2019 Toledo Baseball Game Notes May 8 Vs
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2019 TOLEDO BASEBALL GAME NOTES MAY 8 VS. BUTLER 2019 Schedule LEADING OFF Record: 15-30 (3-16 MAC) • After eight straight road games, Toledo will host Butler on Wednes- day at 3:05 p.m. It will be the first home game at Scott Park for UT Date Opponent Time since April 16 against Oakland. Feb. 15 at Winthrop W, 5-4 Feb. 16 at Winthrop L, 17-3 • The Rockets were swept last weekend at Kent State, the second Feb. 16 at Winthrop W, 8-7 straight weekend they have been swept by a MAC opponent. Feb. 21 at Lipscomb & L, 12-6 Feb. 22 at Middle Tennessee & CANCELLED 5/8/19 • Toledo is officially eliminated from MAC Tournament contention. This Feb. 23 at Austin Peay & CANCELLED 3:05 p.m. ET will be the first year UT has not made the conference tournament Feb. 24 at Belmont & W, 10-7 since 2014. Feb. 24 at Belmont & L, 5-2 (7) Austin Waeghe March 2 at Davidson W, 13-5 So. | RHP • Nate Haugh is scheduled to make the first start of his career on March 2 at Davidson L, 11-5 Wednesday. March 3 at Davidson L, 3-2 Nate Haugh March 6 at UNC Wilmington W, 5-3 March 7 at UNC Wilmington L, 13-5 Sr. | RHP LAST TIME OUT March 9 vs. Bucknell % L, 8-7 March 9 vs. Bucknell % W, 15-6 Toledo faced conference foe Kent State this past weekend, and March 10 vs. Bucknell % W, 10-1 dropped all three contests to the Golden Flashes. The Rockets held an early lead in all three March 13 at Wright State L, 10-5 March 15 vs. Quinnipiac @ W, 9-8 (10) games, but couldn’t fend off KSU en route to the series sweep. Friday’s game ended with a March 16 at Richmond @ L, 6-4 final score of 6-3, Saturday’s final was 11-5, and the score of Sunday’s series final was 5-2. March 17 vs. Bryant @ W, 6-2 MARCH 20 LAWRENCE TECH CANCELLED March 23 at Bowling Green * L, 10-6 ROCKET NOTES March 23 at Bowling Green * L, 9-6 March 24 at Bowling Green * L, 6-5 • Being the first team on the scoreboard has been crucial for the Rockets this season, and March 27 at Ohio State L, 9-4 the evidence is in the numbers. Toledo is 2-20 when its opponent scores first, and holds a MARCH 29 WESTERN MICHIGAN * L, 6-3 record of 0-17 when opponents score in the first inning. MARCH 30 WESTERN MICHIGAN * CANCELLED MARCH 31 WESTERN MICHIGAN * CANCELLED • Several Rockets have performed well in non-conference games this year. Brad Boss is April 3 at Michigan L, 8-2 hitting .339 with four home runs and 28 RBIs while slugging .545; Darryn Davis is hitting .347; APRIL 5 MIAMI (OHIO) * L, 10-6 APRIL 6 MIAMI (OHIO) * L, 3-2 Chris Meyers is batting .324 with 27 RBIs; Trace Hatfield is hitting .322 and slugging .542. APRIL 7 MIAMI (OHIO) * W, 7-5 • Freshman Darryn Davis tied an NCAA Division I record on April APRIL 9 DAYTON L, 12-9 POSSIBLE STARTING April 10 at Youngstown State L, 5-3 19 against Central Michigan with four sacrifice hits. In the box April 12 at Ohio * L, 16-5 score, Davis was credited as going 0-for-0 after four success- LINEUP April 13 at Ohio * L, 5-2 April 13 at Ohio * W, 12-8 ful sacrifice bunts. C Drew Compton So. APRIL 16 OAKLAND W, 19-8 • Brad Boss sits in the top five of several offensive categories April 17 at Purdue Fort Wayne W, 11-7 among MAC players, including runs scored (43), RBIs (40), and 1B Ryan Thompson Fr. APRIL 19 CENTRAL MICHIGAN * W, 4-3 APRIL 21 CENTRAL MICHIGAN * L, 7-1 doubles (17). 2B Trace Hatfield So. APRIL 21 CENTRAL MICHIGAN * L, 18-3 • A couple freshmen led the Rockets in hitting during the 3B Chris Meyers So. April 23 at Dayton W, 10-9 April 24 at Michigan State L, 4-2 month of April: Darryn Davis (.320) and Ryan Thompson (.319) SS Thomas Eitniear Fr. April 26 at Eastern Michigan * L, 6-5 were the only two players on the team to hit above .300 last LF Darryn Davis Fr. April 27 at Eastern Michigan * L, 5-3 April 28 at Eastern Michigan * L, 6-5 month. CF Brad Boss Sr. May 3 at Kent State * L, 6-3 • The 19 runs Toledo scored against Oakland were the most RF Zach Schwartzenberger So. May 4 at Kent State * L, 11-5 May 5 at Kent State * L, 5-2 since the team scored 21 against Buffalo on April 15, 2017. DH David Jeffers So. MAY 8 BUTLER 3:05 P.M. • Toledo has had four hitters record on-base streaks of at least MAY 10 NORTHERN ILLINOIS * 3:05 P.M. 15 games: John Servello (20), Brad Boss (18), Michael Ryan MAY 11 NORTHERN ILLINOIS * 1:05 P.M. MAY 12 NORTHERN ILLINOIS * 1:05 P.M. (18), and Riley Campbell (15). MAY 14 PURDUE FORT WAYNE 3:05 P.M. • Rocket batters have been hit 52 times, second most in the MAC. Riley Campbell has been May 16 at Ball State * 3:05 p.m. May 17 at Ball State * 3:05 p.m. plunked 13 times, most in the league, and Chris Meyers and John Servello have both been May 18 at Ball State * 1:05 p.m. hit seven times. May 22-26 MAC Tournament TBA • John Servello and Brad Boss both had 6-RBI performances in within a week of each other. HOME GAME Prior to that, the last 6-RBI game by a Rocket was April 21, 2017 (Matt Hansen vs. Buffalo). * Mid-American Conference Game % Kissimmee, Fla. • Darryn Davis went 5-for-6 against Quinnipiac, the first Rocket to tally five hits in a game & Mule Mix Classic (Nashville, Tenn.) since May 25, 2017 (also Matt Hansen, vs. Ball State in the MAC Tournament). @ Richmond Tournament (Richmond, Va.) • Toledo was the only MAC team to leave opening weekend with a winning record. It’s the first All times ET time since 2012 that UT has had a winning record on opening weekend. LIKE A BOSS QUICK FACTS 2019 MAC STANDINGS Team captain and center fielder Brad Boss is in the Location ..........................................Toledo, Ohio MAC Overall midst of putting the finishing touches on a fantastic Founded Team W L Pct W L T Pct collegiate career. During the weekend series against ..........................................................1872 Enrollment .................................................20,579 CMU 16 5 .762 34 12 0 .739 Eastern Michigan, he broke the Toledo baseball career Ball State 14 5 .737 30 16 0 .652 walks record, tallying his 112th career free pass. Boss Colors ..........................Midnight Blue & Gold Miami 13 7 .650 33 13 0 .717 is currently positioned to end his career inside Tole- Stadium ...............................................Scott Park Kent State 12 7 .632 25 20 0 .556 do’s all-time career top 10 in the following offensive Capacity ..........................................................1,000 NIU 11 10 .524 15 31 0 .326 categories: hits, runs, RBIs, doubles, and total bases. Dimensions .....LF 330’, CF 400’, RF 330’ Ohio 10 10 .500 16 27 0 .372 Conference .............Mid-American (West) WMU 9 10 .474 16 26 0 .381 BRAD BOSS NAMED MAC CO-PLAYER OF THE President .......................Dr. Sharon L. Gaber BGSU 6 15 .286 13 30 0 .302 WEEK EMU 6 15 .286 11 36 1 .286 Athletic Director ......................Mike O’Brien Toledo 3 16 .188 15 27 0 .357 Boss helped the Rockets to a 3-2 record during the Faculty Representative ...Mary Powers week of April 15-21 with some stellar hitting, and Head Coach ........................................Cory Mee earned MAC Co-Player of the Week honors in the process. He led the squad with a .400 batting Career Record ..... 364-507-1 (193-208) average over the five games and posted a slugging percentage of 1.000 while getting on base at a Assistant Coach ..................Josh Bradford .625 clip. In his 24 plate appearances over the five games, Boss tallied six hits, five of which went Assistant Coach for extra bases, and recorded nine walks. ....................Nick McIntyre Volunteer Assistant Coach ..........Matt Hansen Boss went 2-for-3 and drove in three runs while walking three times in the 19-8 win over Oakland 2018 Record ...............................................22-33 on April 16. He then registered his first career multi-home run game against Purdue Fort Wayne MAC Record .................................................14-13 on April 17. Boss also went 2-for-3 with three runs and two doubles in the 4-3 win over Central Position Starters Returning....................5 Michigan on April 19. Position Starters Lost...................................3 Pitchers Returning .......................................13 YOUNGSTERS Pitchers Lost .........................................................5 Toledo is sporting a young team in 2019, and the evidence is in the numbers. Of the 1,546 at-bats Letterwinners Returning .......................19 taken by Rocket hitters, 77% of those have come from underclassmen, and 71% of RBIs have been Letterwinners Lost .......................................11 credited to freshmen or sophomores. Newcomers ........................................................12 Of the eight typical starters on the diamond, seven are occupied by underclassmen: Trace Hatfield at 2B, Zach Schwartzenberger in RF, Chris Meyers at 3B, Thomas Eitniear at SS, Ryan Thompson at 1B, Darryn Davis in LF, and Mark Mohnickey/Drew Compton at C. Due to injuries to John Servello, WHO DOES WHAT? Michael Ryan, and Riley Campbell, the DH spot has been populated by David Jeffers and Danny Head Coach Cory Mee: Murphy as of late.