TOLEDO, Ohio – The University of Toledo baseball team heads to Eastern Michigan on Tuesday for a 6:00 p.m. contest against the Eagles.
This will be the first of four makeup games between the Rockets and EMU, who had their weekend series that was originally scheduled for April 23-25 postponed.
Last Time Out
Toledo split a weekend series vs. Western Michigan at Scott Park, with both teams combing for 96 runs and 19 home runs in the four games.
After a strong offensive showing in a 16-13 win on Friday, the Broncos' offense once again stole the show in game one on Saturday, scoring 15 runs and collecting 17 hits in seven innings. Game two looked to be following a similar script, as WMU took a 7-0 lead early, but Toledo was able to come all the way back and win. The Rockets scored four runs in the third and six runs in the fourth to take the lead and then stave off a late WMU rally.
Western Michigan took an early 5-0 lead on Sunday, but Toledo used a six-run bottom of the fifth to grab its first advantage of the day. The Rockets held the Broncos scoreless from the fifth inning on, and scored five more insurance runs to earn a series split.
Rocket Notes
- Chris Meyers leads the MAC in home runs (13), RBIs (41), batting average (.385), slugging percentage (.800), on-base percentage (.515) and hits (50). He is second in runs scored (39) and doubles (13).
- Meyers ranks fourth in the nation in slugging percentage and he is tied for 12th in home runs.
- As a team, Toledo leads the MAC in home runs (50) and slugging (.477). No other team in the league has more than 33 home runs.
- Scott Mackiewicz has homered in three straight games, including a go-ahead grand slam in Sunday's victory over WMU.
- Toledo is 10-0 this season when leading after six innings.
Chasing Down History
Chris Meyers has 13 home runs entering Tuesday's game at EMU, two away from tying the single-season record of 15, held by Ross Adolph (2018) and Mike Ernst (2000). Meyers has 19 games to get there and is averaging a home run every 10 at-bats.
Toledo, Bowling Green to Play at Fifth Third Field
The baseball programs at the University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University have announced that they will play at Fifth Third Field, home of the Toledo Mud Hens, on Friday, May 14 at 7:00 p.m. The contest is the first in a planned annual game between the Rockets and Falcons played in Downtown Toledo.
General admission tickets are available for $8.00 and special student-priced tickets are available for $5.00 with the use of a promo code. Tickets can be purchased through the Toledo Mud Hens box office by
clicking on this link. Please contact Troy Hammersmith (
thammersmith@mudhens.com) with the Mud Hens if interested in learning about premium seating options or for group tickets of 20 or more.
Scouting Eastern Michigan
Eastern Michigan Is 12-19 entering Tuesday's game with a 6-14 ledger in Mid-American Conference play. The Eagles visited Atlantic 10 foe St. Bonaventure for a doubleheader this past Saturday, winning the first game 20-5 and taking the second game 13-2. Gabe Denton is hitting .344 with six home runs and 21 RBIs on the season, and Davis Feldman has led the pitching staff with a 2.68 ERA in 40.1 innings. EMU is averaging 4.6 runs per game, near the bottom of the league, though its cumulative staff ERA of 4.78 is in the upper-third among MAC teams.
