OXFORD, Ohio – The University of Toledo baseball team split its Saturday doubleheader at Miami, winning the second game 4-3 after dropping a close game one, 2-1.

"Today was a wild ride of emotions," head coach Rob Reinstetle said. "Game one was a heartbreaker losing it at the very end like that. Kyle Jones threw another great game for us. Game two we battled and battled and found a way to win. The offense did enough to get the job done, but Layne Schnitz-Paxton gave us all he had and went the distance."

Jones had thrown five scoreless innings and held a 1-0 lead in the first game when, in the bottom of the sixth, Miami took advantage of a Toledo error to score two and take a late lead. The Rockets regrouped and came back to win the second game thanks in part to Schnitz-Paxton's seven-inning complete game and eight strikeouts.

"I told the team after the game that a lesser group of guys would have folded after what happened in game one," Reinstetle said. "But they banded together and got a big win in game two. Tomorrow is a great opportunity to come back again and walk out of here with a series tie."

Nicky Winterstein and Matt Kirk both had two hits and an RBI in the victory in game two, with Winterstein driving in the game-winning run in the sixth. The Toledo offense collected just two hits in game one; Winterstein and Chris Meyers each had one in the first game on Saturday.

The Rockets will attempt to tie the weekend series on Sunday at 1:00 p.m.

How it Happened (Game 1)

• Toledo scored a run in the top of the first to take an early lead. With the bases loaded and no outs, Miami traded a run for two outs to turn a 6-4-3 double play.
• Jones tossed a 1-2-3 bottom of the first, then escaped trouble in the bottom of the second after Miami had runners on second and third with one out. Jones recorded a strikeout for the second out and got out of the inning with a fly out to left field.
• The Rockets had a chance to extend their lead in the top of the fourth, but left two runners stranded on base to end the inning.
• Jones allowed just two baserunners combined in the third, fourth, and fifth innings.
• With runners on second and third and two outs, the RedHawks took advantage of a Toledo error to score two runs in the bottom of the sixth to make it 2-1, which would hold as the final score.

 
How it Happened (Game 2)

• Both teams had three baserunners apiece in the top and bottom of the first, but neither squad was able to take advantage of the early offensive opportunity.
• Miami struck first with two runs in the bottom of the second, both coming on back-to-back base hits.
• Toledo got a run back in the top of the third on a Miami pickoff attempt gone awry, making the score 2-1.
• The RedHawks extended their lead back to two with a two-out base hit in the bottom of the third that scored the runner at second.
• Kirk ripped the first pitch he saw in the top of the fifth into the gap in left-center field for a two-out double that scored Trace Hatfield and put the Rockets within one, 3-2.
• Toledo took a 4-3 lead with two runs in the sixth. Scott Mackiewicz scored on a wild pitch to tie the game, then Winterstein's two-out RBI single scored Marcus Strother to put the Rockets ahead.
• Schnitz-Paxton struck out the side in the bottom of the sixth and pitched a scoreless bottom of the seventh to help lead the Rockets to victory.