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Doug Smith threw 7.1 solid innings in Friday's 6-5 loss at Eastern Michigan.
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Toledo TOLEDO 15-25
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Winner Eastern Michigan EMU 9-32-1
Toledo TOLEDO
15-25
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Final
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Eastern Michigan EMU
9-32-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toledo TOLEDO 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 5 13 3
Eastern Michigan EMU 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 6 11 1

W: SPARKS, Mitchell (1-3) L: Haugh, Nate (2-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Toledo Drops Series Opener at Eastern Michigan, 6-5

Ypsilanti, Mich. — The Toledo baseball team dropped Friday's series opener at Eastern Michigan, 6-5, on a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth.

The Rockets held the lead entering the bottom of the eighth, but allowed a couple runs to EMU and fell behind, 5-4. Toledo tied the game at 5-5 in the top of the ninth, but surrendered a bases-loaded single to right field that brought in the game-winning run.

Junior Doug Smith was terrific on the mound for Toledo on Friday, throwing 7.1 innings while striking out four and allowing six hits. Senior Brad Boss drove in the two runs in the top of the seventh that gave the Rockets a short-lived lead, and sophomore Trace Hatfield plus freshmen Darryn Davis and Ryan Thompson all drove in runs as well. Hatfield's RBI in the ninth inning tied the game at 5-5.

To try and get ahead of incoming inclement weather, Toledo and Eastern Michigan will play on Saturday at 1:00 p.m.

How it Happened
  • Eastern Michigan took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third on an RBI single. The runner that scored had reached base due to a Toledo fielding error, and made it all the way home on the run-scoring base hit. Smith picked off the runner at first to end the inning, limiting the damage.
  • The Rockets tied it up at 1-1 in the top of the fourth. The first three batters reached via base hits, then Davis drove in Hatfield with a sacrifice fly.
  • Sophomore Zach Schwartzenberger flashed the leather in the bottom of the fourth, laying out for a terrific diving catch to end the inning.
  • Thompson made it 2-1 Rockets in the top of the sixth with a two-out RBI single to center field that scored Boss.
  • EMU took a 3-2 lead in the sixth. With runners on first and second, a two-out ground ball ended with a UT throwing error that allowed the tying run to score, then an RBI single brought in the go-ahead run.
  • Boss singled through the right side of the infield to drive in two runs in the top of the seventh and make the score 4-3.
  • Down to their last strike in the bottom of the eighth, Eastern Michigan laced an RBI single into center field to tie the game at 4-4. Another run-scoring hit followed to give the Eagles a 5-4 lead.
  • Freshman Thomas Eitniear and Meyers tallied back-to-back singles in the top of the ninth to put runners at the corners, then Hatfield drove in the tying run with a base hit of his own to make it 5-5.
  • EMU loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the ninth and won the game on a walk-off single to right field.
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