TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo baseball team removed all doubt to officially clinch a spot in the 2025 Mid-American Conference Baseball Championship after a 21-3 blowout victory over Central Michigan at Scott Park on Thursday.
 
The Rockets (26-27, 15-13 MAC) hit seven home runs and scored at least three runs in five of the six innings in which it batted to take the series opener against the Chippewas (20-33, 11-17 MAC). Toledo has won six of seven games overall and eight of its last 10 MAC contests.
 
Toledo scored its most runs (21), hit its most home runs (7) and secured its largest margin of victory (18) since March 28, 2024, when it walloped Northern Illinois, 23-4.
 
The Rockets will make their second-straight trip to Avon and will appear in the conference tournament for the third time in four seasons. Toledo will be either the No. 4 or No. 5 seed and is slated to open the conference tournament Bowling Green on Wednesday, May 21 at 6:00 p.m. at Crushers Stadium in Avon, Ohio.
 
Quoting Head Coach Rob Reinstetle
"We were awesome in all phases of the game today, but the bats stood out. Even though we are in the MAC Tournament, we still have a lot on the line in these last two games. We can finish the regular season with a winning record and with a better MAC record than last year. Most importantly, we can go to Avon feeling good about ourselves."
 
Top Rocket Hitters

• Troy Sudbrook – 3-for-4, 2 HR (7), 5 RBIs, 4 R, 2 BB
  • First multi-home run game of career
• Charlie Scholvin – 2-for-4, 2 HR (5), 4 RBIs, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 HBP
  • First multi-home run game of career; 31st hit by pitch of season, has been hit in six-straight games
• Caden Konczak – 3-for-5, HR (10), 4 RBI, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 HBP
• Luke Leto – 3-for-4, HR (4), 2 RBIs, 3 R, 1 BB
  • 11 hits in last four games, four-straight multi-hit games
• Kaleb Herbert – 2-for-3, HR (1), 1 RBI, 3 R, 1 HBP, 1 SB

Pitching Lines 

• Jacob Tabor (W, 2-4) – 5.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB
  • Has pitched 11 scoreless innings in last two starts
• Ryan Hughes – 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
• Andrew Clelland – 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB

How It Happened

• Toledo took a 5-0 lead in the second, scoring on a Luke Leto RBI single, a Brayden White squeeze bunt, a double steal which plated Leto, a Caden Konczak RBI double and a Cole Cahill sac fly.
• The Rockets hit four home runs in the third inning for a 10-0 lead, with Leto, Kaleb Herbert and Charlie Scholvin providing solo home run, while Troy Sudbrook went the other way for a two-run shot. Tre Mariano's RBI single capped the onslaught to end the inning at 11-0.
• Scholvin cranked a three-run home run in his next at-bat in the fourth, extending the lead to 14-0.
• Three-run home runs by Caden Konczak and Troy Sudbrook bookended seven runs across the fifth and sixth innings for a 21-0 lead.
• In the fifth, Nolan Fogg produced an RBI single for his first RBI of the season.

Up Next 
The Rockets continue the series with Central Michigan on Friday, May 16. First pitch is at 3:00 p.m. on BCSN with streaming on ESPN+.