Wednesday, May 22
Avon, Ohio
12:30 p.m.
University of Toledo
25-31
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33-21-1
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? Easton, Steven ? Senior Grant Umberger threw a career-high 106 pitches and stranded 10 Ball State baserunners to allow just two runs in 5.0 innings.
Rockets Drop First Game of MAC Tournament, Face Elimination Game on Thursday
5/22/2024 4:04:00 PM | Baseball
No. 6 Toledo will face loser of Miami and Kent State on Thursday at 10:00 a.m.
AVON, Ohio – The No. 6 seed Toledo baseball team dropped its first game of the MAC Baseball Championship on Wednesday afternoon as they were unable to overcome a strong pitching performance from No. 3 seed Ball State in a 5-1 defeat at Crushers Stadium.
Toledo will now face an elimination game on Thursday, May 23 at 10:00 a.m. back at Crushers Stadium. The Rockets will play against the loser of No. 4 seed Miami and No. 5 seed Kent State, who will play today at 6:00 p.m. Thursday's matchup will again be streamed on ESPN+.
The Rockets (25-31) only managed one hit on the day as the Cardinals (33-21-1) took a 2-1 lead through six and put the game away with a three-run seventh. BSU starting pitcher Merritt Beeker pitched a complete game.
Senior Grant Umberger (5-5) battled through 5.0 innings, giving up two runs on 11 hits and striking out five. He stranded 10 baserunners and once again set a career high in pitches with 106. Freshman Jacob Tabor and senior Kyle Music worked the final 3.0 innings, with Music pitching 2.0 innings without allowing a run or a hit and striking out three.
Freshman JP Wagner drove in Toledo's only run of the afternoon, plating junior Trey Wright in the fifth inning.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Toledo will now face an elimination game on Thursday, May 23 at 10:00 a.m. back at Crushers Stadium. The Rockets will play against the loser of No. 4 seed Miami and No. 5 seed Kent State, who will play today at 6:00 p.m. Thursday's matchup will again be streamed on ESPN+.
The Rockets (25-31) only managed one hit on the day as the Cardinals (33-21-1) took a 2-1 lead through six and put the game away with a three-run seventh. BSU starting pitcher Merritt Beeker pitched a complete game.
Senior Grant Umberger (5-5) battled through 5.0 innings, giving up two runs on 11 hits and striking out five. He stranded 10 baserunners and once again set a career high in pitches with 106. Freshman Jacob Tabor and senior Kyle Music worked the final 3.0 innings, with Music pitching 2.0 innings without allowing a run or a hit and striking out three.
Freshman JP Wagner drove in Toledo's only run of the afternoon, plating junior Trey Wright in the fifth inning.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Two two-out RBI singles gave Ball State a 2-0 lead after one inning.
- UT manufactured a run in the top of the fifth with back-to-back walks, a sacrifice bunt and an RBI groundout by JP Wagner.
- Ball State hit a solo home run to take a 3-1 lead in the seventh. The Cardinals then brought home another run on an RBI single and added one more on a balk to push their lead to 5-1.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: BEEKER, Merritt (9-3)
L: Umberger, Grant (5-5)
Batting:
RBI: Wagner, JP 1
SH: Scholvin, Charlie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wright, Trey 1
SB: Konczak, Caden 1
HBP: Konczak, Caden 1 ; Wagner, JP 1
Batting:
HR: HALLQUIST, Michael 1
RBI: HALLQUIST, Michael 1 ; BEVIS, Blake 1 ; KING, Houston 1 ; JACOBS, Clay 1
Base Running:
RUNS: SCHEFFLER, Decker 1 ; HALLQUIST, Michael 2 ; BEVIS, Blake 1 ; MILLER, Grant 1
HBP: GONZALEZ, Matthew 1
Game Leaders
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