Sunday, April 26
Bowling Green, Ohio
1:00 p.m.
University of Toledo
20-24, 15-9
6
at
4
Bowling Green
16-26, 9-15
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toledo | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 1 |
| Bowling Green | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Swanson, Deron (3-4)
L: Titus Lotz (1-4)
S: Langbehn, Nate (4)
Batting:
2B: Sudbrook, Troy 1
HR: Baker, Cade 1
RBI: Arsich, Liam 2 ; Scholvin, Charlie 1 ; Baker, Cade 3
SH: Wagner, JP 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Arsich, Liam 1 ; Scholvin, Charlie 1 ; Baker, Cade 1 ; Payne, Jacob 1 ; McCranie, Alex 1 ; Wagner, JP 1
CS: Scholvin, Charlie 1
HBP: Payne, Jacob 2
Batting:
2B: Griffin Scheiderer 1
RBI: Brayden Curlis 1 ; Carter Mottice 1 ; Zack Horky 1
SH: Sam Seidel 1 ; Alex Laird 1
SF: Zack Horky 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lance Vickers 1 ; Andrew DiLodovico 1 ; Anthony Mitta 1 ; Brayden Curlis 1
SB: Lance Vickers 1 ; Anthony Mitta 1 ; Alex Laird 1 ; Zack Horky 2
HBP: Lance Vickers 1 ; Anthony Mitta 1 ; Brayden Curlis 1
Game Leaders
AB
6
R
1
H
4
RBI
2
AB
5
R
1
H
4
RBI
1
AB
6
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
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Graduate student Deron Swanson pitched 5.0 shutout innings out of the bullpen, striking out five and stranding seven baserunners in Toledo's 6-4 victory at Bowling Green on Sunday.
Photo by: Bree Bee
Rockets Rally to Win Battle of I-75, 6-4
4/26/2026 4:40:00 PM | Baseball
Deron Swanson's five shutout innings set up Liam Arsich's game-winning single in ninth
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Toledo baseball team scored the final six runs of the game to rally past Bowling Green, 6-4, in the rubber match of the Battle of I-75 at Steller Field on Sunday.
After giving up four runs in the first inning, the Rockets (20-24, 15-9 MAC) got within one on a three-run home run in the third inning. The game became a battle of the bullpens from there, with both teams getting out of jams to keep the game at 4-3 heading into the eighth. Toledo tied the game in the eighth before a clutch, two-run single with two outs in the ninth by freshman Liam Arsich stood as the winning run. With the win and Kent State's loss to Western Michigan, Toledo finishes the weekend two games out of first in the league standings.
Arsich tallied a season-high four hits, with two RBIs on the game-winning single and a run scored. Junior Charlie Scholvin also registered a season-high four-hit game with an RBI and run scored. Juniors Troy Sudbrook (2-for-6) and JP Wagner (2-for-3) each had multi-hit games in all three games of the series.
Graduate student Deron Swanson (W, 3-4) pitched five shutout innings in relief, allowing five hits and striking out five with two walks. He stranded seven Falcon baserunners to keep the Rockets in the game. Redshirt freshman Michael Fliss started and went three innings, allowing four runs (two earned). Redshirt freshman Nate Langbehn worked around a leadoff single in the ninth to notch his fourth save.
Toledo has won the Battle of I-75 weekend series against Bowling Green for the second-straight season by winning the final two games after dropping the first in both instances.
Quoting Head Coach Rob Reinstetle
"I can't express how happy I am for our guys. So proud of the way they battled all day and took that win. After a rough first inning and spotting them four runs, we settled in and fought back. Baker's three-run homer turned the momentum in our favor. Deron Swanson was just sensational in relief. He put us in a position for Liam Arsich to come through with a massive two-out hit to put us ahead."
Top Rocket Hitters
The Rockets begin a five-game homestand at Scott Park on Wednesday, April 29 against Oakland at 3:00 p.m. Toledo then faces a key series with MAC Tournament position implications against Ball State on Friday-Sunday, May 1-3.
After giving up four runs in the first inning, the Rockets (20-24, 15-9 MAC) got within one on a three-run home run in the third inning. The game became a battle of the bullpens from there, with both teams getting out of jams to keep the game at 4-3 heading into the eighth. Toledo tied the game in the eighth before a clutch, two-run single with two outs in the ninth by freshman Liam Arsich stood as the winning run. With the win and Kent State's loss to Western Michigan, Toledo finishes the weekend two games out of first in the league standings.
Arsich tallied a season-high four hits, with two RBIs on the game-winning single and a run scored. Junior Charlie Scholvin also registered a season-high four-hit game with an RBI and run scored. Juniors Troy Sudbrook (2-for-6) and JP Wagner (2-for-3) each had multi-hit games in all three games of the series.
Graduate student Deron Swanson (W, 3-4) pitched five shutout innings in relief, allowing five hits and striking out five with two walks. He stranded seven Falcon baserunners to keep the Rockets in the game. Redshirt freshman Michael Fliss started and went three innings, allowing four runs (two earned). Redshirt freshman Nate Langbehn worked around a leadoff single in the ninth to notch his fourth save.
Toledo has won the Battle of I-75 weekend series against Bowling Green for the second-straight season by winning the final two games after dropping the first in both instances.
Quoting Head Coach Rob Reinstetle
"I can't express how happy I am for our guys. So proud of the way they battled all day and took that win. After a rough first inning and spotting them four runs, we settled in and fought back. Baker's three-run homer turned the momentum in our favor. Deron Swanson was just sensational in relief. He put us in a position for Liam Arsich to come through with a massive two-out hit to put us ahead."
Top Rocket Hitters
- Liam Arsich – 4-for-6, 2 RBIs, 1 run
- Game-winning two-run single in ninth inning
- Charlie Scholvin – 4-for-5, 1 RBI, 1 run
- Season high in hits
- Cade Baker – 1-for-5, HR (6), 3 RBIs, 1 run
- JP Wagner – 2-for-3, 1 run, 1 BB
- Michael Fliss – 3.0 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 Ks
- Deron Swanson (W, 3-4) – 5.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 Ks
- Nate Langbehn – (SAVE, 4) – 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 Ks
- Bowling Green loaded the bases and scored four runs in the bottom of the first on a hit-by-pitch, a balk, a bases-loaded walk and a sac fly.
- Cade Baker launched a three-run home run to left field to get the Rockets within one, 4-3, in the third.
- Toledo had chances to tie or take the lead in the fifth and sixth innings. The Rockets put the first two runners on and had the bases loaded but could not score. Toledo produced a two-out rally in the sixth to put the go-ahead run on base, but a flyout ended the inning.
- Bowling Green had the bases loaded with one out in the sixth, but Deron Swanson got out of the jam with a strikeout and groundout.
- Toledo loaded the bases in the eighth to set up Charlie Scholvin's game-tying single with one out.
- The Falcons put runners on the corners with no outs in the eighth, but Swanson again ended the threat with a fielder's choice at home to get the potential go-ahead run, followed by a strikeout and a flyout.
- Toledo put the first two runners on in the top of the ninth. After a sacrifice bunt and a strikeout, Liam Arsich delivered a two-run single to put Toledo ahead, 6-4.
The Rockets begin a five-game homestand at Scott Park on Wednesday, April 29 against Oakland at 3:00 p.m. Toledo then faces a key series with MAC Tournament position implications against Ball State on Friday-Sunday, May 1-3.
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