DAYTONÂ - The University of Dayton was unable to keep the Toledo bats at bay on Wednesday afternoon, falling 11-7 at Spectrum Stadium.Â
KEY MOMENT
• After bringing the deficit to one, with a score of 4-3, the Flyers gave up six runs off of three home runs in the fifth inning. This gave Toledo a 10-3 lead and, despite only giving up one run the rest of the game, Dayton would never recover.Â
SCORING BREAKDOWN
Top 1st
• Toledo got on the board early after a Flyer error allowed Riley Campbell to score from thirdÂ
• The Rockets got another run thanks to a Josh Cales single to make it 2-0.
Top 2ndÂ
• UT added another run on a safety-squeeze to score a third run and gave Toledo a 3-0 lead.Â
Top 3rdÂ
• Another single run in the inning added to the Rocket lead and brought the score to 4-0.Â
Bottom 4th
• After going through the first three innings without a hit, sophomore
Connor Echols drilled a three-run home run to bring the Flyers right back in it at 4-3.Â
Top 5thÂ
• Josh Cales hit a solo home run to make the score to 5-3Â
• After two more runs scored on singles, Brad Boss hit a two-run home run to give the Rockets a 9-3 leadÂ
• Matt Hansen tacked on another run with a homer, making the score 10-3.
Bottom 6thÂ
• Freshman
Tate Hagan hit his fourth home run of the season, a solo shot, to make the score 10-4.
Top 7thÂ
• The Rockets added another run with an RBI double to make it 11-4.Â
Bottom 7thÂ
• With the bases loaded, senior
Cale Dineen was hit by a pitch to inch the Flyers a run closer at 11-5.Â
• Redshirt freshman
Brandon Smith brought the Flyers a run closer with a bases-loaded walk to bring the score to 11-6.
Bottom 9thÂ
• FreshmanÂ
Takahiro Yamada hit a single to drive in Dineen for a score of 11-7, but UD would get no closer.
KEY STATS
•
Connor Echols' three run home run was his second round-tripper of the season.
• Echols' homer extended his hitting streak to seven games, while
Nick Ryan extended his to five with a single.
•
Tate Hagan's home run was his fourth of the season.
• With his bases-loaded walk,
Brandon Smith stretched his reach-base streak (hit, walk or hit-by-pitch) to 17 games.
• The Flyers used seven pitchers in the game, getting scoreless outings from
Danny Hentz,
Jason Johnson and
Peter Rozman.Â
UP NEXT
Dayton travels to the Billiken Sports Center on Friday, April 21 to take on Saint Louis at 7 p.m.
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