Rockets Topped by Four Late Scores at Northern Illinois

TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo baseball team dropped the series opener to Northern Illinois, 4-2 after the Huskies scored four runs in the eighth inning at Ralph McKinzie Field on Friday.
 
The Rockets (23-27, 12-13 MAC) struck twice in the fourth inning and held the 2-0 advantage through the seventh. However, the Huskies (20-29, 8-17 MAC) scored four runs, all with two outs in the eighth, to snap Toledo’s three-game winning streak.
 
Toledo remains two games up on the final MAC Tournament position with Central Michigan’s win over Eastern Michigan this afternoon.
 
Top Rocket Hitters

Pitching Lines 

• Jacob Tabor – 6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 4 Ks
  
• Logan Jones (L, 2-3) – 2.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 2 Ks

How It Happened

• After three scoreless innings, back-to-back doubles from Cole Cahill and Tre Mariano gave Toledo a 1-0 lead in the fourth. Two batters later, Mariano scored on Kaleb Herbert’s sacrifice fly.
• The Huskies loaded the bases with two outs in the fifth, but a groundout ended the threat.
• Toledo had two-out, bases-loaded opportunities of their own in the seventh and eighth innings, but could not capitalize on either opportunity.
• With two outs in the eighth, the Huskies got on the board on an RBI single.and tied the game on a wild pitch. Then, Andrew Smart brought home the go-ahead run on an RBI single and came around to score on another base hit.

Up Next 
The Rockets continue the series with the Huskies on Saturday, May 10, beginning the middle game of the series at 3:00 p.m. ET/2:00 p.m. CT.