Ypsilanti, Mich.— The Toledo baseball team dropped Friday's series opener at Eastern Michigan, 6-5, on a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth.
The Rockets held the lead entering the bottom of the eighth, but allowed a couple runs to EMU and fell behind, 5-4. Toledo tied the game at 5-5 in the top of the ninth, but surrendered a bases-loaded single to right field that brought in the game-winning run.
Junior was terrific on the mound for Toledo on Friday, throwing 7.1 innings while striking out four and allowing six hits. Senior drove in the two runs in the top of the ninth that gave the Rockets their short-lived lead, and sophomore plus freshmen and all drove in runs as well.