TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo baseball team will host Purdue Fort Wayne in a midweek matchup on Wednesday, April 9, and then hit the road to face Eastern Michigan for a Mid-American Conference weekend series on April 11-13. First pitch against the Mastodons will be at 1:00 p.m., with the Eastern Michigan games set for noon on Friday, 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, and 1:00 p.m. on Sunday at Oestrike Stadium.
 
Toledo (10-20, 5-10 MAC) dropped their road game at Youngstown State on Tuesday and fell in 2-of-3 games at Scott Park against Akron. In Friday's game, Jacob Tabor pitched 3.2 scoreless relief innings, only allowing one hit, but the Rockets fell 5-2. In the first game of Sunday's doubleheader, Jackson Bergman pitched 5.2 scoreless innings on five hits, while freshman Braden Curry followed with 3.1 scoreless relief innings on one hit and to secure the save in a 1-0 win. In the rubber match, Toledo put up another strong pitching effort but was defeated, 1-0 Brady Sasse pitched 5.0 scoreless innings, only allowing three hits and striking out four. Ryan Kennedy allowed no runs or hits and struck out two in relief. Leading the offense last week was Kaleb Herbert, hitting 4-for-9, scoring one run, and drawing two walks.
 
Purdue Fort Wayne (6-23, 5-6 Horizon) lost to Central Michigan in a midweek contest before dropping a doubleheader against Milwaukee over the weekend. Toledo played at Purdue Fort Wayne earlier in the season on March 25, winning 12-5.

Eastern Michigan (13-15, 8-7 MAC) lost a midweek game against Michigan and dropped all three contests against Ball State last weekend. The Rockets swept the series last year at Scott Park, with victories of 10-9 (10 inn.), 4-3 and 11-1 (7 inn.)

Wednesday, April 9 vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (1:00 p.m.) Live Stats
Friday, April 11 @ Eastern Michigan (12:00 p.m.) Listen | Live Stats
Saturday, April 12 @ Eastern Michigan (2:00 p.m.) Watch | Listen | Live Stats
Sunday, April 13 @ Eastern Michigan (1:00 p.m.) Watch | Listen | Live Stats
 
Leading Off

• Toledo recorded a season-high 12 runs against Purdue Fort Wayne in the last matchup.
• Jackson Bergman picked up his first win, and Braden Curry tallied his second save on Sunday.
• Last season, the Rockets swept the series against Eastern Michigan, winning two one-run games before a blowout victory in the series finale.
• Toledo enters the week seventh in the MAC standings, 1.5 games outside of a MAC tournament spot, while Eastern Michigan is in fifth.

Rocket Hitting Notes

• Caden Konczak leads Rocket hitters with a .279 average, six home runs, a slugging percentage of .500, and in total bases (52) and runs scored (18).
• Troy Sudbrook is tied for fourth in the MAC in triples with two on the season.
• Kaleb Herbert had his first and second multi-hit games of the season last week.
• Luke Leto and Luke Walton are both tied for 12th in the MAC in walks drawn (20).

On the Mound and In the Field

• Toledo has allowed the fewest earned runs (152) and the second-fewest hits (271) in the MAC.
• The pitching staff is second in the league with a 5.52 ERA and a .281 opponent batting average, tied for the second-lowest in the MAC.
• Jacob Tabor is ninth in the MAC with a 4.80 ERA and is 12th in opposing batting average at .255.
• Nathan Leininger is tied for fifth in the MAC in wins with three, and Logan Jones and Braden Curry are each top 10 in saves, with four and two, respectively.