Rockets Drop Doubleheader at Miami

Wednesday, March 29

Oxford, Ohio

1:00 p.m.

University of Toledo

11-14, 4-3

Miami

15-13, 3-5

Toledo

Miami

Jenna Kroll hit her fourth home run of the season in Toledo’s 6-4 loss to Miami on Wednesday.

Photo by: Jeff Erickson

3/29/2023 6:14:00 PM | Softball

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Toledo goes 1-2 in series vs. defending MAC Champions in Oxford, Ohio

OXFORD, Ohio – The Toledo softball team closed out its three-game series with defending conference champion Miami with a pair of losses on Wednesday afternoon. The Rockets were run-ruled 12-4 (5 inn.) in the opening game before falling 6-4 in the nightcap.

Aubrey Reed's solo homer in the top of the fourth put Toledo to within one run, 4-3, to Miami in the opening game of the doubleheader. That would be as close to catching the Redhawks as the Rockets would get. Miami's Chloe Parks cleared the bases with a triple to right field in the fifth inning to end the game 12-4.

Jenna Kroll's solo home run in the third inning of Game 2 put Toledo ahead 2-0, but Miami answered with three runs in its half of the inning. The Rockets closed the gap to 5-4 in the fifth, but the Redhawks score one run in the sixth to go up 6-4, winning the game and the series.

Sophia Knight lasted 4.0 innings on the mound and gave up eight runs against the Redhawks in the Game 1 loss. Erin Hunt threw four strikeouts in 6.0 innings in Game 2 and gave up four hits in defeat.

Kroll's homer was her fourth of the season and 15^th of her career to push her into the No. 9 spot on Toledo's all-time career list passing Bailey Curry who hit 14 long balls, all in 2018.

Toledo (11-15, 4-4 MAC) will be back home at Scott Park this Saturday-Sunday, April 1-2 to host Akron, with a doubleheader beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday and a single game starting at noon on Sunday.

Game 1 – Miami 12, Toledo 4

Lexi Eckman reached home on a fielder's choice to take a 1-0 lead in the first.
Miami's Allie Cummins tied the game in the bottom half of the inning with a solo homer to center field.
Cummins hit a three-run homer to give the Redhawks a 4-1 lead in the second.
Lauren Erickson hit an RBI single to make it a 4-2 game in the third.
Aubrey Reed got the Rockets to within one run when she hit a solo homer to left field in the fourth.
Miami scored four runs in the fourth off a two-run double, an RBI single and sacrifice fly to make it 8-3.
Toledo threatened with the bases loaded in the fifth but only brought one runner home to cut the deficit down to 8-4.
Miami's Adriana Bartholomew homered to center field to make it 9-4 in the fifth.
Chloe Parks hit a bases-clearing triple to score four in the fifth and end the game by rune-rule, 12-4.

Game 2 – Miami 6, Toledo 4

Toledo took a 1-0 lead on an RBI double from Erickson in the first.
Jenna Kroll hit a solo homer, her fourth this season, to push Toledo ahead 2-0 in the third.
Miami took a 3-2 lead with three runs in the third.
The Redhawks scored two unearned runs in the fifth to lead 5-2.
Leah Tipple and Aleah Marra each doubled in a run to get the Rockets to within one run in the top of the sixth, 5-4.
An RBI double in the sixth gave Miami a 6-4 lead, and Toledo could not put together a rally in the seventh.