TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo baseball team split a doubleheader with Akron in two 1-0 decisions , taking the first game of the day before Akron took the second at Scott Park on Sunday.
 
The Rockets (10-20, 5-10 MAC) took a 1-0 lead in the first inning and held on to capture the first game, but the Zips (9-22, 3-12 MAC) scored the second game's only run in the sixth inning to take the rubber match of the weekend sereis.
 
Quoting Head Coach Rob Reinstetle
"We continue to pitch the ball extremely well. Our pitching staff has done a magnificent job of keeping us in games and giving us a chance to win. We have to find a way to produce runs."
 
Top Rocket Hitters

• Kaleb Herbert, Game 1 – 2-for-3, 1 R
• Troy Sudbrook, Game 1 -  1-for-3, 1 RBI

Pitching Lines 

• Jackson Bergman, Game 1 (W, 1-3) – 5.2 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K
  • Induced three double plays
  • Longest outing of the season
• Braden Curry, Game 1 (SV, 2) – 3.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 Ks
• Brady Sasse, Game 2 – 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 Ks
• RJ Shunck, Game 2 – 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB
• Ryan Kennedy, Game 2 – 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 Ks

How It Happened
Game 1

• Troy Sudbrook singled to left field to put the Rockets up 1-0.
• The Zips loaded the bases with two outs in the sixth, but Braden Curry came in for the strikeout to preserve the lead.
• Akron put runners on first and second with two outs in the ninth, but Curry rallied for a strikeout swinging to end the game.

Game 2

• After Akron put runners on first and second, two wild pitches put the Zips ahead 1-0 in the sixth.
• Toledo threatened by putting two on with one out in the eighth, but the rally ended with a flyout and a groundout.

Up Next 
Toledo plays its first home midweek contest of the season on Wednesday, April 9 against Purdue Fort Wayne. The Rockets and Mastodons will begin at 3:00 p.m.