SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The University of Dayton Baseball team drops a late loss at USC-Upstate on Saturday.

The Flyers managed to tie the game up at 4-4 in the fifth, but two runs in the eighth handed Dayton its second loss of the season.

SCORING BREAKDOWN

• Top of 2^nd – Cam Silva plates Matt Poland on an RBI groundout up the middle, scoring his teammate from third. Dayton 1, USC-Upstate 0
• Bottom of 2^nd – USC-Upstate gets a three-run double off the center field wall to take the lead. The Spartans followed with an RBI single to make it a three-run game. Dayton 1, USC-Upstate 4
• Top of 3^rd – Dayton answered the following inning with an RBI double to left-center by Glenn Jones. Dayton 2, USC-Upstate 4
• Top of 5^th – Nick Ryan scored on a USC-Upstate error before a sacrifice fly by Robbie Doring tied the game up at 4-4. Dayton 4, USC-Upstate 4
• Bottom of 8^th – The Spartans had a two-run triple down the left-field line, breaking the deadlock. Dayton 4, USC-Upstate 6

KEY STATS

• The Flyers totaled four hits and drew two walks in the contest.
• Doring, Jones, and Silva provided the RBI in the game.
• For the second consecutive game, Dayton did not commit an error, while benefiting from three by the Spartans.
• Starting pitcher Mason Kutruff pitched two innings before giving way to the bullpen, allowing four runs on four hits.
• Reliever Nick Gobert (L, 0-1) tossed the next five innings, giving up just three hits and one run, the go-ahead score for the Spartans.
• Senior Charlie Dant came in to the game in the eighth, allowing a run on one hit.

NEXT UP

• The Flyers will finish up the weekend at the Spartanburg Classic on Sunday at 10 a.m. against the University of Kentucky.