Dayton Flyers

Burny Mitchem pitched five innings for Dayton on Friday

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NOTE: Saturday's start has been moved to 11:00 a.m. due to weather.

DAYTON, Ohio – The University of Dayton Flyers (18-24, 7-9 A-10) were downed by the Xavier Musketeers (16-28, 9-7 A-10) 21-5 in the series opener on Friday at Time Warner Cable Stadium.

Zach Blanchette and Brian Blasik both homered in the loss. The duo had two RBI apiece against the Musketeers. Blasik also doubled.  Jonathan Castine hit his first collegiate triple in his lone at-bat of the game. Dan Welch had one RBI.

Burny Mitchem falls to 4-7 this season after pitching 5.0 innings for the Flyers. Mitchem had two strikeouts and allowed five earned runs on the hill. Trent Haughn, Eric Wagner, Matt Speckman and Tim Corbey each saw relief action.

Dayton and Xavier meet again on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. The time has been moved forward in order to beat out the incoming weather. Left-handed pitcher Cameron Hobson will face left-handed pitcher Jon Richard in the contest. Mike Ivcic will broadcast live on 1660 AM and www.DaytonFlyers.com.