| Game | Date/Time | Location | Media |
| vs. Butler | Tuesday, April 5 - 4 p.m. ET | Woerner Field
Dayton, Ohio | Live Video
Live Stats |
DAYTON, Ohio – The University of Dayton baseball team will return to action this Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Woerner Field when it hosts Butler University.
The Flyers enter the week with a 7-20 record overall with a 4-6 home mark including a 5-2 win over Eastern Kentucky in their last home contest. Dayton is led by 17
th-year head coach
Tony Vittorio.
Butler is 8-19 this season with a 2-12 road record and enters the week on a four-game losing streak. The Bulldogs have faced one common opponent in Saint Louis, going 1-2 against the Billikens. This will be the lone meeting between Dayton and Butler this season.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS - DAYTON- As a team, Dayton is batting .228 overall with a .332 slugging percentage and a .305 on-base percentage. The Flyers have 37 doubles and 15 home runs to go with 20 steals.
- Leading the way for UD are Robbie Doring, who is batting .344 with seven home runs, 17 RBI, and 22 runs, and Glenn Jones, who has a .277 average, 11 runs, eight doubles, and 10 RBI.
- Left-handed pitcher Mason Kutruff will get the start for the Flyers Tuesday, having made four starts and seven appearances with a 1-3 record and 7.06 ERA this season.
- Defensively, Dayton has a .959 fielding percentage with 40 errors and 24 double plays in 985 chances.
WHO TO WATCH – THE OPPONENT- Butler is batting .242 with a .313 on-base percentage and a .320 slugging percentage. Through 27 games, the Bulldogs have 43 doubles, five home runs, and 14 stolen bases.
- Tyler Houston leads the team with 14 RBI and a .351 average while Chris Maranto has added 12 RBI and six extra-base hits.
- Tuesday's starter is TBA. Butler has a team ERA of 6.94 with 157 strikeouts compared to 72 walks.
- Defensively, the Bulldogs have a team fielding percentage of .959 with 42 errors.
LAST MEETING- The Flyers and Bulldogs last met on May 6, 2015 in Indianapolis with Butler defending its home field in an 8-1 victory. Dayton's Matt Poland provided the lone RBI while Ben Polansky and Danny Hentz saw time on the mound.
LAST OUTING- Dayton ended the VCU series with a tough 5-3 loss to the Rams after taking the initial lead. The Flyers fell in game one of the series before taking game two Saturday. VCU won the rubber match after touching up UD starter Austin Cline for four runs, three earned, in five innings. Mark Giesler drove in a pair for the Flyers.
- Butler suffered a 6-1 loss to Indiana State at home on Sunday, ending the series with a ISU sweep. Tyler Houston drove in the lone run for the Bulldogs while Jeff Schank went seven innings in the losing effort on the mound.
WEATHER FORECAST- The forecast for Tuesday in Dayton is sunny with a high of 49 degrees and a low of 37 degrees with 0% chance of rain and wind at 6 mph.
