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Toledo visits Kent State this weekend for a four-game series that begins on Friday with a 5:00 p.m. contest.

Toledo, Kent State Set for Weekend Battle

4/8/2021 4:14:00 PM

TOLEDO, Ohio – The University of Toledo baseball team will visit Kent State this weekend for a four-game series at Schoonover Stadium.

Friday's opener is set for a 5:00 p.m. start, followed by a seven-inning doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 1:00 p.m. The series will conclude with a 1:00 p.m. contest on Sunday. All four games will be live streamed and links can be found below. Live stats for the entire weekend can be found by clicking here, and fans can also follow along on Twitter at @ToledoBaseball for updates.

Friday Live Stream | Saturday Live Stream (Game 1) | Saturday Live Stream (Game 2) | Sunday Live Stream

Last Time Out
Toledo hosted Ohio this past weekend and split the four-game series with the Bobcats.

After losing the first two games of the series, the Rockets won a pair of one-run contests to end the weekend 2-2. Trailing by one heading into the bottom of the sixth in game two of Saturday's doubleheader, Nicky Winterstein drove in the tying run and Trace Hatfield's RBI single up the middle brought in the game-winning run for the Midnight Blue and Gold. Chris Meyers homered for the second straight game while Danny O'Reilly and Mason Sykes both added dingers in the winning effort. All nine starters in the lineup had a hit for Toledo in game two. Layne Schnitz-Paxton started on the mound and struck out nine in 5.2 innings, while Cal McAninch pitched the final 1.1 innings and earned his first win of the year.

In Sunday's finale, O'Reilly led the way offensively with two home runs and five RBIs, both career-highs. His first homer tied the game in the bottom of the fifth, and his second gave Toledo the lead for good in the bottom of the seventh. Meyers and Marcus Strother drove in the other two runs for the Rockets, and Winterstein and Sykes both had two-hit days. McAninch earned the win for the second straight game, throwing 2.2 innings and striking out three.

Quick Hits
  • Chris Meyers leads the MAC in home runs (9), RBIs (25), slugging (.767) and ranks second in hits (30), fourth in on-base percentage (.477), and sixth in batting average (.349).
  • Meyers has been one of the best power hitters in the country this year, ranking 21st nationally in slugging.
  • As a team, Toledo's 26 home runs are second in the conference, just one behind Kent State's 27.
  • Layne Schnitz-Paxton has been excellent in conference play, throwing 19.2 innings in three starts (seven-inning games) and he is tied for second with 25 strikeouts in MAC games.
  • There have been nine multi-home run games by MAC hitters this season, and four of them have come from Rockets: Meyers (2), Mason Sykes, and Danny O'Reilly.
  • Cal McAninch earned the win on back-to-back games this weekend, the first Toledo pitcher since at least 2006 to achieve that feat.
About Kent State
The Golden Flashes are coming off a four-game series sweep at Bowling Green where they outscored the Falcons 47-16. For his performance, Kent State's Ben Carew was named MAC Player of the Week, hitting .611 and having at least two hits in all four games against BGSU. Kent State leads the league in slugging (.444) and is second in runs scored (149), while the pitchers are third in strikeouts (203)
 
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