Game | Date/Time | Location | Media |
at Toledo | Tuesday, April 19 - 3 p.m. ET | Scott Park Toledo, Ohio | Live Stats Live Video (ESPN3) |
at Northern Kentucky | Wednesday, April 20 - 3 p.m. ET | Bill Aker Complex Highland Heights, Ky. | Live Stats |
DAYTON, Ohio – The University of Dayton baseball team will play a pair of midweek games at Toledo on Tuesday and at Northern Kentucky on Wednesday. Both games are scheduled for 3 p.m. starts.
The Flyers enter the week with a 12-24 record overall, and a 6-13 road mark. Dayton is coming off a big 13-12, 12-inning victory over St. Bonaventure on Sunday and will be looking to carry that momentum over to the midweek contests. Head Coach
Tony Vittorio is in his 17
th year at the helm.
Toledo is 8-27-1 this season, including wins over Charlotte, Indiana, Bowling Green, and Wright State. The Rockets have lost three of their last four, but are coming off a tough game against the Raiders on Sunday in which they lost 11-5. In his 13
th season at Toledo, Head Coach Cory Mee has close to 300 wins with the Rockets.
Northern Kentucky heads into the week with a 14-21 record on the year with a home game against Xavier on Tuesday before hosting the Flyers on Wednesday. The Norse have enjoyed the majority of their wins on the road, going 4-8 at home this season. Head Coach Todd Asalon is in his 16
th year at NKU.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS – DAYTON- As a team, the Flyers are batting .246 with a .337 slugging percentage and a .325 on-base percentage. Dayton has 49 doubles and 17 home runs to go with 33 stolen bases.
- Robbie Doring leads the team with a .309 average, eight home runs, and 23 RBI, while Cam Silva is batting .308 with 11 runs, and nine RBI. There are eight Flyers with double-digit RBI totals through 36 games.
- The pitching staff for Dayton has combined for an ERA of 4.64 with 208 strikeouts compared to 136 walks in 312 1/3 innings of work.
- Defensively, the Flyers have a .962 fielding percentage with 51 errors and 30 double plays turned.
WHO TO WATCH – THE OPPONENTS- Toledo offensively is batting .213 as a squad with 40 doubles, 13 home runs, and 101 RBI. The Rockets have stolen 28 bases in 41 attempts.
- UT is led by Deion Tansel, who has a .291 average, 17 RBI, 11 steals, and eight doubles, and Dalton Bollinger, who has eight doubles and 15 RBI.
- The pitching staff for Toledo has a 5.26 ERA with 198 strikeouts and 174 walks in 299 1/3 innings of work this season. Michael Jacob has six of the seven saves for UT.
- Defensively, Toledo has a .969 fielding percentage with 42 errors and 28 double plays.
- Northern Kentucky has a team batting average of .272 to go with 72 doubles, 14 home runs, and 164 RBI in 35 games. The Norse have stolen 36 bases and boast a team on-base percentage of .347.
- Logan Spurlin is the main offensive threat with 27 RBI, 11 extra-base hits, and 15 runs scored as well as a .339 average. Quint Heady has driven in 20 himself with eight extra-base hits and nine steals.
- Overall, the Norse have a 5.86 ERA and 214 strikeouts with 130 walks in 307 innings. Charlie Jerger (3 saves) and Alex Bolia (2 saves) anchor the bullpen.
- As a team, NKU has a fielding percentage of .966 with 44 errors in 1,301 chances.
LAST MEETING- Dayton and Toledo met earlier this season in Dayton with the Flyers picking up a 14-6 victory. Nick Ryan drove in three while Tyler Henry earned his first win as a UD player on the mound. Riley Campbell had three RBI and reached base four times for the Rockets.
- The Flyers and Norse last played on March 12, 2014 with NKU taking a 10-8 victory over UD in 14 innings at Athletes in Action Field in Xenia, Ohio. The visiting Norse jumped out to an early lead before the Flyers countered with seven unanswered runs. NKU scored twice in the top of the 14th to earn the win.
WEATHER FORECAST- The forecast for Tuesday in Toledo, Ohio is cloudy with a high of 60 degrees and a low of 44 degrees, 0% chance of rain, and winds at 10 mph.
- The forecast for Wednesday in Highland Heights, Ky. is PM showers with a high of 77 degrees and low of 57 degrees, 30% chance of rain, and winds at 10 mph.