Toledo Travels to Wright State, Plays Ohio In Home Opener Series

Tuesday, March 18

Dayton, Ohio

3:00 p.m.

University of Toledo

Wright State

Charlie Scholvin hit .500 (7-for-14) in four games last week.

Photo by: Bree Bee

Toledo Travels to Wright State, Plays Ohio In Home Opener Series

3/17/2025 1:19:00 PM | Baseball

Rockets' home opener will be Friday, March 21 at Scott Park

By: By Levi Woods: Athletic Communications

TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo baseball team will play four games again this week, taking on Wright State on Tuesday, March 18, before opening its home season versus Ohio in a weekend series March 21-23 at Scott Park. First pitch against the Raiders will be 3:00 p.m., with the Ohio games airing on ESPN+, beginning at 3:00 on Friday and 1:00 on Saturday and Sunday.

Toledo (6-12, 2-4 MAC) dropped a close game at Michigan on Tuesday and fell on Friday and Saturday at Ball State, before rallying to take the series finale 6-3 on Sunday. Brady Sasse had a strong outing against Michigan, pitching 4.1 scoreless innings with two strikeouts, only allowing one hit. In the win against Ball State, Nathan Leininger pitched 3.0 scoreless innings with one strikeout and walk, allowing only two hits to pick up his second win of the season. Charlie Scholvin led the Rockets' offense through the week, hitting 7-for-14 with six RBIs, four runs and a home run.

Wright State is 8-9 on the season and won four games last week, beating Kent State and sweeping the weekend series versus Oakland. Toledo last faced Wright State on April 3, 2024, with Wright State winning 8-0.

Ohio sits at ninth place in the MAC at 1-5 and 4-13 overall on the season. Last week, OU beat Morehead State before losing 2-of-3 to Central Michigan over the weekend. The Bobcats will face Dayton on Tuesday in midweek action before the weekend series against the Rockets.

Admission is free for all Rocket baseball games at Scott Park.

Tuesday, March 18 @ Wright State (3:00 p.m.) Live Stats
Friday, March 21 vs. Ohio (3:00 p.m.) Watch | Live Stats
Saturday, March 22 vs. Ohio (1:00 p.m.) Watch | Live Stats
Sunday, March 23 vs. Ohio (1:00 p.m.) Watch | Live Stats

Leading Off

The Rockets held Ball State's offense in check in the 6-3 series finale win on Sunday, the second-fewest runs allowed in a game for Toledo this season. They picked up their second Mid-American Conference win to snap a three-game losing streak.
The victory was also Ball State's first conference loss of the season.
Toledo is home at Scott Park on Friday for the first time this season going up against Ohio. The Rockets will then go on a five-game road trip to close out the month.
Last season against Ohio, Toledo dropped 2-of-3 in the lone regular-season series in Athens.

Rocket Hitting Notes

Cole Cahill leads Rocket hitters with a .304 average, 21 hits, and seven multi-hit games. Troy Sudbrook leads in RBIs (11), total bases (34), and triples (2).
Luke Walton is tied for seventh in the MAC in doubles with six and Troy Sudbrook is tied for third in the league in triples with two after hitting another against Ball State on Saturday.
Caden Konczak has reached base in 14-straight games.

On the Mound and In the Field

Toledo is third in the league with a 6.05 team ERA. Toledo has allowed the second-fewest runs (108) and the fourth-fewest hits (169) in the MAC.
The pitching staff is allowing a .291 average thus far, the third-lowest in the MAC.
The Rockets recorded 12 strikeouts in Sunday's win against Ball State, tied for the third-most this season as a pitching staff.
Jacob Tabor is top 10 in the MAC in ERA, opposing batting average, and batters struck out looking. He is 10th with a 5.32 ERA, eighth with a .253 average, and tied for tenth with six batters out looking. He is also tied for 16th in total strikeouts with 20.
Nathan Leininger picked up his second win of the season on Sunday and is tied for fifth in the league in wins.