
Photo by: Brian Mack
Toledo Takes Game Two From Miami
3/11/2023 5:36:00 PM | Baseball
OXFORD, Ohio — The Miami University baseball team scored one run apiece in the first two innings, but Toledo responded with four in the fifth and went on to post a 6-2 victory over the RedHawks Saturday afternoon. Zach MacDonald homered for Miami (2-13, 0-2 MAC), while Owen Jackson and Mason Sykes went deep for the Rockets (8-5, 2-0 MAC).
HOW IT HAPPENED
NOTES
UP NEXT:
The RedHawks and Rockets will conclude their series Sunday, March 12 in Oxford. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- MacDonald hit a solo shot with two outs in the bottom of the first to give Miami an early 1-0 lead.
- The RedHawks struck again in the second inning to double their lead. Cooper Weiss led off with a single, moving to second base on a Tommy Harrison groundout. After Weiss stole third, an RBI single by Dom Magliocca brought him around to score.
- Toledo got on the scoreboard with a three-run homer by Jackson in the fifth and added a run on a two-out sac fly later in the inning.
- The Rockets added a pair of insurance runs in the ninth inning on a two-run blast by Sykes.
NOTES
- Miami pitchers Zach Maxey and Kenten Egbert combined to record 17 strikeouts.
- Weiss finished 2-for-4 with a run scored.
- Four different RedHawks stole a base: Weiss, Benji Brokemond, Stephen Krause and Dillon Baker.
- MacDonald hit his fourth homer of the year.
UP NEXT:
The RedHawks and Rockets will conclude their series Sunday, March 12 in Oxford. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: WALKER, Jack (1-1)
L: Maxey, Zach (1-3)
S: McANINCH, Cal (2)
Batting:
2B: PIKE, Garret 1 ; SYKES, Mason 1 ; KONCZAK, Caden 1
HR: JACKSON, Owen 1 ; SYKES, Mason 1
RBI: JACKSON, Owen 3 ; SYKES, Mason 2 ; FRY, Brian 1
SF: FRY, Brian 1
Base Running:
RUNS: PIKE, Garret 2 ; JACKSON, Owen 1 ; SYKES, Mason 2 ; MACKIEWICZ, Scott 1
SB: WILLIAMS, Jeron 1
CS: KONCZAK, Caden 1

Batting:
2B: Appelwick, Evan 1
HR: MacDonald, Zach 1
RBI: MacDonald, Zach 1 ; Magliocca, Dom 1
SH: Harrison, Tommy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: MacDonald, Zach 1 ; Weiss, Cooper 1
SB: Brokemond, Benji 1 ; Weiss, Cooper 1 ; Krause, Stephen 1 ; Baker, Dillon 1
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