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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The University of Dayton baseball team finished its series with the La Salle Explorers Sunday with a heartbreaking 5-4 loss.

Dayton led the majority of the contest, but a pair of runs in both the seventh and eighth frames for the Explorers gave them the victory and the series.

The Flyers took the initial lead in the game in the second with an RBI single up the middle by senior Zach Schira. The next batter, senior Sergio Plasencia, then ripped a bases-loaded double down the right field line, scoring three and giving Dayton a 4-0 advantage.

In the bottom of the second, La Salle responded with a single run and closed the gap to three runs.

It wouldn't be until the bottom of the seventh that either team struck again, but this time, it would be the Explorers that would pull within one run of the leading Flyers. A two-run double made it a 4-3 ball game as Dayton's margin was narrowed.

La Salle went on to tie the game up at 4-4 in the bottom of the eighth with an RBI double following a Dayton error. A sacrifice fly then gave the Explorers their first lead of the game at 5-4.

The Flyers were unable to make a comeback of their own in the ninth and dropped a 5-4 decision to the Explorers, who won the series 2-1.

Despite leading the majority of the game, Dayton was out-hit by La Salle 9-6, but the Flyers were able to leave eight Explorers stranded. Plasencia had a season-high three RBI while junior Cam Silva went 2-for-4 and scored a run.

Starter Bradley Horn went 6 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on seven hits while fanning six batters. Junior reliever Sam Brunner (L, 0-3) gave up the tying run and go-ahead run in the eighth, suffering the loss.

The Flyers (7-18, 1-5 A-10) will return home to host former A-10 foe Xavier Tuesday at 4 p.m.