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Toledo dropped game two of its weekend series at Kent State, falling 11-5 on a rainy Saturday afternoon
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Toledo TOLEDO 15-29
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Winner Kent State KENTST 24-20
Toledo TOLEDO
15-29
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Final
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Kent State KENTST
24-20
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toledo TOLEDO 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 7 0
Kent State KENTST 2 0 4 0 1 0 4 0 X 11 11 0

W: MATTHEWS, John (5-5) L: Schnitz-Paxton, Layne (2-6)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Toledo Upended at Kent State, 11-5

Kent, Ohio— The Toledo baseball team held an early lead over Kent State on Saturday, but fell to Golden Flashes by a score of 11-5.

The Rockets led, 4-2, heading into the bottom of the third, but the Golden Flashes scored four runs that inning to take the lead for good.

At the plate, sophomores Chris Meyers and Zach Schwartzenberger both hit home runs. Senior Brad Boss went 2-for-3, and sophomore Trace Hatfield tallied an RBI triple.

Freshman Kyle Jones and senior Axel Bueter both turned in solid pitching performances. Jones threw 3.0 innings and allowed just one run on one hit, while Bueter pitched 1.1 perfect innings.

Toledo and Kent State will wrap up their weekend series on Sunday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. at Schoonover Stadium.

How it Happened
  • Toledo trailed, 2-0, after one inning. The first Kent State run scored on a single through the left side of the infield, and the second came around on a bloop base hit to left field.
  • Schwartzenberger tied the game at 2-2 with a two-run shot to right field, his second home run of the season.
  • Toledo took a 4-2 lead after scoring twice in the top of the third. After Boss singled, he came around to score on a triple from Hatfield. Freshman Darryn Davis then drove in Hatfield with a ground ball to the shortstop to put Toledo up by two.
  • Kent State took the lead in the bottom of the third with a four-run inning. A two-run single tied the game at 4-4, then a 6-4-3 double play allowed the runner at third to score and put the Golden Flashes on top. A two-out, solo home run made it 6-4.
  • A leadoff walk in the bottom of the fifth came around to bite the Rockets, as a base hit up the middle scored the leadoff man to make the score 7-4 in favor of Kent State.
  • Meyers brought the Rockets to within two with a solo home run in the top of the seventh. His fifth homer of the year made it 7-5.
  • Kent State broke the game open with a four-run seventh inning. An RBI triple, bases-loaded walk, and a two-run single all came with two outs to put Toledo in an 11-5 hole. That would hold as the final score.
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