TOLEDO, Ohio (Interstat) — Kent State scored four runs on seven hits and edged Toledo 4-3 in a Mid-American Conference afternoon game Thursday, May 14, 2026.

Brody Williams put the Golden Flashes up 4-0 in the top of the first with a two-run homer that scored Luke Matthews. Toledo answered in the third when Ty O’Brien drove in a run on a fielder’s choice. Brady Marshall’s RBI single in the fourth pushed Kent State’s lead back to 4-1. The Rockets tied the game in the bottom of the fourth on Troy Sudbrook’s two-run double.

The decisive run came in the eighth when Alejandro Covas reached on a third-base fielding error, allowing Sawyer Solitaria to score unearned. Kent State improved to 38-12 overall; Toledo fell to 28-26. Both teams managed seven hits. The Flashes have now won four straight after defeating Michigan on Tuesday, while the Rockets snapped a two-game skid but could not complete the comeback.