NORMAL, Ill. – The University of Dayton fell flat in game two of the weekend's three game series at Illinois State, dropping the game 4-2 on Saturday afternoon at Duffy Bass Field

KEY MOMENT
- With one out in a tie game in the home half of the seventh, catcher Collin Braithwaite lined a single to left field to drive home his third run of the game and put Illinois State ahead. They would tack on another run and keep that 4-2 lead to the end.

SCORING BREAKDOWN
Top 3rd
- Dayton got on the board first thanks to some small ball. After a Bailey Montoya sacrifice, Connor Wilson drove home Brantley Johnson to put the Flyers ahead 1-0.

Bottom 3rd 
- Illinois State responded with a two-run homerun to take a 2-1 lead.

Top 5th 
- After singles from Cale Dineen and Johnson, Wilson came through with a two-out, RBI single to knot the game at 2-2.

Bottom 7th 
- Illinois State took the late lead with a two-run inning, getting three-straight hits to plate one run and taking advantage of a wild pitch to plate another and make the score 4-2

KEY STATS
- The Flyers' pitching has now given up 10 or more hits in 15 games this season.
- Freshman Connor Wilson drove in both runs for the Flyers, and finished the game 2-for-3 at the plate.
- The two-hit performance was the first multi-hit game of Wilson's career.
- With Dineen picking up another hit, the senior has now hit in six straight games.
- Fellow senior Brad Burkhart had a double for the Flyers, extending his hitting streak to four games.

UP NEXT
Dayton concludes its three-game series at Illinois State with an afternoon game on Sunday, April 9, with first pitch scheduled for 2:00 p.m. ET.