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Team vs. Wofford
Mark Olencki
Toledo scored five runs in the top of the seventh to fuel a 9-6 victory at Wofford on Sunday.
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Winner Toledo TOLEDO 2-11
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Wofford College WOF 10-6
Winner
Toledo TOLEDO
2-11
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Final
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Wofford College WOF
10-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toledo TOLEDO 0 0 1 2 1 0 5 0 0 9 13 2
Wofford College WOF 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 6 5 0

W: Schnitz-Paxton, Layne (1-0) L: Matthew Marchal (0-1) S: McAninch, Cal (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Rockets Take Down Terriers, 9-6


SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The University of Toledo baseball team ended its weekend on a high note, defeating Wofford 9-6 on Sunday afternoon.

"It feels so good to back into the win column," head coach Rob Reinstetle said. "Today the boys responded in a big way. The offense did a great job of continuing to score and put us in a position to win. We got some great performances on the mound. Layne Schnitz-Paxton was outstanding out of the pen and gave us everything he had. Cal McAninch then came in and shut the door."

Schnitz-Paxton provided the Rockets with 5.2 innings out of the bullpen and struck out seven, while McAninch pitched a perfect bottom of the ninth to record his first save of the year.

At the plate, Marcus Strother went 2-for-5 with three RBIs and his first home run of the season. Thomas Eitniear and Mason Sykes both drove in a couple runs, and Chris Meyers reached base in all five of his plate appearances with two hits and three walks.

"This is just what we needed as we start MAC play next week," Reinstetle said. "We need to get a few guys back healthy and in the lineup for next week. We still have things to work on, but I couldn't be happier for the team and the performance today."

The Rockets will visit the Miami RedHawks next weekend to open conference play.

How it Happened
  • Wofford scored in the bottom of the first and second to take an early 2-0 lead over Toledo.
  • The Rockets got one of those runs back in the top of the third to halve their deficit and make it 2-1. Ryan Thompson led off the inning with a single into right field, then later came around to score on Servello's base hit to center.
  • Strother launched the first pitch he saw in the top of the fourth over the wall for a two-run home run to give Toledo a 3-2 lead.
  • The Terriers knotted the score at 3-3 in the bottom of the fourth, scoring a run on a UT throwing error.
  • Sykes drove an 0-1 pitch into left field to score Meyers in the top of the fifth and tilt the score in Toledo's favor once again, 4-3.
  • The bottom half of the fifth was a big inning for Wofford with three runs coming across to score, putting the Rockets in a 6-4 hole.
  • Toledo took the lead for good in the top of the seventh with five runs. Meyers and Sykes recorded back-to-back doubles to tie it up at 6-6, then Strother drove in the go-ahead run with a single into left field. Eitniear's two-run single pushed the Rockets' lead to three, 9-6.
  • Schnitz-Paxton sent down the Terriers in order in the bottom of the seventh and overcame two walks in the eighth, forcing a double play to escape trouble.
  • McAninch tossed a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth to seal the deal.
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