AVON, Ohio – The Toledo baseball team dropped a 10-4 decision to Miami in a MAC Tournament winner's bracket game at Crushers Stadium in Avon on Friday morning.
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The Rockets (29-28) scored twice and pulled within 3-2 in the fourth inning, but seven two-out Miami runs across the fifth and sixth innings proved to be the difference. The RedHawks (33-21) pulled away to a 10-4 advantage by the end of the sixth by scoring all of their runs in those two innings via RBI singles.
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Toledo moves into the elimination bracket and will await the result of the Ball State-Kent State game to determine its next opponent and game time. Should Kent State win, Toledo will face Eastern Michigan tonight at 6:00 p.m. Should Ball State win, Toledo will play at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow against either Eastern Michigan or Kent State.
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Quoting Head Coach Rob Reinstetle
"The scoreboard isn't indicative of what that game really was. Miami scored all of their last seven runs with two outs. It was 3-2 in the fifth and anyone's game, but we just couldn't get off the field. Miami is a good team and when we left the door cracked, they ran right through it. Our job just got harder, but if there is a team that is built to claw through an elimination bracket, it's us."
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Top Rocket Hitters
Pitching LinesÂ
- Jacob Tabor (L, 2-5) – 5.0 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 6 Ks
- Brennan McCune – 2.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 Ks
How It Happened
- The RedHawks put three on the board in the third inning off a Toledo throwing error, an RBI triple and an infield single.
- Back-to-back doubles by Caden Konczak and Troy Sudbrook to open the fourth cut the deficit to 3-1, and Charlie Scholvin followed with a single to make things 3-2.
- Miami extended the lead to 7-2 in the sixth, scoring four times on three consecutive two-out singles.
- Toledo put runners on second and third with one out in the sixth, and brought both runners home on a passed ball and Cole Cahill's RBI groundout to cut the deficit to 7-4.
- The RedHawks scored three more runs with two outs in the sixth, doing so on two separate singles.