Central Michigan University Athletics
Central Michigan University
Toledo
Collmenter Earns Complete Game Win, 6-1 Over Toledo
4/29/2006 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 29, 2006
MOUNT PLEASANT - Sophomore right-hander Josh Collmenter's complete game and a balanced attack at the plate led Central Michigan University to a 6-1 win over Toledo at Theunissen Stadium on Saturday.
Collmenter, who posted his third career complete game and first of 2006, surrendered just a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning and struck out five in improving to 5-4 on the season. He was backed up by a CMU defense that did not allow an error for just the fifth time this season.
The Chippewa offense, meanwhile, spread its six runs over five different innings and saw six different players collect at least one hit.
Brian Campbell drew a bases-loaded walk in the second that forced in Eric Cannon and gave CMU a lead it would not relinquish. A pair of walks and a hit batter loaded the bases with nobody out for CMU in the third, but Toledo starter Kyle Rawlings got out of the inning with only allowing a Noah Lankford sacrifice fly.
Freshman Cody Allen extended his 11-game hitting streak in the fourth by sending his first career home run down the line in right. The solo shot stretched the Chippewa lead to 3-0.
Back-to-back run-scoring doubles by Cannon and Lankford extended the lead to 5-0 in the fifth and ended Rawlings' day. The Chippewas later added an insurance run when Ben Humphrey scored from third on a double-play grounder.
CMU extended its home winning streak to 10 games and clinched its eighth consecutive conference series win at home.
Humphrey, J.T. Jones and Bryan Mitzel all had two hits apiece for CMU. Humphrey and Cannon both scored twice, while Cannon and Lankford drove in a pair of runs each.
Seven different Rockets recorded one hit against Collmenter.
The Chippewas will take the field on Sunday eyeing their second consecutive weekend sweep at home.
