YPSILANTI, Mich. – The University of Toledo baseball team defeated Eastern Michigan 16-10 on Tuesday evening at Oestrike Stadium to earn a series split with the Eagles.
 
The highlight of the night for Toledo was its 12-run third inning, during which 16 batters came to the plate and the first 10 hitters of the inning reached base safely.
 
"It was good to continue swinging the bats well today," head coach Rob Reinstetle said. "We did what we needed to, which is to win the game. Once again everyone in the lineup contributed to the big 20-hit day. Now we go on the road to Northern Illinois and need to keep playing well."

Toledo has now scored 35 runs in its last two games, the most runs in a two-game stretch for the Rockets since 2010 when they scored 38 combined runs in back-to-back victories over Olivet College (27) and Cleveland State (11). UT pounded out 20 hits against the Eagles, the first time reaching that milestone since April 11, 2018 when the team collected 20 hits against Madonna University in a game played at Comerica Park.
 
Seven Rockets had multi-hit efforts on Tuesday and five drove in at least two runs. Darryn Davis led the way with a career day, going 4-for-5 at the plate with two home runs, a double, and five RBIs, the first multi-homer game of his career. Scott Mackiewicz went 3-for-5 with two doubles, two RBIs, and a walk in the leadoff spot. Chris Meyers was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two walks to help the cause, and Nicky Winterstein drove in two runs while tallying a double and a triple at the plate. Mason Sykes registered three hits and scored twice, and John Servello crossed home plate twice as well.
 
Six pitchers saw time for the Midnight Blue and Gold. Connor Brandon, Cal McAninch, Nate Haugh, Kyle Pijaszek, Jordan Power, and Layne Schnitz-Paxton all pitched for UT on Tuesday.
 
Toledo visits Northern Illinois this weekend for a four-game series.
 
How it Happened

• Davis opened the score with an opposite field two-run home run, putting the Rockets up 2-0.
• Eastern Michigan tagged Toledo for four runs in the bottom half of the second, turning a two-run deficit into a two-run advantage.
• The Rockets' offense exploded for 12 runs in the top of the third to take a commanding 14-4 lead. Sixteen hitters came to the plate for Toledo, pounding out 11 hits, including six extra-base hits, to put together the most productive offensive inning of the season.
• The first 10 batters of the inning reached base safely, and several Rockets reached base safely twice in the inning. Notably, Davis doubled and homered in the top of the third while Winterstein doubled and tripled.
• Toledo added two more runs in the top of the fourth to extend its lead to 16-4. Meyers drive in a run with a single into the gap in left-center field, then Servello scored two batters late on an RBI groundout.
• EMU closed the mammoth deficit a bit with a three-run bottom of the fourth, an inning highlighted by a first-pitch leadoff home run by Will Oberg, though Toledo still held a 16-7 lead.
• The Eagles would not go away, scoring two more runs in the bottom of the sixth to trim the deficit to seven, 16-9. Nick Jones' RBI triple the next inning brought EMU's run total to 10, still six runs behind the Rockets.
• Power and Schnitz-Paxton pitched the eighth and ninth innings, respectively, to close out Toledo's fifth win in the last six games.