MUNCIE, Ind. – The Toledo baseball team opened MAC Tournament play on Wednesday with a heartbreaking 11-10 loss to Central Michigan at First Merchants Ballpark Complex in Muncie, Ind.
The Rockets and Chippewas engaged in a back-and-forth affair in the tournament's opening game, and it took all nine innings to find a winner. With the game tied at 8-8 heading into the top of the ninth, freshman and junior slugged back-to-back home runs to emphatically give Toledo a 10-8 lead. Central Michigan responded in the bottom of the ninth with three runs to win in walk-off fashion, scoring the game-winning run on a bases-loaded walk.