Toledo, Ohio — The Toledo baseball team returns to the diamond this weekend with a three-game conference series at MAC foe Kent State.

Friday's game is scheduled for a 6:00 p.m. first pitch, Saturday's contest will start at 4:00 p.m., and the series will conclude with a 1:00 p.m. game on Sunday. Links for live stats and live streams are below and, as always, follow along on Twitter at @ToledoBaseball for any and all updates.
 
Links
Friday:  Live Stats | Live Stream | Live Audio
Saturday:  Live Stats | Live Audio
Sunday:  Live Stats | Live Audio

Last Time Out
The Rockets did not have any midweek games this week due to final exams. The last time Toledo took the field was this past weekend at Eastern Michigan, with the Eagles coming away with a series sweep. Toledo lost Friday's series opener 6-5, then fell to EMU, 5-3, on Saturday before dropping the final game by a score of 6-5.

Following the series against the Eagles, Toledo now sits six games back in the win column from Ohio, the No. 6-ranked team in the MAC. The top six teams in the conference earn spots in the MAC Tournament that begins May 22 in Avon, Ohio.
 
Rocket Notes

• During last weekend's series against Eastern Michigan, Brad Boss broke the Toledo baseball career walks record, tallying his 112th career free pass.
• Boss has also been among the top sluggers in the MAC this season. He sits among the conference leaders in RBIs (39), doubles (16), and home runs (6).
• Doug Smith has pitched well in conference play, leading the starting rotation with a 3.49 ERA across 28.1 innings.
• Riley Campbell has been hit by a pitch 13 times, most in the MAC. As a team the Rockets have been hit 55 times, third-most in the league.

Scouting the Competition
Kent State enters the weekend fourth in the MAC standings and has an overall record of 22-20. The Golden Flashes have won six of their last seven games, with two MAC series victories over Northern Illinois and Ohio included in that stretch. Kent State is second in the league in slugging (.442), third in runs scored (297), and third in batting average (.286). The pitching staff has held opponents to a .246 batting average, second-lowest in the conference. Ben Carew has been one of the better hitters in the MAC, sitting among the leaders in batting average (.389), slugging percentage (.583), runs scored (43), and hits (65).