Game	Date/Time	Location	Media
vs. Davidson	Thursday, May 12 - 11 a.m.	Woerner Field Dayton, Ohio	Live Video Live Stats
vs. Davidson - DH 1	Friday, May 13 - 11 a.m.	Woerner Field Dayton, Ohio	Live Video Live Stats
vs. Davidson - DH 2	Friday, May 13 - 2:30 p.m.	Woerner Field Dayton, Ohio	Live Video Live Stats

DAYTON, Ohio – The University of Dayton baseball team will host Davidson in a three-game series with a single game Thursday at 11 a.m. and a doubleheader starting at 11 a.m. Friday. A Senior Day ceremony will take place prior to the first game Friday.

Dayton enters the weekend with a 16-32 record overall and a 5-13 Atlantic 10 mark. The Flyers are currently sitting outside the conference tournament spots, but a couple of wins this weekend could keep postseason hopes alive. UD has lost four games in a row and looks to end that skid at home Thursday.

Davidson currently sits in the last A-10 tournament spot with a 9-9 conference record and a 23-22 record overall this season. The Wildcats have won two their last three games after four-game losing skid. Head coach Dick Cooke is in his 26^th season at the helm of Davidson.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Dayton is batting .244 as a team with a .337 slugging percentage and a .325 on-base percentage. The Flyers have 68 doubles and 43 steals through 48 games this year.
• UD is led by Robbie Doring, who has 37 runs, 12 doubles, eight home runs, and 32 RBI, and Aaron Huesman, who has 22 RBI, 10 extra-base hits, and a .269 average.
• The pitching staff for the Flyers has combined for a 4.48 ERA with 269 strikeouts in 417 2/3 innings of work.
• The probable starters for Dayton are RHP Charlie Dant (3.88 ERA, 3-5, 27 K's) in game one, RHP Zach Beaver (3.91 ERA, 2-6, 51 K's) in game two, and RHP Austin Cline (5.05 ERA, 2-4, 47 K's) in game three.
• Defensively, the Flyers have a .959 fielding percentage with 73 errors and 36 double plays.

WHO TO WATCH – THE OPPONENT

• Davidson has a team-batting average of .278 with 76 extra-base hits, 43 steals, and 221 RBI.
• The Wildcats are led by Lee Miller's 31 RBI to go with eight doubles and three home runs while Sam Foy has chipped in 29 RBI and seven doubles.
• The probable pitchers for Davidson are RHP Clark Beeker (1.91 ERA, 7-3, 57 K's), RHP Durin O'Linger (2.65 ERA, 6-3, 49 K's), and RHP Casey Sutherland (4.93 ERA, 1-4, 21 K's).
• Defensively, the Wildcats have a .957 fielding percentage with 75 errors.

LAST MEETING

• The Flyers squared off against the Wildcats last met in 2016 in their first series as a member of the Atlantic 10. Davidson took all three games including the finale on April 18, 9-2. Dayton was outscored in the series 29-6.

LAST OUTING

• Dayton dropped the series finale at Rhode Island Sunday, 5-3. Despite taking the initial lead, the Flyers gave up the deciding runs in the seventh, suffering a series sweep by the Rams. Connor Echols, Robbie Doring, and Sam Sustersic provided the RBI for UD.
• Davidson picked up a 6-5 win over High Point last Wednesday at home. With two runs in the bottom of the 10^th, the Wildcats earned a walk-off victory over the Panthers. Max Bazin and Sam Foy each had two RBI to lead Davidson.

WEATHER FORECAST

• The forecast for Thursday is afternoon thunderstorms with a high of 81 degrees and a low of 56 degrees, 80% chance of rain, and winds at 15 mph.
• The forecast for Friday is sunny with a high of 73 degrees and a low of 55 degrees, 0% chance of rain, and winds at 17 mph.