SAINT LOUIS, Mo. - The University of Dayton held on to win an exciting, 6-5, contest over Saint Louis University on Saturday at the Billiken Sports Center.

KEY MOMENT
- With the game on the line, SLU's Devin Mahoney hit a foul ball that left the yard that would have been a walk-off homer. On the next pitch, Tyler Henry induced a game-ending ground ball that secured the W for the Flyers.

SCORING BREAKDOWN
Top 2nd 
- Dayton pushed across its first run of the game when senior Cale Dineen hit an RBI groundout to score freshman Tate Hagan and put the Flyers on top 1-0.

Bottom 3rd
- Saint Louis evened the score at 1-1 when they were able to take advantage of a wild pitch to knot the game.

Top 4th
- The Flyers bust the game open thanks to three hits and a Billikens error that led to four runs, highlighted by a Bailey Montoya RBI double that put UD ahead 5-1.

Bottom 6th
- SLU cut the deficit in half thanks to a two-run home run that brought the score to 5-3.

Bottom 8th 
- The Billikens plated another run to make it 5-4 with a two-out, RBI double.

Top 9th
- UD added a key insurance run on a Pat Meehan batted ball that the SLU made an error on, plating Brantley Johnson from second base to put the Flyers ahead 6-4.

Bottom 9th 
- Saint Louis made it a dramatic finish, scoring a run to make the score 6-5, but leaving the tying run on base to end the game.

KEY STATS
- Sophomore Austin Cline picked up his third victory of the seasons with seven innings of work on Saturday.
- Fellow sophomore Tyler Henry threw the final two innings, securing his third save of the campaign.
- The Flyers had nine hits in the game, with Connor Echols the only Flyer turn in a two-hit performance.
- Eight players in total had base knocks for Dayton.
- Sophomore Baily Montoya had UD's lone extra-base hit, and RBI double.
- Freshman Tate Hagan scored two runs, reaching on a single and a walk in the game.
- Saint Louis had a solo home run taken off the board on an appeal play, with the batter having missed home plate.

UP NEXT
Dayton goes for the series win in the finale of the three-game set with Saint Louis with a 2 p.m. game on Sunday, April 23.