Toledo Drops Game One of Battle of I-75

Friday, April 1

Bowling Green, Ohio/ Meserve Field

3:00 p.m.

University of Toledo

8-18, 1-4

Bowling Green

15-9, 3-3

Toledo

Bowling Green

Sophomore Molly Ryan put down a sacrifice bunt to score Toledo’s lone run in its loss to BG on Friday.

Photo by: Jeff Erickson

4/1/2022 6:32:00 PM | Softball

Box Score BG 7, TOL 1

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Toledo's bats had no answer for Bowling Green's Payton Gottshall on Friday, as the Rockets fell to their I-75 rivals, 7-1 at Bowling Green.

Gottshall held Toledo scoreless until the seventh inning when the drought was broken by sophomore Sydney McKeever. The Louisville, Ohio native led off the inning with a walk, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt, stole third and scored on a suicide squeeze by sophomore Molly Ryan. Toledo put two runners on in the first and third innings but could not get a runner past second base in either inning. Gottshall surrendered just two hits overall in seven innings, striking out 15 Rockets.

Bowling Green scored two runs in the first and third, and three more in the fifth. Freshman Sophia Knight took the loss for the Rockets.

The Rockets (8-18, 1-4 MAC) and the Falcons (15-9, 3-3 MAC) will be back for a doubleheader starting at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The games can be watched locally on BCSN.

How it Happened:

Anna Dixon opened the game with a double but was unable to advance.
BG scored two runs on a bases-loaded walk and an RBI single in the first.
Dixon reached base on an error in the third inning and moved to second on a walk but again the Rockets could not move her beyond second.
The Falcons scored two more runs on back-to-back walks in their half of the third inning.
BG scored three more runs in the fifth on a throwing error, an RBI single and an RBI double to center field.
In the seventh, Sydney McKeever walked, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt from Lexi Eckman, stole third and scored for the Rockets on a suicide squeeze by Molly Ryan for Toledo's only run.