AVON, Ohio — The No. 6 seed Toledo baseball team is on the brink of elimination at the Mid-American Conference tournament as the Rockets were outhit 13-1 and fell by a final of 5-1 to Ball State in their first game at Crushers Stadium on Wednesday afternoon.
Ball State pitcher Merritt Beeker pitched a complete game for the win. He gave up just the one run on one hit and struck out 12 Toledo batters.
The Rockets’ Grant Umberger suffered the loss.
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The Cardinals went ahead 2-0 with single runs in the bottoms of the first and second innings.