Saturday, February 21
Jacksonville, Ala.
3:00 p.m. ET/2:00 p.m. CT
University of Toledo
1-4
1
at
2
Jacksonville State
4-2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
Toledo
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
Jacksonville St.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
X
2
4
0
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: J. Sleeper (2-1)
L: Swanson, Deron (0-1)
S: S. Hutto (2)
Batting:
2B: McCranie, Alex 1
RBI: McCranie, Alex 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Baker, Cade 1
HBP: Baker, Cade 1
Batting:
RBI: J. Pate 1
Base Running:
RUNS: M. Cash 1 ; T. Majette 1
SB: A. Williamso 1
Game Leaders
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
1
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
1
H
0
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
0
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
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Senior Nathan Leininger threw 6.0 shutout innings with five strikeouts and just two hits allowed at Jacksonville State on Saturday.
Photo by: Bree Bee
Rockets Clipped in Pitchers' Duel, 2-1
2/21/2026 6:41:00 PM | Baseball
Nathan Leininger pitches six shutout innings vs. Jacksonville State in his second start of the season
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – The Toledo baseball team came away on the short end against Jacksonville State in a 2-1 pitchers' duel at Rudy Abbott Field at Jim Case Stadium on Saturday.
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The Rockets remained scoreless with the Gamecocks through seven innings of play. An error in the eighth inning on a double play attempt brought home the winning runs. Toledo got a run back in the ninth, but could not push across the tying score.
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Senior Nathan Leininger had an impressive second start of the season, throwing six shutout innings of two-hit baseball.
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The Rockets will look to salvage the series finale tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. ET/1:00 p.m. CT.
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Quoting Head Coach Rob Reinstetle
"That was a classic pitchers' duel today. Nate Leininger was simply amazing and kept putting up zeroes. Their guy was good too and kept our bats at bay. On their two runs, I thought they took McCranie out at second base and the inning should have ended without any runs scoring, but the umpires felt differently. We finally mustered some offense in the ninth, but it was too little, too late."
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"We've played five winnable games. We have to get our offense going earlier in games to turn the tide. Nothing to do but get off the mat and come back ready to play tomorrow."
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Top Rocket Hitters
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The Rockets remained scoreless with the Gamecocks through seven innings of play. An error in the eighth inning on a double play attempt brought home the winning runs. Toledo got a run back in the ninth, but could not push across the tying score.
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Senior Nathan Leininger had an impressive second start of the season, throwing six shutout innings of two-hit baseball.
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The Rockets will look to salvage the series finale tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. ET/1:00 p.m. CT.
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Quoting Head Coach Rob Reinstetle
"That was a classic pitchers' duel today. Nate Leininger was simply amazing and kept putting up zeroes. Their guy was good too and kept our bats at bay. On their two runs, I thought they took McCranie out at second base and the inning should have ended without any runs scoring, but the umpires felt differently. We finally mustered some offense in the ninth, but it was too little, too late."
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"We've played five winnable games. We have to get our offense going earlier in games to turn the tide. Nothing to do but get off the mat and come back ready to play tomorrow."
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Top Rocket Hitters
- Alex McCranie – 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 2B, 1 BB
- Cade Baker – 1 run, 1 HBP
- Nathan Leininger – 6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K
- Career high in innings pitched
- Deron Swanson (L, 0-1) – 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Jax State loaded the bases in the eighth with a walk and two singles. With one out, an inning-ending double play opportunity was nullified by a throwing error by the second baseman, plating two runs for a 2-0 Gamecocks' lead.
- Cade Baker was hit by a pitch and Charlie Scholvin walked to start the ninth. Toledo got on the board two batters later on Alex McCranie's RBI groundout. However, a groundout ended the game with the tying run on second base.
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