DAYTON, Ohio – The University of Dayton baseball team held off Butler University on Tuesday to pick up a 3-0 win at home.

The Flyers (8-20) get back to their winning ways with the shutout as the Bulldogs (8-20) suffered their 20^th loss of the season.

SCORING BREAKDOWN

• Bottom of 2^nd – The Flyers took a 1-0 lead after loading the bases with nobody out before a double-play 6-4-3 resulted in Cam Silva scoring from third. Dayton 1, Butler 0
• Bottom of 4^th – Dayton doubled its lead after loading the bases before Robbie Doring was hit by a pitch to plate the Flyers' second run. Dayton 2, Butler 0
• Bottom of 6^th – The Flyers got another run on a defensive error by Butler, making it a three-run Dayton lead. Dayton 3, Butler 0

KEY STATS

• Dayton and Butler matched each other with six hits apiece while leaving 10 runners stranded.
• The Flyers were led by Cam Silva, who went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, and Connor Echols, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Doring plated another run as well.
• Starter Mason Kutruff (W, 2-3) threw six shutout innings in a productive outing for the sophomore lefty, giving up just four hits.
• Reliever Sam Brunner tossed a scoreless seventh frame before Ben Polansky pitched a perfect eighth.
• Closer Kevin Piersol (S, 2) picked up his second save of the season by the closing the door in the ninth.

UP NEXT

• Dayton will travel to George Mason this weekend for a three-game series starting Friday.