TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo baseball team claimed its second sweep of a Mid-American Conference series, capping the regular season with a dominant 16-4, seven-inning victory over Central Michigan at Scott Park on Saturday.
 
The Rockets (28-27, 17-13 MAC) once again scored early and often, breaking a 2-2 tie with four runs in the third inning and adding six more in the fifth to cruise to a fifth-straight victory to end the regular season. The Rockets totaled 16 hits and bashed five home runs, scoring 48 runs for the weekend. Toledo finished 12-3 in its final 15 MAC games, winning all five series in that span.
 
Prior to the game, Toledo honored its 12 seniors – Kaleb Herbert, Luke Leto, Caden Konczak, Logan Danzeisen, Brant Hunt, Brayden White, Caden Kline, Logan Jones, Yianni Skeriotis, Josh Laisure, Andrew Clelland and Brennan McCune, along with Director of Data & Analytics Eric Briggs.
 
Quoting Head Coach Rob Reinstetle
"I'm really proud of this team to finish the season the way we did. We sent the seniors out on a high note with the series sweep. I like the way we are playing. We're heading into the tournament playing well in all three phases of the game. We need to keep this focus next week and anything is possible."
 
Top Rocket Hitters

• Luke Walton – 2-for-2, 2 HR (8), 5 RBIs, 2 SAC FLYs
  • Tied career high in RBIs, third-multi home run game of the season
• Cole Cahill – 3-for-3, HR (3) 4 RBIs, 4 R, 1 2B, 1 BB
  • Tied season high in hits and RBIs
• Luke Leto – 3-for-4, HR (5), 3 RBIs, 1 R
  • Sixth-straight multi-hit game
• Troy Sudbrook – 2-for-4, 2 2B, 2 RBIs, 2 R
• Kaleb Herbert – 2-for-3, HR (3), 3 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB, 1 HBP
  • Home runs in all three games in the series  

Pitching Lines 

• Brady Sasse (W, 3-3) – 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 Ks
• Braden Curry – 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB
• Yianni Skeriotis – 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB
• Brennan McCune – 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB

How It Happened

• Luke Walton crushed a two-run home run for a 2-0 lead in the second, before CMU responded with back-to-back home runs in the third to tie the score at 2-2.
• The Rockets quickly responded in the third to take a 6-2 lead. After Troy Sudbrook's RBI double, Cole Cahill and Walton produced back-to-back homers.
• The Rockets batted around and struck for six runs in the fourth for a 12-2 advantage. Toledo scored five different times, on RBI singles by Caden Konczak and Sudbrook, a two-run double by Cahill, a Walton sac fly and a Luke Leto RBI double.
• The Rockets scored another run in the fifth and three more in the sixth to go ahead 16-2, with Kaleb Herbert and Leto each tagging home runs in that stretch.

Up Next 
The Rockets open the MAC Tournament against rival Bowling Green on Wednesday, May 21. First pitch from Crushers Stadium is at 6:00 p.m. on ESPN+.