KALAMAZOO, Mich. – One day after its shutout performance in the series opener, Western Michigan baseball was held to just five hits and no runs on Saturday as the Broncos dropped game two to Toledo, 3-0 at Robert J. Bobb Stadium.  

Western Michigan recorded two of its five hits in the bottom of the ninth as both freshman Blake Dunn and junior Nate Grys each recorded singles. WMU loaded the bases in the ninth after junior Jimmy Roche got on base thanks to an error by the Toledo shortstop.

However, the WMU rally was halted as three pitches later the Broncos grounded into a 4-6-3 double play to end the game. The Brown & Gold had five different players register a hit against the Rockets on Saturday.  

Sophomore Drew Devine went 1-for-2 at the plate with a walk while Junior Connor Smith, Grys, Dunn and Roche each went 1-for-4. On the mound, senior LHP Jacob Piechota went 5.1 innings, allowing five hits, two runs (one earned) while striking out seven. It's the second straight outing in which Piechota has struck out seven batters.

Out of the bullpen, redshirt senior Andrew Reisinger shut down the Rocket offense. Reisinger, who leads the Mid-American Conference in victories, went 1.1 innings giving up just one hit while striking out three of the seven batters he faced. Junior Matt McConnell also came on in relief, throwing 2.1 innings, allowing one run on three hits.

The Broncos drop to 10-10 on the season and 1-1 in MAC play. WMU and Toledo will square off in the series finale on Sunday at Robert J. Bobb Stadium. First pitch is set for 2:05 p.m.

WMU and Toledo were scoreless through the first two innings as just one hit was recorded between the two teams. In the first inning the Brown & Gold went down in order, marking the first time in four games WMU did not score in the first.

Toledo got on the board in the top of the third as the Rockets led off the inning with a bunt single through the right side. Two batters later, UT's John Servello slapped a single to right field scoring Casey Gose from second to give Toledo an early 1-0 lead.

WMU looked to get on the board in the bottom of the fourth as Smith laced a double off the left field wall with two outs. However, Smith was stranded at second as a strikeout ended the inning. Smith now ranks second on the team with four doubles this season.

The Rockets extended their lead in the top of the sixth thanks to two Bronco errors to give UT a 2-0 lead. Western Michigan led off the bottom half of the sixth with an infield single by Devine before a fielder's choice and back-to-back groundouts ended the inning.  

In the ninth, Toledo tacked on one run on two hits with UT's Casey Gose earning the RBI on a sacrifice fly to centerfield. WMU loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the ninth before grounding into a double play to end the game and the scoring threat.