The UT baseball team’s road to winning the Mid-American Conference Tournament got a bit tougher on May 23 after it was blanked in a 5-0 shutout at the hands of Miami (OH) in Avon.

With the loss, the second-seeded Rockets (30-26) will compete in an elimination game with No. 3 Central Michigan (30-28) at 9 a.m. May 24. Toledo had previously won six straight games against MAC opponents entering the tournament.

The Rockets hitters were stifled by Miami starter Shawn Marquardt, who held UT to just five hits in nine innings of shutout baseball for the RedHawks (29-27).

Senior second baseman Joe Corfman faired better than most, collecting a pair of hits in his three at bats. Senior first baseman Mark Lapikas (1 for 3), junior designated hitter Matt Delewski (1 for 3) and freshman shortstop Nate Langhals (1 for 3) collected the remaining hits for the Rockets.

On the mound, sophomore starter Ryan Wilkinson (7-4, 3.00 ERA) allowed five runs (four earned) on 10 hits over his 6.1 innings. Junior Cody Umbright came in and threw 2.2 innings of scoreless relief, allowing just one hit.

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Toledo’s weekend series opening game against Miami (OH) on March 30 was suspended due to lightning with the score tied at six in the fourth inning in Oxford.

The Rockets (11-12, 2-1 Mid-American Conference) will continue their matchup at 1 p.m. March 31, followed by their second game against Miami (13-11, 1-2 MAC) scheduled to start 30 minutes after the first game’s finish.

Toledo fell behind by two runs early before scoring six unanswered runs to take a 6-2 lead. The RedHawks, however, scored four runs in the bottom of the third to tie the game at six before lightning postponed the game in the fourth.

Tags: Miami, Rockets baseball, Zach Davis

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