2019 TOLEDO BASEBALL GAME NOTES FEBRUARY 21-24 | MULE MIX CLASSIC 2019 Schedule Record: 2-1 (0-0 MAC)
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2019 TOLEDO BASEBALL GAME NOTES FEBRUARY 21-24 | MULE MIX CLASSIC 2019 Schedule Record: 2-1 (0-0 MAC) Date Opponent Time Feb. 15 at Winthrop W, 5-4 Feb. 16 at Winthrop L, 17-3 Feb. 16 at Winthrop W, 8-7 Feb. 21 at Lipscomb & 2:00 p.m. 2/21/19 2/22/19 2/23/19 2/24/19 Feb. 22 at Middle Tennessee & 4:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. ET 4:00 p.m. ET 4:00 p.m. ET 2:00 p.m. ET Feb. 23 at Austin Peay & 2:00 p.m. Feb. 24 at Belmont & 2:00 p.m. Kyle Bischoff Michael Jacob Doug Smith Layne Schnitz-Paxton March 1 at Davidson 6:00 p.m. So. | RHP Sr. | LHP Jr. | RHP Jr. | RHP March 2 at Davidson 2:00 p.m. March 3 at Davidson 1:00 p.m. JT Caver Peyton Wigginton TBA TBA March 5 at UNC Wilmington 4:00 p.m. Fr. | RHP So. | LHP TBA | TBA TBA | TBA 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. • Toledo heads to Nashville for the Mule Mix Classic this weekend, with games March 13 at Wright State 3:00 p.m. March 15 vs. Bryant @ 10:00 a.m. scheduled against Lipscomb, Middle Tennessee, Austin Peay, and Belmont. March 16 at Richmond @ 2:00 p.m. • Thursday’s game will be the first for the Rockets against Lipscomb under head March 17 vs. Quinnipiac @ 10:00 a.m. March 20 Lawrence Tech 3:05 p.m. coach Cory Mee’s tenure. Since Mee’s arrival, UT is 0-3 against Austin Peay, 1-2 March 22 at Bowling Green * 3:05 p.m. against Middle Tennessee, and 2-3 against Belmont. March 23 at Bowling Green * 1:05 p.m. March 24 at Bowling Green * 1:05 p.m. • Sophomore shortstop Chris Meyers was named MAC Player of the Week for the March 27 at Ohio State 6:35 p.m. MARCH 29 WESTERN MICHIGAN * 3:05 P.M. first time in his career on Monday. MARCH 30 WESTERN MICHIGAN * 1:05 P.M. • Toledo was picked to finish fifth in the MAC preseason coaches’ poll. MARCH 31 WESTERN MICHIGAN * 1:05 P.M. April 3 at Michigan 4:00 p.m. • Five starters return on offense and 11 pitchers who saw time in 2018 are back for APRIL 5 MIAMI (OHIO) * 3:05 P.M. 2019. APRIL 6 MIAMI (OHIO) * 1:05 P.M. APRIL 7 MIAMI (OHIO) * 1:05 P.M. APRIL 9 DAYTON 3:05 P.M. April 10 at Youngstown State 5:00 p.m. LAST TIME OUT April 12 at Ohio * 6:00 p.m. Toledo enters this weekend 2-1 after taking two out of three games from Winthrop April 13 at Ohio * 3:00 p.m. April 14 at Ohio * 1:00 p.m. on opening weekend. Both of UT’s victories were of the comeback variety, with a APRIL 16 OAKLAND 3:05 P.M. ninth-inning comeback on opening day and an eighth-inning comeback in the se- April 17 at Purdue Fort Wayne 3:05 p.m. APRIL 19 CENTRAL MICHIGAN * 3:05 P.M. ries finale securing the series. In game one, the Rockets were trailing 4-2 in the top APRIL 20 CENTRAL MICHIGAN * 1:05 P.M. APRIL 21 CENTRAL MICHIGAN * 1:05 P.M. of the ninth, but scored three runs to clinch a 5-4 win. Toledo trailed, 5-3, entering April 23 at Dayton 3:05 p.m. the eighth inning in game three, but once again the Midnight Blue and Gold were April 24 at Michigan State 3:05 p.m. April 26 at Eastern Michigan * 6:00 p.m. able to come back, plating five runs en route to an 8-7 win. April 27 at Eastern Michigan * 3:00 p.m. April 28 at Eastern Michigan * 1:00 p.m. May 3 at Kent State * 6:00 p.m. May 4 at Kent State * 4:00 p.m. PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP May 5 at Kent State * 1:00 p.m. MAY 8 BUTLER 3:05 P.M. C Michael Ryan Jr. Primary starter at catcher each of the last two seasons MAY 10 NORTHERN ILLINOIS * 3:05 P.M. MAY 11 NORTHERN ILLINOIS * 1:05 P.M. 1B Ryan Thompson Fr. Started two games last weekend at first base MAY 12 NORTHERN ILLINOIS * 1:05 P.M. 2B Riley Cambell Sr. 2018 season ended on March 23 due to injury MAY 14 PURDUE FORT WAYNE 3:05 P.M. May 16 at Ball State * 3:05 p.m. 3B Trace Hatfield So. Hit .345, had a .446 on-base percentage over the final month of 2018 May 17 at Ball State * 3:05 p.m. May 18 at Ball State * 1:05 p.m. SS Chris Meyers So. MAC Player of the Week (Feb. 18) May 22-26 MAC Tournament TBA LF Zach Schwartzenberger So. Homered in his first collegiate at-bat last season (vs. Pittsburgh) HOME GAME CF Brad Boss Sr. Has played in every game since the start of the 2017 season * Mid-American Conference Game % Kissimmee, Fla. RF John Servello So. Reigning MAC Freshman of the Year & Mule Mix Classic (Nashville, Tenn.) DH Darryn Davis Fr. Four-time varsity letterwinner at Skyline HS in Ann Arbor, Mich. @ Richmond Tournament (Richmond, Va.) All times ET 2019 MAC STANDINGS CHRIS MEYERS NAMED MAC PLAYER OF THE QUICK FACTS WEEK MAC Overall Location ..........................................Toledo, Ohio Meyers led the Rockets at the plate over the Team W L Pct W L T Pct Founded ..........................................................1872 weekend, hitting .538 during the three-game se- Enrollment .................................................20,579 Toledo 0 0 .000 2 1 0 .667 ries at Winthrop. He reached base at least three CMU 0 0 .000 2 2 0 .500 Colors ..........................Midnight Blue & Gold Miami 0 0 .000 2 2 0 .500 times in all three games and helped UT take two Stadium ...............................................Scott Park BGSU 0 0 .000 1 2 0 .333 out of three contests against the Eagles. Meyers Capacity ..........................................................1,000 Ohio 0 0 .000 1 2 0 .333 tallied a career-high four hits in game two of the Dimensions .....LF 330’, CF 400’, RF 330’ Ball State 0 0 .000 1 3 0 .250 series, including a two-run home run, and had Conference .............Mid-American (West) EMU 0 0 .000 0 3 1 .125 President .......................Dr. Sharon L. Gaber Kent State 0 0 .000 0 3 0 .000 the go-ahead RBI in the second game of Satur- WMU 0 0 .000 0 3 0 .000 day’s doubleheader. Athletic Director ......................Mike O’Brien NIU 0 0 .000 0 4 0 .000 Faculty Representative ...Mary Powers Head Coach ........................................Cory Mee ROCKET NOTES Career Record .......351-478-1 (191-194) • Toledo was the only MAC team to leave opening weekend with a winning record. It’s Assistant Coach ..................Josh Bradford the first time since 2012 that UT has had a winning record on opening weekend. Assistant Coach ....................Nick McIntyre • The Rockets are leading the league in batting average (.296) and on-base percentage Volunteer Assistant Coach ..........Matt Hansen (.389 through the first week of games. 2018 Record ...............................................22-33 • Individually, Riley Campbell led all MAC hitters with a .636 on-base percentage. John MAC Record .................................................14-13 Servello tied for the league lead with five runs scored. Position Starters Returning....................5 • Last season, the Rockets had just four wins when trailing after seven innings. This Position Starters Lost...................................3 year, they already have two such victories. Pitchers Returning .......................................13 • Three players had a hit in each game last weekend: Darryn Davis, Chris Meyers, and Pitchers Lost .........................................................5 John Servello. Letterwinners Returning .......................19 Letterwinners Lost .......................................11 NEWCOMERS Newcomers ........................................................12 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 Ciacchi, Darryn Davis, Jeff Dunsmore, Thomas Eitniear, Kyle Jones, Aric McAtee, Mark WHO DOES WHAT? Mohnickey, Danny Murphy, Jamie Myers, Kurtis Rutschilling, and Ryan Thompson. Head Coach Cory Mee: Mee handles pitching changes for the Rockets and serves as the third base ROCKETS PICKED FIFTH IN 2019 PRESEASON POLL coach. 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 received eight first place votes) Assistant Coach Josh Bradford: Bradford is the team’s pitching coach and typically handles non-pitching 1. Kent State – 98 points (8 first place votes) change mound visits. He is also heav- 2. Ball State – 88 ily involved in recruiting. 3. Miami – 78 (1) 4. Central Michigan – 53 Assistant Coach Nick McIntyre: 5. Toledo – 51 McIntyre is the Rockets’ hitting coach 6. Ohio – 49 and infield instructor. He is also heav- 7. Eastern Michigan – 45 ily involved in recruiting and coordi- nates UT’s baseball camps. 8. Western Michigan – 42 9. Northern Illinois – 29 (1) 10. Bowling Green -- 17 Assistant Coach Matt Hansen: Hansen handles bullpen coaching duties. During games, he is Toledo’s 2018: QUICK RECAP first base coach. 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 final day of the regular season, securing the No.