Baseball falls at Toledo, 11-7 as comeback effort falls short


After nearly pitching his third complete game of the season on Sunday, freshman left-hander Tyler Hankins returned to the mound for the Central Michigan baseball team Saturday at Toledo.

Following a 4-1 win in the series opener Friday, Hankins and the Chippewas came up short in game two, 11-7 to the Rockets.

CMU falls to 27-23 on the season and 14-6 in Mid-American Conference play. The Chippewas entered the day leading the West Division by three games and trailing Kent State by two games for first place overall.

Trailing 8-5 in the eighth inning, senior Alex Borglin delivered a two-run single to make it a one-run game. However, the Rockets answered with a two home runs off senior Jordan Grosjean in the bottom of the inning to pull away.

In one of his shorter outings of his career, Hankins (5-2) was pulled after four innings Saturday after surrendering three runs on six hits and one walk. The Bartlett, Illinois native was pulled for sophomore Michael Brettell, who pitched 1 2/3 innings and allowed four runs on four hits.

Junior Nick Stokowski hit a home run in the eighth inning and had an RBI-double in the fourth. Borglin went 3-for-4 on the day with three RBIs.

Jason Sullivan, Evan Kratt, Zach Heeke and Zach Gilles each added two hits.

Up Next

The Chippewas and Rockets meet for the series finale on Sunday at 1 p.m. Sophomore-right hander Dazon Cole (2-5) is expected to get the start. 

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