TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo baseball team will play five games again this week, with mid-week contests against Mercyhurst at home and Oakland on the road leading up to a weekend set in the Battle of I-75 against Bowling Green. The weekend Mid-American Conference series game begin at 7:00, 3:00 and 1:00 p.m., with Friday's opener being played at Fifth Third Field, home of the Toledo Mud Hens.
 
Tuesday's matchup against Mercyhurst will start at 1:00 p.m. at Scott Park and Wednesday's matchup at Oakland will begin at 3:00 p.m. The Battle of I-75 matchups will air on BCSN and stream on ESPN+.
 
Toledo (18-25, 10-11 MAC) fell to Oakland 9-7, but bounced back with an 11-6, come-from-behind victory at Ohio State on Wednesday. Toledo then dropped 2-of-3 in a competitive non-conference series with East Tennessee State. The Bucs took the opener, 8-4 in 10 innings and the finale, 5-3, while the Rockets rallied to take the middle game, 7-6, on Saturday.
 
vs. Mercyhurst, Tuesday, April 29 (1:00 p.m.) | Live Stats
at Oakland, Wednesday, April 30 (3:00 p.m.) | Live Stats
vs. Bowling Green, Friday, May 2 (7:00 p.m./Fifth Third Field) | Watch | Live Stats | Tickets
vs. Bowling Green, Saturday, May 3 (3:00 p.m.) | Watch | Live Stats
vs. Bowling Green, Sunday, May 4 (1:00 p.m.) | Watch | Live Stats
 
The Opponents

• Mercyhurst (12-29) is coming off a series win against Wagner and has won two in a row entering the week.
• Oakland (13-32) went 4-1 last week with wins over Toledo and Central Michigan before taking the final two games of its series at Northern Kentucky.
• Bowling Green (28-14, 16-8 MAC) is coming off of a three-game sweep of Eastern Michigan at home over the weekend, totaling 29 runs in the series.

Leading Off

• Toledo will play its second of two games at Fifth Third Field this season, having also played against Michigan at the venue earlier this year.
• The Rockets are in fifth place in the MAC, having won five of their last six conference contests. Bowling Green is in fourth place in the league standings.
• Toledo looks to win its third-consecutive MAC series after taking 2-of-3 from Eastern Michigan and sweeping Western Michigan.
• Toledo will face Mercyhurst for the first time with the Lakers in Division I and the road tilt against Oakland will close the season's home-and-home series.
• The Rockets hold an 8-7 home record, including a 6-3 mark in home MAC contests.

Rocket Hitting Notes

• Caden Konczak leads Rocket hitters with eight home runs, a .468 slugging percentage and 25 runs scored (tied). He hit the game-winning, three-run home run in Saturday's victory against ETSU.
• Luke Walton carries a seven-game hitting streak into the week and has four multi-hit efforts in that span.
• Luke Leto is tied for 11th in the MAC with a team-leading 11 stolen bases and is tied for 14th with 25 walks.
• Charlie Scholvin leads the team with a .435 on-base percentage.
• Toledo has scored at least five runs in five of its last seven games.

On the Mound and In the Field

• Toledo holds the lowest ERA (5.53) in the league and also leads the MAC with three shutouts.
• Braden Curry is coming off an impressive week out of the bullpen with just two hits allowed in 5.2 scoreless innings across two appearances.
• Curry picked up the win against ETSU on Saturday and leads the team with a 3.15 ERA across 34.1 innings.
• Jacob Tabor is fourth in the MAC among qualifying pitchers with a 3.92 ERA, has allowed the second-fewest doubles (4), fifth-fewest hits with (42) and is 12th with a .264 opponent batting average.
• Toledo has turned 29 double plays, the fourth-most in the MAC.