AVON, Ohio (Interstat) — Nate Langbehn pitched seven innings of no-hit baseball, allowing two earned runs with six strikeouts, and the Toledo Rockets defeated the Kent State Golden Flashes 5-2 in the Mid-American Conference Baseball Championship on Saturday afternoon at Avon.

Toledo, the visiting team, improved to 33-28 overall. Kent State dropped to 41-16.

The Rockets scored all five of their runs in the first two innings. In the top of the first, Luke Arsich was hit by a pitch and Troy Sudbrook singled to right center. After a foulout, JP Wagner doubled to right center for a ground-rule RBI, scoring Arsich. Sudbrook scored on a groundout by Charlie Baker. In the second, Jacob Payne singled and later stole second. Arsich singled up the middle, and after stealing second, he advanced to third on a throwing error by second baseman Brady Marshall, allowing Payne to steal home.

Toledo added a run in the fourth when Cahill singled, advanced to second on a balk, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Noah Walton. Sudbrook homered to left field in the seventh.

Kent State spoiled Langbehn’s no-hit bid and scored both runs on solo shots. Ripken Reese homered to left in the fourth. In the seventh, with the bases loaded, Marshall sacrificed to left field to score Micah Rienst.

Langbehn, who earlier in the week pitched a complete-game two-hitter against Kent State, exited after seven innings. Ryan Hughes relieved and tossed two scoreless innings, striking out one. Brody Krzysiak and Peyton Williams each pitched scoreless relief for the Golden Flashes.

Gavin Jones started for Kent State, allowing five earned runs on nine hits over 6 2/3 innings, striking out four.

Wagner finished 3 for 4 with one RBI. Sudbrook went 2 for 5 with a homer and an RBI. Payne was 2 for 3. For Kent State, Reese went 1 for 3 with a homer. Marshall was 1 for 3 with an RBI.

The game was the third meeting in four days between the Rockets and Golden Flashes. Toledo had won 8-0 on Thursday and 5-2 on Friday. Kent State had taken two of three at Toledo earlier in May.

No betting lines or projections were available for this game.