Toledo, Ohio — The Toledo baseball team will face a pair of Ohio foes this week when it hosts Dayton on Tuesday and travels to Youngstown State on Wednesday.

Tuesday's home game is scheduled for a 3:05 p.m. start and will be available locally on BCSN, while also being streamed live on ESPN+. Wednesday's game at Youngstown State will start at 5:00 p.m. As always, follow along on Twitter at @ToledoBaseball for any and all updates.
 
Probable Starters
Tuesday:  Live Stats | Live Stream | RHP Cole Pletka vs. LHP Jamie Myers
Wednesday:  Live Stats | TBA vs. TBA

Last Time Out
Toledo hosted the Miami RedHawks this past weekend and, after dropping the Friday and Saturday contests, snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 7-5 win on Sunday.
Senior Brad Boss went 3-for-4 at the plate and drove in three runs, including a solo home run. Freshman Mark Mohnickey got the start behind the plate and made the most of it, going 2-for-3 with two RBIs. On the mound, junior Doug Smith gave the Rockets six strong innings and he received help out the bullpen from senior Luke Schaefer, junior Austin Calopietro, and senior Nate Haugh.
 
Rocket Notes

• Darryn Davis is hitting .363, tops among all freshmen in the MAC.
• Michael Jacob has thrown 51.1 innings this season, most among all MAC pitchers.
• The Rockets are in the middle of a stretch of playing 15 of 16 games in the state of Ohio, starting on March 22 and ending April 17. The lone non-Ohio game during this period was last week's midweek contest at Michigan.
• Brad Boss has been the team's leading hitter over the last 10 games: .409/.469/.659, 11 RBIs, seven extra-base hits.

Scouting the Competition
Dayton enters Tuesday's game with a record of 17-13-1, having recently completed a series sweep of St. Bonaventure. The Flyers own a 7-2 record in Atlantic 10 Conference play and a 4-4 mark against MAC teams. Benjamin Blackwell leads the team with a .317 batting average, while Eddie Pursinger has been UD's power threat with a team-high six home runs and a .462 slugging percentage. On the mound, Dayton has a 4.60 team ERA and has struck out 240 batters while walking 112.

Youngstown State is currently 7-24 and will play at Penn State on Tuesday before hosting the Rockets. The Penguins lost their first 14 games of the season, though 10 of those came against highly-ranked Mississippi State and Florida State, as well as MAC leader Miami. They're hitting .214 as a team and opponents are hitting .314 against them. Jeff Wehler, Blaze Glenn, and Trevor Wiersma all have a team-best four home runs, and Glenn leads with 22 RBIs. YSU has a team ERA of 7.91 and has walked 171 batters while striking out 179.