AVON- A four-run Toledo fifth inning was too much for the Flashes on Thursday as the Rockets defeated Kent State 8-2 in a Mid-American Conference Tournament elimination game.
It was a pitcher's dual for the first four innings as both Eric Chalus and Noah Johnson sailed through the first half of the game. Toledo scratched across a run in the first on a double and a sacrifice fly but the Flashes' lefty needed only 25 pitches to get through the first three innings.
Unfortunately, Noah Johnson matched Chalus pitch for pitch as the Rockets' lefty pitched around a Brody Williams' single and a hit by pitch in the first go-around against the Flashes.