ROUND ROCK, Texas — The Toledo Mud Hens completed their comeback in extra innings, scoring three in the top of the 12th inning to earn a 7-4 victory at Round Rock on Thursday. 

Toledo (2-4) trailed 3-0 through six innings, marked a pair of runs in the top of the seventh, another in the ninth, then brought it home in the 12th. The two teams matched runs in the 11th to keep the game going.

With one out in the top of the 12th for the Mud Hens, Riley Unroe walked, Jahmai Jones was hit by a pitch, and Andrew Navigato reached on an error that scored Eliezer Alfonzo to make it 5-4. After a Jace Jung strikeout, the Hens got some insurance on Brewer Hicklen’s two-run single that extended the lead to 7-4.

Toledo reliever Carlos Pena put the Express down in order in their half of the 12th, earning him the save. Andrew Chafin pitched the 11th and was credited with the win. Matt Manning went the first 4⅔ innings for the Hens, surrendering two runs on four hits with three walks and four strikeouts.

JT Chargois was on the bump for the Express in the 12th and took the loss.

A pair of RBI doubles helped the Hens inch closer to Round Rock (2-4) in the top of the seventh. Tomas Nido doubled home Hicklen, then with two outs, an Alfonzo double scored Nido and pulled Toledo within a run, 3-2.

A Round Rock throwing error helped the Hens tie it in the ninth as Alfonzo reached on the errant throw, then Jack Dunn’s RBI single evened the score at 3.

In the home half of the ninth, Round Rock advanced the potential winning run to second base when Toledo reliever Ryan Miller lost his command for a bit with two outs. But he rebounded to induce a ground ball off the bat of Sam Haggerty, sending the game to extra innings.

Round Rock got to Manning in the bottom of the third inning. Number nine hitter Alex De Goti led off with a double, and was brought home when Haggerty followed with a sharp single to left field. Haggerty later stole second with one out recorded, then Blaine Crim’s single brought home Haggerty for a 2-0 Express lead.

Justin Foscue’s two-out double got the Express going in the fifth, and Crim scored Foscue with a line drive single that made it 3-0. Crim went 2 for 4 with a walk and two runs batted in for the Express, while Hicklen finished 2 for 6 with two runs scored and a pair of RBIs for the Hens.

Toledo and Round Rock continue their series at 8:15 p.m. Friday.

First Published April 4, 2025, 4:05 a.m.