2019 Toledo Baseball Game Notes
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2019 TOLEDO BASEBALL GAME NOTES APRIL 3 | AT MICHIGAN 2019 Schedule LEADING OFF Record: 9-14 (0-4 MAC) • Toledo visits Big Ten foe Michigan for a midweek contest on Wednesday. Date Opponent Time Feb. 15 at Winthrop W, 5-4 • The Rockets only got in one game this past weekend due to Feb. 16 at Winthrop L, 17-3 Feb. 16 at Winthrop W, 8-7 rain and snow in Toledo, falling to Western Michigan 6-3 on Fri- Feb. 21 at Lipscomb & L, 12-6 day. Feb. 22 at Middle Tennessee & CANCELLED 4/3/19 Feb. 23 at Austin Peay & CANCELLED 4:00 p.m. ET • UT has dropped five in a row, including four conference games Feb. 24 at Belmont & W, 10-7 Feb. 24 at Belmont & L, 5-2 (7) TBA and a 9-4 loss at Ohio State last week. March 2 at Davidson W, 13-5 TBA. | TBA • Doug Smith will be making his sixth start of the season. Typ- March 2 at Davidson L, 11-5 March 3 at Davidson L, 3-2 Doug Smith ically the Saturday starter, he hasn’t pitched since 3/24 due to March 6 at UNC Wilmington W, 5-3 Jr. | RHP March 7 at UNC Wilmington L, 13-5 the cancellations this past weekend. March 9 vs. Bucknell % L, 8-7 March 9 vs. Bucknell % W, 15-6 March 10 vs. Bucknell % W, 10-1 LAST TIME OUT March 13 at Wright State L, 10-5 March 15 vs. Quinnipiac @ W, 9-8 (10) The weather wreaked havoc on the Rockets’ weekend series against Western March 16 at Richmond @ L, 6-4 Michigan, cancelling two of the scheduled games against the Broncos. March 17 vs. Bryant @ W, 6-2 MARCH 20 LAWRENCE TECH CANCELLED March 23 at Bowling Green * L, 10-6 March 23 at Bowling Green * L, 9-6 The lone game was played on Friday, and it ended up as a 6-3 win for WMU. West- March 24 at Bowling Green * L, 6-5 ern Michigan did most of its damage in the top of the second, scoring four runs to March 27 at Ohio State L, 9-4 MARCH 29 WESTERN MICHIGAN * L, 6-3 take a 4-0 lead over the Rockets. UT answered with one run in the bottom of the MARCH 30 WESTERN MICHIGAN * CANCELLED MARCH 31 WESTERN MICHIGAN * CANCELLED third and two more in the sixth, but could not overcome the deficit. Western Michi- April 3 at Michigan 4:00 p.m. gan added two more runs in the top of the ninth to bring about the 6-3 final score. APRIL 5 MIAMI (OHIO) * 3:05 P.M. APRIL 6 MIAMI (OHIO) * 1:05 P.M. APRIL 7 MIAMI (OHIO) * 1:05 P.M. APRIL 9 DAYTON 3:05 P.M. ROCKET NOTES April 10 at Youngstown State 5:00 p.m. • Toledo has had three hitters record on-base streaks PROBABLE STARTING April 12 at Ohio * 6:00 p.m. April 13 at Ohio * 3:00 p.m. of at least 15 games: John Servello (19, current), Brad LINEUP April 14 at Ohio * 1:00 p.m. APRIL 16 OAKLAND 3:05 P.M. Boss (18), and Michael Ryan (16, current). C Michael Ryan Jr. April 17 at Purdue Fort Wayne 3:05 p.m. • Brad Boss has reached base in all but one game this APRIL 19 CENTRAL MICHIGAN * 3:05 P.M. 1B Ryan Thompson Fr. APRIL 20 CENTRAL MICHIGAN * 1:05 P.M. season, having started the season on an 18-game on- 2B Riley Cambell Sr. APRIL 21 CENTRAL MICHIGAN * 1:05 P.M. April 23 at Dayton 3:05 p.m. base streak. His 13 multi-hit games leads the team 3B Chris Meyers So. April 24 at Michigan State 3:05 p.m. and his .381 batting average is fourth in the MAC. SS Thomas Eitniear Fr. April 26 at Eastern Michigan * 6:00 p.m. April 27 at Eastern Michigan * 3:00 p.m. • Boss has been especially hot in his last 10 games. LF Zach Schwartzenberger So. April 28 at Eastern Michigan * 1:00 p.m. CF Brad Boss Sr. May 3 at Kent State * 6:00 p.m. He’s hitting .413 with three home runs and a .696 slug- May 4 at Kent State * 4:00 p.m. ging percentage during that time. His 18 RBIs over the RF John Servello So. May 5 at Kent State * 1:00 p.m. DH Darryn Davis Fr. MAY 8 BUTLER 3:05 P.M. past 10 games are by far the most on the team (Mi- MAY 10 NORTHERN ILLINOIS * 3:05 P.M. MAY 11 NORTHERN ILLINOIS * 1:05 P.M. chael Ryan is second with nine). MAY 12 NORTHERN ILLINOIS * 1:05 P.M. • Rocket batters have been hit 37 times, second most in the MAC. Chris Meyers and MAY 14 PURDUE FORT WAYNE 3:05 P.M. May 16 at Ball State * 3:05 p.m. Riley Campbell have been hit seven and eight times, respectively, which puts them May 17 at Ball State * 3:05 p.m. May 18 at Ball State * 1:05 p.m. among the top five in the conference in that category. May 22-26 MAC Tournament TBA • Layne Schnitz-Paxton is 2-0 in his last four starts with a 1.78 ERA in 25.1 innings. HOME GAME Hitters are batting just .191 against him during that timeframe and he has 21 strike- * Mid-American Conference Game % Kissimmee, Fla. outs to seven walks. & Mule Mix Classic (Nashville, Tenn.) • John Servello and Brad Boss both had 6-RBI performances in within a week of @ Richmond Tournament (Richmond, Va.) All times ET each other. Prior to that, the last 6-RBI game by a Rocket was April 21, 2017 (Matt 2019 MAC STANDINGS Hansen vs. Buffalo). QUICK FACTS • Darryn Davis went 5-for-6 against Quinnipiac, MAC Overall Location ..........................................Toledo, Ohio the first Rocket to tally five hits in a game since Team W L Pct W L T Pct Founded ..........................................................1872 May 25, 2017 (also Matt Hansen, vs. Ball State in Enrollment .................................................20,579 Ball State 4 0 1.000 17 9 0 .654 the MAC Tournament). Miami 5 1 .833 21 5 0 .808 Colors ..........................Midnight Blue & Gold CMU 5 1 .833 19 7 0 .731 • The Rockets’ winning formula has been simple Stadium ...............................................Scott Park BGSU 4 2 .667 9 14 0 .391 so far: score first. Toledo is 8-4 when it scores Capacity ..........................................................1,000 Ohio 3 3 .500 7 18 0 .280 first, and just 1-10 when it does not. UT is 0-9 Dimensions .....LF 330’, CF 400’, RF 330’ NIU 3 3 .500 7 20 0 .259 when its opponent scores in the first inning. Conference .............Mid-American (West) Kent State 1 3 .250 10 14 0 .417 President .......................Dr. Sharon L. Gaber WMU 1 3 .250 7 17 0 .292 • Toledo was the only MAC team to leave opening Toledo 0 4 .000 9 14 0 .391 weekend with a winning record. It’s the first time Athletic Director ......................Mike O’Brien EMU 0 6 .000 5 22 1 .196 since 2012 that UT has had a winning record on Faculty Representative ...Mary Powers Head Coach ........................................Cory Mee opening weekend. Career Record .......358-491-1 (191-198) Assistant Coach ..................Josh Bradford GOING WITH THE FLOW Assistant Coach ....................Nick McIntyre The weather has not been kind to the Rockets to start the season. Of the first 12 games Volunteer Assistant Coach ..........Matt Hansen originally on the schedule to start the year, just four were played at their scheduled 2018 Record ...............................................22-33 time. Opening weekend against Winthrop, a potential for Sunday rain forced the teams MAC Record .................................................14-13 to play a doubleheader on Saturday to wrap up the series. In Nashville, games against Position Starters Returning....................5 Middle Tennessee and Austin Peay were rained out, and a Sunday doubleheader at Bel- Position Starters Lost...................................3 mont was put in place. At Davidson, a doubleheader was played on Saturday and Sun- Pitchers Returning .......................................13 day’s contest was moved up a couple hours due to the threat of rain. UT’s conference Pitchers Lost .........................................................5 schedule began with a doubleheader at Bowling Green, to give the Falcons another day Letterwinners Returning .......................19 to get their field in proper condition. Toledo’s scheduled home series against Western Letterwinners Lost .......................................11 Michigan saw two games cancelled due to rain and snow in the area. Newcomers ........................................................12 YOUNGSTERS Toledo is sporting a young team in 2019, and the evidence is in the numbers. Of the WHO DOES WHAT? 802 at-bats taken by Rocket hitters, 70% of those have come from underclassmen. Of Head Coach Cory Mee: the eight typical starters on the diamond, five are occupied by underclassmen: Zach Mee handles pitching changes for the Rockets and serves as the third base Schwartzenberger in LF, John Servello in RF, Chris Meyers at 3B, Thomas Eitniear at SS, coach. and Ryan Thompson at 1B. Freshman Darryn Davis has spent the most time at desig- nated hitter as well. Assistant Coach Josh Bradford: Bradford is the team’s pitching coach WALK IT OFF and typically handles non-pitching Toledo’s first walk-off win came against Quinnipiac at the Spider Invitational. The Rock- change mound visits. He is also heav- ets held a lead for nearly the entire game until the Bobcats roared back with five runs ily involved in recruiting. in the top of the ninth to tie the game at 7-7.