU last Friday.
- Toledo's last win over Michigan came on April 11, 2012 in a 6-2 win over the Wolverines in Ann Arbor.
Scouting the Competition
Michigan is 19-7 entering Wednesday's game, which includes an 8-0 record at home and a current five-game winning streak. The Wolverines have reached as high as No. 16 in the D1 Baseball Top 25 poll, and entered the season ranked No. 17. Jordan Brewer is the team's top hitter, leading UM in batting average (.375), slugging percentage (.719), home runs (eight), and RBIs (29). As a whole, the pitching staff owns a 3.07 ERA and has struck out 209 batters while walking just 87.
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