Box Score April 1, 2018
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OXFORD, Ohio - Junior catcher Hayden Senger sent the RedHawk baseball team to its second walk-off victory of the weekend as Miami came from behind to upend Toledo, 7-6, in the series finale Sunday.
Down three entering the eighth, the Red & White struck for a trio of runs in the frame to even the game at 6-all. In the bottom of the ninth, Parker Massman reached on a leadoff hit by pitch before Senger ripped a double into the gap in left, allowing Massman to come all the way around from first to score the game-winning run. Miami also won on a walk-off hit on Friday evening when Massman singled home Ross Haffey for an 8-7 triumph. Sunday's victory handed the 'Hawks their second conference series win in as many chances. Miami now boasts a 15-9 (4-2 MAC) record on the season.
The Rockets got the game's first lead for the second-straight day, striking twice in the top of the third on an error and a one-run single. However, Miami promptly responded with three tallies in the home half of the inning. Haffey drew a one-out walk to get it started before coming home on a Landon Stephens double to the gap in left. After a Parker Massman base hit that put runners on the corners, Hayden Senger singled in Haffey to knot the score at two apiece. After a strikeout, Will Vogelgesang handed the `Hawks a 3-2 lead thanks to a single to right that plated Massman.
Following scoreless fourth and fifth innings, the Rockets retook the lead when they pushed across a pair of runs in both the sixth and seventh frames.
Trailing 6-3 going into the bottom of the eighth, the RedHawk offense awoke. Vogelgesang led off with an infield single and Mackay Williams reached on a pinch-hit walk. Dallas Hall followed with a one-run double to left that scored Vogelgesang. A wild pitch then allowed Williams to score from third while Hall took third on the play, setting up a Cal Elvers sacrifice fly to knot the contest at 6-6.
Toledo threatened in the top of the ninth but stranded a runner on second. In the bottom half of the frame, a Massman hit by pitch plus the Senger double equaled a game-winning tally.
Miami starting pitcher Gus Graham went 5.1 innings, allowing four runs on six hits while fanning five. Shane Smith notched 1.1 innings in relief, giving up two runs on two hits while striking out two. Bailey Martin picked up the win after tossing a scoreless final 2.1 innings. He also struck out three.
Senger (3-for-5), Landon Stephens (3-for-5), Vogelgesang (3-for-4) and Haffey (3-for-4) each finished the day with three-hit efforts.
