BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Toledo baseball team suffered a 17-9 defeat to Bowling Green in the first round of the Battle of I-75 this season at Steller Field on Tuesday. The contest was treated as a non-conference game and did not count toward the Mid-American Conference standings.
The Rockets (20-25, 13-11 MAC) took an early 4-0 lead, but the Falcons (24-14, 18-3 MAC) used multiple big innings to take the lead and ultimately pull away. BGSU capitalized on 11 walks, two hit batsmen and four Toledo errors.
Toledo received two hits each from senior , junior and freshman .