Box Score TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo baseball team trailed 8-3 after seven innings, but scored six times in the eighth and once more in the 10th for a thrilling 10-9 victory over Eastern Michigan at Scott Park Friday afternoon.
 
The Rockets (21-25, 14-11 MAC), who have come back to win from at least five runs down three times this season, sent the Eagles (13-30, 8-14 MAC) to their 11th straight loss. It was also Toledo's third extra-inning victory of the season.
 
"From being up, then falling way behind, to battling back to take the lead and having to walk it off, that game was quite a range of emotions," said Head Coach Rob Reinstetle. "That was an exciting win which I hope will propel us forward. (Relief pitcher) Brennan McCune was outstanding and gave us a chance to claw back and Jacob Tabor was good at the end. We didn't get a lot of hits today, but the ones we had really counted. Caden Konczak had two huge run-producing hits and Charlie Scholvin produced a big hit to become the winning run. Owen Jackson's fly ball wasn't a hit but became the biggest swing of the game."
 
Junior Caden Konczak supplied two key hits and three RBIs on the afternoon, while senior Owen Jackson, junior Garret Pike and freshman Charlie Scholvin each scored two runs. Toledo took advantage of 10 walks and three hit batsmen, with Jackson, Pike, senior Scott Mackiewicz and freshman Luke Walton drawing two walks apiece.
 
The 13 combined walks and hit batsmen combined with timely hitting allowed UT to score 10 times despite being held to six hits, with the first safety not coming until the seventh inning.
 
Toledo's pitching began with senior Grant Umberger, who threw 5.0 innings allowing three runs on four hits and striking out six. Junior Brennan McCune pitched 2.2 scoreless innings on just two hits. Freshman Jacob Tabor (3-0) worked the final two innings, allowing one run on two hits.
 
The Rockets and Eagles will play the middle game of the series on Saturday before closing out the set on Sunday. First pitch is set for 1:00 p.m. on BCSN and ESPN+. Toledo will honor its 12 baseball seniors before Saturday's game.
 
"I'm happy for the team and proud of how they battled back today," said Reinstetle. "Tomorrow is Senior Day and we need to send our seniors off with another victory."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Eagles scored a run in the top of the first on a two-out RBI double.
• Four straight Toledo batters reached to start the first on three walks and a hit batter. Caden Konczak came home on a Luke Walton bases-loaded walk, Owen Jackson scored on a double play and Garret Pike on a wild catch to give UT a 3-1 lead.
• The Eagles tied the game in the fifth on an RBI single and RBI triple, both with two outs.
• EMU put together five runs on seven hits in the top of the sixth to take an 8-3 lead.
• Toledo's first six runners reached in the eighth to cut the deficit to 8-6, with Brayden White drawing a bases-loaded hit by pitch and Trey Wright delivering a two-run single. After UT re-loaded the bases with two outs, Konczak delivered a bases-clearing double for the 9-8 lead.
• The Eagles tied the game in the ninth on an RBI groundout with the bases loaded.
• In the bottom of the 10th, Charlie Scholvin walked and advanced to third on a Konzcak single. Jackson's sacrifice fly scored Scholvin for the winning run.