TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo baseball team hung close throughout the game, but dropped the series finale, 5-3 to East Tennessee State at Scott Park on Scott Park.
 
The Rockets (18-25) fell behind 4-1 in the fifth inning, but pulled within a run in the sixth. However, the Buccaneers (30-12) added an insurance run in the seventh inning and the bullpen held off the Rockets across the final 3.2 innings.
 
Top Rocket Hitters

• Luke Walton – 2-for-4
  • Seven-game hitting streak; four multi-hit games in that span
• Kaleb Herbert – 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB
• Troy Sudbrook – 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB
• Charlie Scholvin – 1-for-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 HBP

Pitching Lines 

• Brady Sasse (L, 1-3) – 4.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 Ks
• Logan Jones – 3.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 2 Ks
• Ryan Kennedy – 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 Ks

How It Happened

• The Buccaneers got on the board first with a two-run triple, capping off three-straight hits with two outs in the third.
• Charlie Scholvin drove home Troy Sudbrook with a two-out double in the fourth to cut the deficit in half to 2-1.
• After two walks, the Bucs tacked on two more in the fifth on a just-fair double for a 4-1 lead.
• The Rockets got back-to-back doubles from Luke Leto and Kaleb Herbert in the sixth. Then, Herbert came around to score on back-to-back groundouts.
• An RBI single extended ETSU's lead to 5-3 in the seventh.
• Toledo put runners on first and second with one out in the bottom of the ninth, bringing the winning run to the plate, but a strikeout and flyout ended the game.

Up Next 
The Rockets remain at home for midweek action against Mercyhurst on Tuesday, April 29. First pitch at Scott Park is at 3:00 p.m.