Rockets Slug Past Miami 9-7 for First MAC Win

Sunday, March 9

Oxford, Ohio

1:00 p.m.

University of Toledo

5-9, 1-2

Miami

7-8, 2-1

TOLEDO

Miami

Luke Walton hit home runs in the first and third innings and had four RBIs in Toledo's 9-7 victory over Miami on Sunday.

Photo by: Craig Strobeck

3/9/2025 4:24:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Luke Walton blasts two home runs as Toledo scores season-high nine runs

OXFORD, Ohio – The Toledo baseball team scored a season-high nine runs to secure a 9-7 victory over Miami for its first Mid-American Conference victory of the season at McKie Field on Sunday.

The Rockets (5-9, 1-2 MAC) hit three early home runs, including a pair of two-run blasts by sophomore Luke Walton, and took the lead for good with a three-run fifth inning. Toledo's bullpen shut down bases-loaded opportunities from the RedHawks (7-8, 2-1 MAC) in the fifth and eighth innings, limiting Miami to one run in both of those chances.

Quoting Head Coach Rob Reinstetle:
"Really proud of the way we competed today. We really needed that win and I'm happy with how the bats responded today. There's a fine line to winning. Yesterday didn't go our way, but we were resilient and got it done today."

Top Rocket Hitters

Luke Walton – 2-for-4, 2 HR (2), 3 R, 4 RBIs, 1 BB
- Second multi-HR game of career (March 28, 2024 vs. NIU)
Caden Konczak – 2-for-5, HR (3), 1 R, 1 RB!
Cole Cahill – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs, 1 SB
- Fifth multi-hit game of season; career high in RBIs
Brayden White – 2-for-4, 2 R, 1 2B
JP Wagner – 2-for-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI

Pitching Lines

Logan Jones (W, 1-0) – 4.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 Ks
Braden Curry (SAVE, 1) – 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 Ks
- First career save

How It Happened

Walton slugged a two-run home run to right for a 2-0 lead in the first.
The RedHawks took a 4-2 lead after two innings on three RBI singles and a sac fly.
Konczak socked a solo home run followed by another Walton two-run blast for a 5-4 lead in the third.
The Rockets took an 8-5 lead in the fifth on a two-run single by Cole Cahill and an RBI groundout by JP Wagner.
Logan Jones kept the bases loaded in the bottom of the fifth to keep the Rockets up 8-6.
Cahill delivered another RBI single for an insurance run in the seventh.
Miami got a run in the eighth, but Braden Curry worked out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam to keep Toledo ahead, 9-7. Curry then worked a 1-2-3 ninth.