BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – The Toledo Baseball team concluded its weekend at the OneSpartanburg, Inc. Baseball Classic on Sunday afternoon with a 10-7 setback at Gardner-Webb.

The Rockets grabbed an early lead after a three-run second inning, but the Runnin' Bulldogs answered with three runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning. Another three-spot for Gardner-Webb in the bottom of the fourth proved to be the difference, as both teams scored three runs the rest of the way.

"As good as we played yesterday, we couldn't replicate that today," head coach Rob Reinstetle said. "I continue to say that it all starts on the mound and that is where we struggled today. If you score seven-plus runs you should win almost every game you play. The offense swung the bats and produced enough to win, but we had chances to score even more and didn't. I'm very disappointed with the way we've thrown the ball on mound to this point. That being said, we win as a team and lose as a team. The challenge for us coaches is to reassess our pitching and figure out what is the best mix for us to win games."

Sophomore Trey Wright had a good day at the plate, going 2-for-3 with three RBIs to bring his weekend total to five runs driven in. Sophomore Owen Jackson hit his third home run in as many games, which highlighted his 2-for-4 performance. Also driving in runs for Toledo were sophomores Caden Konczak and Brian Fry.

Five different pitchers saw time on the mound on Sunday, with senior Cal McAninch and junior Jack Walker both striking out three.

Toledo heads to Middle Tennessee for a three-game series next weekend before heading west to face UT Martin on Tuesday-Wednesday, March 7-8.

• Gardner-Webb scored the first run of the game on a sac fly in the bottom of the first to go up 1-0.
• The Rockets grabbed a 3-1 lead with a three-run top of the second. Caden Konczak drove in Owen Jackson on an RBI single, and in the very next at-bat Trey Wright doubled down the line in right field to bring home two more runs.
• The lead didn't last long as the Runnin' Bulldogs answered with three runs in the bottom half of the inning to take a 4-3 lead.
• Wright's two-out RBI single in the top of the fourth tied the score at 4-4.
• Gardner-Webb added three more runs to its total in the bottom of the fourth to make it 7-4.
• Both teams scored a run in the fifth inning and GW added a run on a leadoff home run in the bottom of the sixth to extend its lead to 9-5.
• Jackson cut Toledo's deficit to three with a solo shot in the top of the seventh.
• Fry drove in a run in the top of the ninth to trim the deficit to three, 10-7, but the Rockets couldn't put together a late rally.