2019 TOLEDO BASEBALL GAME NOTES MARCH 1-3 | at DAVIDSON 2019 Schedule PROBABLE STARTING Record: 3-3 (0-0 MAC) LINEUP Date Opponent Time C Michael Ryan Jr
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2019 TOLEDO BASEBALL GAME NOTES MARCH 1-3 | AT DAVIDSON 2019 Schedule PROBABLE STARTING Record: 3-3 (0-0 MAC) LINEUP Date Opponent Time C Michael Ryan Jr. Feb. 15 at Winthrop W, 5-4 1B Ryan Thompson Fr. Feb. 16 at Winthrop L, 17-3 Feb. 16 at Winthrop W, 8-7 2B Riley Cambell Sr. Feb. 21 at Lipscomb & L, 12-6 3B Trace Hatfield So. Feb. 22 at Middle Tennessee & CANCELED 2/21/19 2/22/19 2/23/19 Feb. 23 at Austin Peay & CANCELED 2:00 p.m. ET 4:00 p.m. ET 4:00 p.m. ET SS Chris Meyers So. Feb. 24 at Belmont & W, 10-7 LF Zach Schwartzenberger So. Feb. 24 at Belmont & L, 5-2 (7) Kyle Bischoff Michael Jacob Doug Smith March 1 at Davidson 6:00 p.m. So. | RHP Sr. | LHP Jr. | RHP CF Brad Boss Sr. March 2 at Davidson 2:00 p.m. RF John Servello So. March 3 at Davidson 1:00 p.m. JT Caver Peyton Wigginton TBA March 5 at UNC Wilmington 4:00 p.m. Fr. | RHP So. | LHP TBA | TBA DH Darryn Davis Fr. March 6 at UNC Wilmington 4:00 p.m. March 9 vs. Bucknell % 10:00 a.m. March 9 vs. Bucknell % 1:30 p.m. LEADING OFF March 10 vs. Bucknell % 10:30 a.m. March 13 at Wright State 3:00 p.m. • Toledo’s first stop on its 2019 spring break trip is Davidson for a three-game se- March 15 vs. Bryant @ 10:00 a.m. March 16 at Richmond @ 2:00 p.m. ries against the Wildcats. UT also has games scheduled against UNC-Wilmington March 17 vs. Quinnipiac @ 10:00 a.m. and Bucknell (Kissimmee, Fla.). March 20 Lawrence Tech 3:05 p.m. March 22 at Bowling Green * 3:05 p.m. • UT went 1-2 during a rain-soaked weekend in Nashville for the Mule Mix Classic, March 23 at Bowling Green * 1:05 p.m. March 24 at Bowling Green * 1:05 p.m. splitting a doubleheader with Belmont and falling to Lipscomb. March 27 at Ohio State 6:35 p.m. • Sophomore shortstop Chris Meyers was named MAC Player of the Week for the MARCH 29 WESTERN MICHIGAN * 3:05 P.M. MARCH 30 WESTERN MICHIGAN * 1:05 P.M. first time in his career last week (2/18). MARCH 31 WESTERN MICHIGAN * 1:05 P.M. April 3 at Michigan 4:00 p.m. • Toledo was picked to finish fifth in the MAC preseason coaches’ poll. APRIL 5 MIAMI (OHIO) * 3:05 P.M. APRIL 6 MIAMI (OHIO) * 1:05 P.M. APRIL 7 MIAMI (OHIO) * 1:05 P.M. LAST TIME OUT APRIL 9 DAYTON 3:05 P.M. April 10 at Youngstown State 5:00 p.m. The Rockets spent last weekend in Nashville for the Mule Mix Classic, with games April 12 at Ohio * 6:00 p.m. scheduled against Lipscomb, Middle Tennessee, Austin Peay, and Belmont. The April 13 at Ohio * 3:00 p.m. April 14 at Ohio * 1:00 p.m. weather had other ideas, unfortunately, as the games against Middle Tennessee APRIL 16 OAKLAND 3:05 P.M. April 17 at Purdue Fort Wayne 3:05 p.m. and Austin Peay were rained out. After a two-day hiatus, UT returned to the dia- APRIL 19 CENTRAL MICHIGAN * 3:05 P.M. mond for a doubleheader against Belmont, playing one nine-inning game and one APRIL 20 CENTRAL MICHIGAN * 1:05 P.M. APRIL 21 CENTRAL MICHIGAN * 1:05 P.M. seven-inning game against the Bruins. Toledo lost to Lipscomb, 12-6, and split the April 23 at Dayton 3:05 p.m. April 24 at Michigan State 3:05 p.m. twin bill with Belmont, winning 10-7 in game one and falling 5-2 in game two. April 26 at Eastern Michigan * 6:00 p.m. April 27 at Eastern Michigan * 3:00 p.m. April 28 at Eastern Michigan * 1:00 p.m. ROCKET NOTES May 3 at Kent State * 6:00 p.m. May 4 at Kent State * 4:00 p.m. • Chris Meyers has embodied the phrase “hit it where they ain’t” so far this season. May 5 at Kent State * 1:00 p.m. His batting average on balls in play is .538. MAY 8 BUTLER 3:05 P.M. MAY 10 NORTHERN ILLINOIS * 3:05 P.M. • Toledo was the only MAC team to leave opening weekend with a winning record. MAY 11 NORTHERN ILLINOIS * 1:05 P.M. MAY 12 NORTHERN ILLINOIS * 1:05 P.M. It’s the first time since 2012 that UT has had a winning record on opening weekend. MAY 14 PURDUE FORT WAYNE 3:05 P.M. • The Rockets are leading the MAC in batting average (.270) and on-base percent- May 16 at Ball State * 3:05 p.m. May 17 at Ball State * 3:05 p.m. age (.388). May 18 at Ball State * 1:05 p.m. May 22-26 MAC Tournament TBA • Individually, Michael Jacob is second in the conference with 13.0 innings pitched. • Last season, the Rockets had just four wins when trailing after seven innings. This HOME GAME * Mid-American Conference Game year, they already have two such victories. % Kissimmee, Fla. & Mule Mix Classic (Nashville, Tenn.) • Brad Boss and Darryn Davis are the only two Rockets to have reached base in @ Richmond Tournament (Richmond, Va.) every game so far. All times ET 2019 MAC STANDINGS SHINING SOPHOMORES QUICK FACTS Toledo has gotten excellent production from its MAC Overall Location ..........................................Toledo, Ohio sophomore class so far. Trace Hatfield, Chris Team W L Pct W L T Pct Founded ..........................................................1872 Meyers, Zach Schwartzenberger, and John Enrollment .................................................20,579 CMU 0 0 .000 6 2 0 .750 Servello account for nearly half of the Rockets’ Miami 0 0 .000 4 3 0 .571 Colors ..........................Midnight Blue & Gold Toledo 0 0 .000 3 3 0 .500 starting lineup, and the quartet has driven in Stadium ...............................................Scott Park Ball State 0 0 .000 2 5 0 .286 54% of UT’s runs scored. Capacity ..........................................................1,000 NIU 0 0 .000 2 6 0 .250 Dimensions .....LF 330’, CF 400’, RF 330’ EMU 0 0 .000 1 6 1 .188 CHRIS MEYERS NAMED MAC PLAYER OF THE Conference .............Mid-American (West) BGSU 0 0 .000 1 5 0 .167 President .......................Dr. Sharon L. Gaber Kent State 0 0 .000 1 5 0 .167 WEEK WMU 0 0 .000 1 5 0 .167 Meyers led the Rockets at the plate during open- Athletic Director ......................Mike O’Brien Ohio 0 0 .000 1 6 0 .143 ing weekend, hitting .538 during the three-game Faculty Representative ...Mary Powers Head Coach ........................................Cory Mee series at Winthrop. He reached base at least Career Record ......352-480-1 (191-194) three times in all three games and helped UT take two out of three contests against Assistant Coach ..................Josh Bradford the Eagles. Meyers tallied a career-high four hits in game two of the series, including a Assistant Coach ....................Nick McIntyre two-run home run, and had the go-ahead RBI in the second game of the doubleheader. Volunteer Assistant Coach ..........Matt Hansen 2018 Record ...............................................22-33 GOING WITH THE FLOW MAC Record .................................................14-13 The weather has not been kind to the Rockets to start the season. Of the seven games Position Starters Returning....................5 originally on the schedule to start the year, just two have been played at their scheduled Position Starters Lost...................................3 time. Opening weekend against Winthrop, a potential for Sunday rain forced the teams Pitchers Returning .......................................13 to play a doubleheader that Saturday to wrap up the series. Last weekend in Nashville, Pitchers Lost .........................................................5 games against Middle Tennessee and Austin Peay were rained out, and a Sunday dou- Letterwinners Returning .......................19 bleheader at Belmont was put in place. Letterwinners Lost .......................................11 Newcomers ........................................................12 NEWCOMERS Toledo has 12 newcomers on its roster for 2019. Junior Doug Smith joined the Rockets after two years at Cuyahoga Community College. Joining Smith are 11 freshmen: Frank WHO DOES WHAT? Ciacchi, Darryn Davis, Jeff Dunsmore, Thomas Eitniear, Kyle Jones, Aric McAtee, Mark Head Coach Cory Mee: Mohnickey, Danny Murphy, Jamie Myers, Kurtis Rutschilling, and Ryan Thompson. Mee handles pitching changes for the Rockets and serves as the third base coach. ROCKETS PICKED FIFTH IN 2019 PRESEASON POLL The preseason coaches’ poll was released on Wednesday, and Toledo was picked to finish fifth. Reigning champion Kent State was picked to win the league once again and Assistant Coach Josh Bradford: Bradford is the team’s pitching coach received eight first place votes) and typically handles non-pitching change mound visits. He is also heav- 1. Kent State – 98 points (8 first place votes) ily involved in recruiting. 2. Ball State – 88 3. Miami – 78 (1) Assistant Coach Nick McIntyre: 4. Central Michigan – 53 McIntyre is the Rockets’ hitting coach 5. Toledo – 51 and infield instructor. He is also heav- 6. Ohio – 49 ily involved in recruiting and coordi- nates UT’s baseball camps. 7. Eastern Michigan – 45 8. Western Michigan – 42 9. Northern Illinois – 29 (1) Assistant Coach Matt Hansen: 10. Bowling Green -- 17 Hansen handles bullpen coaching duties. During games, he is Toledo’s first base coach. 2018: QUICK RECAP The Rockets finished the year with a record of 22-33 and a 14-13 mark in conference play, the most MAC wins since 2015. Toledo clinched its MAC Tournament spot on the CONTACT INFORMATION final day of the regular season, securing the No.