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Erik Schelkun

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DAYTON BASEBALL HOSTS BUTLER

GameDate/TimeLocationMedia
at Ohio StateTuesday, April 7 - CANCELLEDColumbus, Ohio
vs. ButlerWednesday, April 8 - 4 p.m. ETWoerner Field
Dayton, Ohio
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DAYTON, Ohio – The University of Dayton baseball team will travel to Ohio State University on Tuesday for a 6:35 p.m. contest before returning home Wednesday to host Butler University at 4 p.m.

Dayton is 9-20 on the year and 2-4 in road contests in 2015. The Flyers are coming off a series loss to VCU this past weekend, but was victorious in their last non-conference showdown, an 8-5 meeting with Xavier last Tuesday.

Ohio State is 21-7 overall with a 12-2 home record and four-game winning streak. The Buckeyes have had a strong month, losing just once in the last 10 outings since March 21.

Butler enters the week with a 12-18 record and 5-10 road mark. The Bulldogs have already picked up a win at Dayton this year and will look to repeat that on Wednesday.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
Dayton offensively is batting .235 with 47 doubles, 11 home runs, and 33 stolen bases through 29 games.

Senior Alex Harris leads the team with a .296 average and eight doubles while fellow senior A.J. Ryan has a team-high 19 RBI and four home runs.

The Flyer pitching staff has combined for a 5.13 ERA and 217 strikeouts compared to 135 walks in 263 innings of work.
 
Ohio State has a .270 batting average as a team and a .419 slugging percentage to go with 85 extra-base hits.

Senior Pat Porter has 14 extra-base hits and a team-high 25 RBI while batting .317 this season. Sophomore Ronnie Dawson has chipped in 22 RBI and stolen 11 bases.

The Buckeyes have a team ERA of 2.61 with 193 k's and 61 walks in 28 games.
 
Butler is batting .290 through 30 games with 65 doubles, 28 stolen bases, and a .375 on-base percentage.

Ryan Wojciechowski has driven in a team-high 22 runs while batting for a .339 average. Five different Bulldogs are batting over .300 on the season.

Butler's pitching staff has struck out 184 batters and posted a 5.47 ERA in 258 1/3 innings of work.
 
LAST MEETING
Dayton and Ohio State last met on April 9, 2014 in Columbus. The Flyers came out on top in that contest 8-5 after senior Alex Harris drove in three and sophomore Nick Gobert pitched six solid innings.

The Flyers have already faced Butler this year back on March 25. The Bulldogs came in to Dayton and defeated the Flyers 12-7 thanks to a four-RBI performance by Chris Marras.
 
WEATHER FORECAST
The forecast for Tuesday in Columbus is scattered thunderstorms with a high of 67 degrees and wind at 8 mph.

The forecast for Wednesday in Dayton is scattered thunderstorms with a high of 73 degrees and wind at 14 mph.
 
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Players Mentioned

Nick  Gobert

#10 Nick Gobert

RHP/IF
6' 0"
Sophomore
R/R
Alex  Harris

#24 Alex Harris

OF
6' 0"
Redshirt Senior
R/R
A.J.  Ryan

#32 A.J. Ryan

1B
6' 3"
Senior
L/L

Players Mentioned

Nick  Gobert

#10 Nick Gobert

6' 0"
Sophomore
R/R
RHP/IF
Alex  Harris

#24 Alex Harris

6' 0"
Redshirt Senior
R/R
OF
A.J.  Ryan

#32 A.J. Ryan

6' 3"
Senior
L/L
1B