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Dayton
2-7
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8
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10
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2
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Tennessee Tech
4-7
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9
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10
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W - Price (1-0) . L - Schrage (0-4). S - Bryant (1).
UD: Glover (HR, 3 RBI); Broughton (3-4, R); Duggan (2-3, 3 RBI)
TTU: Wulf (3-4, 2 RBI); Stephens (2-4, 2 R, 4 RBI). |
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Game Information
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| Location |
Cookeville, Tenn. |
| Stadium |
Bush Stadium |
| Attendance |
72 |
| First Pitch |
1:00 p.m. CT |
Game Time
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2:58 |
| Weather |
46 degrees, cloudy |
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – A total of four Flyers recorded multi-hit games, but a six-run first inning from Tennessee Tech proved to be insurmountable in a 9-8 series finale loss on Sunday afternoon at Bush Stadium.
Dayton (2-7) was led by a career high-high three hits from junior Jared Broughton. Junior right-handed pitcher Parker Schrage (0-4) only gave up three hits and one run in 4 1/3 innings of work, but received the loss as the Golden Eagles (4-7) broke an 8-8 tie in the eighth inning on his watch. Schrage finished with three strikeouts.
Dayton got on the board in the first inning as senior Zach Stewart used a sacrifice fly to drive in leadoff man Brian Blasik – who reached on a single. The run was unearned on account of Blasik advancing to third base on a passed ball.
Junior right-handed pitcher Kyle Coenen took to the mound in the bottom of the first for his second start of the season, giving up six runs through eight batters faced. Junior Bryce Lahrman would finish the first inning from the mound and stayed in until Schrage entered in the fourth.
Senior Bobby Glover hit his second homerun of the season in the third inning to give UD new life. After the first two batters of the inning reached base – Kuris Duggan on a walk and Blasik on another single – Glover took a 3-1 count past the left-center field wall to make the score, 6-4.
Tennessee Tech’s Zach Stephens answered with a two-run homerun in the fourth inning to put the Golden Eagles up 8-4. Stephens finished 2-for-4 with four RBI. TTU also hit a homerun in the first inning.
Behind clutch plate appearances from Duggan, Dayton would inch closer with three in the sixth runs and tie the game with one run in the eighth. Duggan drove in three of those four runs and finished the day 2-for-3 with three RBI.
A leadoff walk for the Golden Eagles in the bottom of the eighth turn out to be the go-ahead run, giving TTU a 9-8 advantage. The game-winning run was driven in by a two-out single from Ben Burgess – his only hit of the day.
The Flyers return to the diamond on Tuesday in a mid-week pairing at Butler in Indianapolis. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. ET at Bulldog Park.
