TOLEDO (Interstat) — Ty O’Brien homered and drove in four runs as Toledo defeated Bowling Green 15-5 on Tuesday at Scott Park Baseball Complex in a Mid-American Conference contest.

The Rockets improved to 28-25 overall, 17-12 in the MAC. The Falcons fell to 17-29, 9-20.

O’Brien, a catcher, went 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs. His two-run homer in the third inning capped a five-run outburst that erased a 3-0 deficit and put Toledo ahead to stay. He added a sacrifice fly in the sixth and an RBI single in the eighth.

Toledo broke the game open with a six-run eighth inning. Cade Baker doubled in a run, O’Brien singled in another, Ryan Sudbrook doubled in two and Liam Arsich doubled in two to push the lead to 15-5.

The Rockets finished with 15 hits. JP Wagner was 3-for-3 with an RBI and a run. Ryan Sudbrook went 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Baker was 2-for-5 with two RBIs. Arsich drove in two runs on a 1-for-6 night.

Bowling Green’s Andrew DiLodovico homered in the fifth inning and finished 2-for-3. TJ Takats doubled, singled and drove in a run. Zack Horky had an RBI single and scored twice.

Toledo used five pitchers. Sam Rufenacht threw three shutout innings, allowing no hits and striking out two. John Hojnowski allowed two earned runs over three innings with one strikeout. Ryan Hughes pitched two-thirds of an inning, striking out one.

The Falcons scored three runs in the second inning on an RBI single by Takats, a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly. They added a run in the third on Horky’s RBI single. DiLodovico’s solo homer in the fifth made it 6-5, but Toledo answered with three in the sixth and six in the eighth.

Toledo had won two of three against Bowling Green on April 24-26, taking the series 6-4, 3-1 and losing 9-5. The Rockets entered the game having won three of their last four, including a sweep at Ohio. The Falcons had lost four of their last five, including a series loss to Western Michigan.

Toledo next hosts Kent State for a three-game series beginning Thursday. Bowling Green travels to Ball State for a three-game set starting Thursday.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Toledo 8, Bowling Green 3. Interstat’s ELO system gave Toledo a 55.90 percent probability to win.