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DAYTON, Ohio – The University of Dayton baseball team scored 19 runs on 20 hits en route to a huge victory over the Spiders on Friday.

Dayton and Richmond faced off in their first conference games of the season and the host Flyers came out on top.

Richmond took little time to get on the board in the top of the first, loading the bases then scoring on a wild pitch. The Spiders added two more runs to make it a 3-0 game.

The Flyers were just as quick to put runs on the board with two of their own in the bottom half of the inning on junior AJ Ryan's two-run double to center.

Starting pitcher Joe Wahl held the Spiders in check in the second with a 1-2-3 inning.

Senior Robby Sunderman tied the game up at 3-3 in the second with an RBI single just over the head of the Richmond shortstop. Sophomore Aaron Huesman then gave Dayton its first lead of the ball game by drawing a hit-by-pitch with the bases loaded, plating Sunderman.

The Spiders quickly responded with a two-run home run in the third to take the lead back, 5-4. UR could have threatened further by junior centerfielder Alex Harris made an outstanding diving catch near the warning track to end the inning.

Senior pitcher Bryce Lahrman came in for Dayton in the fourth and struck out the side in order. He went on to retire the Spiders in the fifth 1-2-3 as well.

Harris then produced offensively for UD as well with an RBI single in the bottom of the fourth, tying the game at 5-5. That opened the floodgates as the Flyers went on to score five more runs that inning. A three-run double by junior Zach Schira and a two-run blast by senior Mark Podlas highlighted the inning.

After batting through the line-up in the fourth, Dayton led Richmond 10-5.

Sunderman continued the assault in the fifth with an RBI double to left. Dayton then executed a double-steal with junior Sergio Plasencia stealing home before Ryan added an RBI single to center. That extended UD's lead to 13-5.

In the sixth frame, Podlas ripped his second home run of the game to almost the same spot, his fourth bomb of the season.

Richmond got two runs back in the seventh to narrow the gap to seven runs, 15-8.

Ryan hit his first home run of the season in the seventh, a two-run shot to right, that put Dayton back up nine. Podlas followed up with an RBI infield single. A sacrifice fly by senior Kuris Duggan made it a four-run eighth.

Dayton had plenty of room and cruised to a 19-10 win over Richmond in the A-10 opener.
   
Wahl went three innings and allowed five runs on six hits before giving way to the bullpen.  Lahrman (1-1) was awarded the win for his four innings in relief. Senior Tommy Konrad had tossed the final two innings to close the game out.

Offensively, Dayton totaled 20 hits as a team, coming from nine different batters. The Flyers got five RBI from Ryan, four from Podlas, and three from Sunderman, and Schira. Sunderman also added a 4-for-5 outing as well, while Podlas had two home runs.

The Flyers (6-13) will host Richmond again on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Woerner Field.