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DAYTON, Ohio – The University of Dayton baseball team battled in-state foe Ohio State on Wednesday and took home an 8-5 win over the Buckeyes, thanks to strong pitching and 12 hits.

"It was a great team win," said head coach Tony Vittorio. "Overall, we had really good at-bats. We had three freshmen in the line-up who all competed well in (Nick) Gobert, (Matt) Poland, and (Glenn) Jones."

The Flyers took an early lead in the top of the first, despite having two outs as a Buckeye fielding error resulted in two unearned runs for Dayton.

In the top of the third, UD added two runs to its lead with back-to-back RBI singles by junior AJ Ryan and sophomore Aaron Huesman. That put the Flyers ahead 4-0.

The Buckeyes countered in the bottom half of the inning with three runs of their own, closing the gap on Dayton.

The Flyers got the runs back in the fourth with a three-run blast by junior Alex Harris, his first long shot of the season.

Ohio State scored single runs in the fifth and sixth to make it a 7-5 contest in UD's favor.

In the top of the eighth, the Flyers padded their margin by another run when junior Sergio Plasencia hit a sacrifice fly to center.

Dayton held off any Ohio State rally and picked up an 8-5 win over the Buckeyes.

Starter Nick Gobert (2-1) earned the victory after pitching six innings, allowing five runs and striking out four. Reliever Nick Weybright (S, 1) was lights-out over the final three innings of the contest, giving up just one hit in three shutout innings.

In the contest, Dayton wracked-up 12 hits, including three from Glenn Jones and two from Harris. Harris led the way with three RBI and two runs scored while Ryan, Plasencia, and Huesman each had an RBI apiece.

The Flyers (13-17, 5-4 A-10) will host Rhode Island this weekend for a three-game Atlantic 10 series starting Friday at 3 p.m.