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Grant Umberger
? 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.
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Toledo TOLEDO 25-31
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Winner Ball State BSU 33-21-1
Toledo TOLEDO
25-31
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Final
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Ball State BSU
33-21-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toledo TOLEDO 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Ball State BSU 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 X 5 13 0

W: BEEKER, Merritt (9-3) L: Umberger, Grant (5-5)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Rockets Drop First Game of MAC Tournament, Face Elimination Game on Thursday

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
  • 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.
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