TOLEDO, Ohio – For the first time this season, the University of Toledo baseball team will be playing home games at Scott Park. The Rockets host Ohio this weekend for a four-game series.

Friday's home opener is set for a 3:00 p.m. start, followed by a seven-inning doubleheader on Saturday beginning at Noon. The series will conclude with a 1:00 p.m. contest on Sunday. All four games will be televised locally on BCSN and will also be available on ESPN3. Live stats for the entire weekend can be found by clicking here, and fans can also follow along on Twitter at @ToledoBaseball for updates.

2021 Attendance Policy: There will be no general admission attendance at University of Toledo home baseball games. Only family members of Toledo student-athletes will be allowed to attend games this season. All Rocket baseball games played at Scott Park will be live streamed on ESPN3 or ESPN+.

Last Time Out
Toledo visited Ball State last weekend and dropped three out of four to the Cardinals.

The Rockets' victory came in game two of Saturday's doubleheader, 6-3. The game was a pitcher's duel to start, but the Rockets were able to plate three runs in the top of the fifth to grab the lead. They would go on to score three more in the top of the sixth, and thanks to an excellent outing from Layne Schnitz-Paxton the six runs were enough to take home the win. Schnitz-Paxton threw a seven-inning complete game and struck out eight. At the plate, Nicky Winterstein recorded a career-best five RBIs, going 2-for-2 at the plate with a pair of stolen bases. Thomas Eitniear was 1-for-3 with an RBI as well.

Quick Hits

• Toledo leads the MAC with 19 home runs this season and Chris Meyers leads the league with seven homers.
• Another Meyers note: He is riding a 23-game on-base streak entering this weekend. The streak stretches into last season, as he has reached base in all 21 games this season. Meyers has seven multi-hit games and two three-walk performances during the streak.
• Meyers was intentionally walked three times at Ball State last weekend. He has been intentionally walked four times this year, more than any other MAC player.
• The Rockets boast two of the five top run producers in the MAC in Meyers (21 RBI, 1st) and Mason Sykes (17 RBI, 5th)
• In two games against MAC opponents, Layne Schnitz-Paxton is 2-0 with two seven-inning complete games and 16 strikeouts.
• Kyle Jones is third in the MAC in innings pitched at 31.1 and he has thrown at least six innings in each of his last three outings.
• Jones has struck out 17 batters across his two starts in conference play, tied for fifth-most K's in MAC games this season.

About Ohio
The Bobcats are 9-9 entering this weekend's series and own a 3-5 mark in conference play. Ohio is coming off a 2-2 weekend at home against preseason MAC favorite Central Michigan. As a team, OU is hitting .245 and averages 4.4 runs per game, while the pitching staff sports a 5.20 ERA. Starting pitcher Joe Rock is among the best hurlers in the country; he leads the MAC in ERA (0.90) and owns a record of 3-1 with 44 strikeouts and 12 walks in 30.0 innings.