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Eagles Swept in Toledo, Will Face CMU in MAC Tournament Opener
5/19/2012 5:33:00 PM | Baseball
EMU's first tournament game will be Wednesday, May 23, at 12:30 p.m.
MAC Tournament Bracket
Re-Listen to the Game
TOLEDO, Ohio (EMUEagles.com)— The Eastern Michigan University baseball team completed the 2012 regular season in unceremonious fashion by falling, 12-5, to the University of Toledo Saturday, May 19, at the Scott Park Baseball Complex. The Eagles (24-29; 14-13 MAC) were swept in a Mid-American Conference series for the first time this year and will settle for the No. 6 seed in the MAC Tournament which takes place Wednesday-Saturday, May 23-26, in Avon, Ohio.
Toledo (30-25; 19-8 MAC) earned a third straight win on senior day after having already locked up the tournament's No. 2 seed and a West Division championship Friday.
Eastern Michigan will open the 2012 MAC Tournament against the No. 3-seeded Central Michigan University Chippewas Wednesday, May 23, at All-Pro Freight Stadium. First pitch is slated for 12:30 p.m. Click the link above this story for a complete MAC Tournament bracket.
The Rockets opened the scoring with five runs in the first inning, but a Lee Longo solo homer in the second and two runs in the fifth brought the Eagles back to within two, 5-3. Just when EMU appeared to be back in the game, UT sent 12 men to the plate and scored six times to charge ahead, 11-3, in the bottom of the fifth. The Green and White added a pair of tallies in the sixth, but the offense was unable to make up the difference.
Longo finished the day 1-for-3 and the solo shot was his third of the season. The Mayfield, Ohio native notched the best overall performance for an Eagle offensively over the weekend, going 5-for-11 (.455) with two doubles and a round-tripper.
Brent Ohrman recorded three stolen bases on the afternoon to push his season total to 21. The senior from Adrian, Mich. has now swiped at least 20 bags in back-to-back seasons. On the day he was 2-for-5 with a team best three RBI and his 11th double.
Shortstop Tucker Rubino's bat heated up just in time for the MAC Tournament with a 3-for-5 effort including his sixth double. Rubino also scored twice. Daniel Russell had two of EMU's 11 total hits while posting a double.
On the mound, Collin Taylor (2-1) suffered his first loss of the season after tossing four-plus innings over which he surrendered eight runs (six earned) on six hits. He and Ryan Lavoie were roughed up in UT's six-run fifth inning in which Lavoie was responsible for three of those runs.
EMU pitching had trouble with Wes White, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI. Mark Lapikas was also 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI and two runs scored.
Michael Hamann (3-5) did not record a quality start for Toledo, but still managed to earn the win. He pitched five innings and gave up three runs (one earned) on seven hits and three strikeouts.
The game's first run was scored in the bottom of the first when Taylor balked with the bases loaded. Anthony Smith then plated a run on a groundout and Lapikas drove in another on a single up the middle. A White single and a wild pitch from Taylor brought in the final two runs of the inning to put UT ahead early, 5-0.
After Hamann recorded the first two outs in the second, Longo stepped to the plate and sent a ball over the left-centerfield wall to give EMU its first tally of the game. The Eagles inched back even further in the fifth as Ohrman doubled home Ben Magsig, who started the inning on second base after reaching on a dropped fly ball. Rubino then scored on a second UT error as shortstop Nate Langhals booted a ground ball which should have been the second out.
A 5-3 edge for Toledo turned into a blowout situation in the bottom of the fifth as the home team used four hits and a pair of bases-loaded walks from Lavoie to make it an 11-3 affair. Nine Rockets batters came to the plate and all six runs scored before the first out was finally converted.
EMU put up another pair of runs in the sixth to trail, 11-5. Ohrman came through with both RBI in the inning, as he drove in Rubino and Miles Sorise, who notched his second hit of the season with a sharp single to left.
In the eighth, infielder Kyle Klein traded his first baseman's glove for a pitcher's mitt and tossed one inning on the hill. The senior's first collegiate pitching performance consisted of one inning in which he allowed one run, two hits and a walk.
Eastern Michigan's opening-round matchup with Central Michigan will mark the fourth time the two clubs will meet this season. EMU owns a 2-1 edge in the season series after winning twice in Ypsilanti, April 13-15. The last time these two squads tangled in the MAC Tournament was in the quarterfinal game in 2007, when EMU throttled the Chippewas, 12-6, at Oestrike Stadium.
Re-Listen to the Game
TOLEDO, Ohio (EMUEagles.com)— The Eastern Michigan University baseball team completed the 2012 regular season in unceremonious fashion by falling, 12-5, to the University of Toledo Saturday, May 19, at the Scott Park Baseball Complex. The Eagles (24-29; 14-13 MAC) were swept in a Mid-American Conference series for the first time this year and will settle for the No. 6 seed in the MAC Tournament which takes place Wednesday-Saturday, May 23-26, in Avon, Ohio.
Toledo (30-25; 19-8 MAC) earned a third straight win on senior day after having already locked up the tournament's No. 2 seed and a West Division championship Friday.
Eastern Michigan will open the 2012 MAC Tournament against the No. 3-seeded Central Michigan University Chippewas Wednesday, May 23, at All-Pro Freight Stadium. First pitch is slated for 12:30 p.m. Click the link above this story for a complete MAC Tournament bracket.
The Rockets opened the scoring with five runs in the first inning, but a Lee Longo solo homer in the second and two runs in the fifth brought the Eagles back to within two, 5-3. Just when EMU appeared to be back in the game, UT sent 12 men to the plate and scored six times to charge ahead, 11-3, in the bottom of the fifth. The Green and White added a pair of tallies in the sixth, but the offense was unable to make up the difference.
Longo finished the day 1-for-3 and the solo shot was his third of the season. The Mayfield, Ohio native notched the best overall performance for an Eagle offensively over the weekend, going 5-for-11 (.455) with two doubles and a round-tripper.
Brent Ohrman recorded three stolen bases on the afternoon to push his season total to 21. The senior from Adrian, Mich. has now swiped at least 20 bags in back-to-back seasons. On the day he was 2-for-5 with a team best three RBI and his 11th double.
Shortstop Tucker Rubino's bat heated up just in time for the MAC Tournament with a 3-for-5 effort including his sixth double. Rubino also scored twice. Daniel Russell had two of EMU's 11 total hits while posting a double.
On the mound, Collin Taylor (2-1) suffered his first loss of the season after tossing four-plus innings over which he surrendered eight runs (six earned) on six hits. He and Ryan Lavoie were roughed up in UT's six-run fifth inning in which Lavoie was responsible for three of those runs.
EMU pitching had trouble with Wes White, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI. Mark Lapikas was also 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI and two runs scored.
Michael Hamann (3-5) did not record a quality start for Toledo, but still managed to earn the win. He pitched five innings and gave up three runs (one earned) on seven hits and three strikeouts.
The game's first run was scored in the bottom of the first when Taylor balked with the bases loaded. Anthony Smith then plated a run on a groundout and Lapikas drove in another on a single up the middle. A White single and a wild pitch from Taylor brought in the final two runs of the inning to put UT ahead early, 5-0.
After Hamann recorded the first two outs in the second, Longo stepped to the plate and sent a ball over the left-centerfield wall to give EMU its first tally of the game. The Eagles inched back even further in the fifth as Ohrman doubled home Ben Magsig, who started the inning on second base after reaching on a dropped fly ball. Rubino then scored on a second UT error as shortstop Nate Langhals booted a ground ball which should have been the second out.
A 5-3 edge for Toledo turned into a blowout situation in the bottom of the fifth as the home team used four hits and a pair of bases-loaded walks from Lavoie to make it an 11-3 affair. Nine Rockets batters came to the plate and all six runs scored before the first out was finally converted.
EMU put up another pair of runs in the sixth to trail, 11-5. Ohrman came through with both RBI in the inning, as he drove in Rubino and Miles Sorise, who notched his second hit of the season with a sharp single to left.
In the eighth, infielder Kyle Klein traded his first baseman's glove for a pitcher's mitt and tossed one inning on the hill. The senior's first collegiate pitching performance consisted of one inning in which he allowed one run, two hits and a walk.
Eastern Michigan's opening-round matchup with Central Michigan will mark the fourth time the two clubs will meet this season. EMU owns a 2-1 edge in the season series after winning twice in Ypsilanti, April 13-15. The last time these two squads tangled in the MAC Tournament was in the quarterfinal game in 2007, when EMU throttled the Chippewas, 12-6, at Oestrike Stadium.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: HAMANN (3-5)
L: Taylor, Collin (2-1)
Batting:
2B: Rubino, Tucker 1 ; Ohrman, Brent 1 ; Russell, Daniel 1
HR: Longo, Lee 1
RBI: Ohrman, Brent 3 ; Ott, Sam 1 ; Longo, Lee 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Magsig, Ben 1 ; Sorise, Miles 1 ; Rubino, Tucker 2 ; Longo, Lee 1
SB: Ohrman, Brent 3
Batting:
2B: CORFMAN 1
RBI: HAMMER 1 ; SMITH 1 ; LAPIKAS 2 ; COLA 1 ; WHITE 3 ; LANGHALS 1 ; DEMARCO 1
SH: ZUCHOWSKI 1
Base Running:
RUNS: CORFMAN 1 ; MICHAEL 1 ; HAMMER 1 ; GROGG 1 ; ZUCHOWSKI 2 ; MIX 1 ; SMITH 1 ; LAPIKAS 2 ; COLA 2
SB: GROGG 1
HBP: CORFMAN 1
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