The University of Dayton baseball team dropped game two of its three-game series by a score of 8-0 on Saturday afternoon. The Flyers now have an overall record of 6-12, while USC Upstate goes back above .500 with a 12-11-1 record.

KEY MOMENT
Dayton entered the sixth inning trailing 5-0, but Pat Meehan and Brandon Smith both hit singles to reach, while Mitchell Garrity drew a walk to load the bases for the Flyers with no outs. Dayton was unable to take advantage of the runners on base and were kept off the scoreboard.

SCORING SUMMARY
Bottom 1st:
Toran Shahidi hit a leadoff double and was driven home off a two-out single into left field by Kyle Gensler. USC Upstate 1, Dayton 0
Bottom 2nd:
Chris Rodriguez hit a double over the third base bag that rolled all the way to the wall for a two-out RBI double that scored Austin Morgan. USC Upstate 2, Dayton 0
Bottom 5th:
With the bases loaded and one out, Kyle Gensler hit a sac fly to right field to score a runner. Mason Stewart followed Gensler's at-bat with a triple off the left field wall to plate two more before the end of the inning. USC Upstate 5, Dayton 0
Bottom 6th:
Austin Morgan hit a solo home run to left field. USC Upstate 6, Dayton 0
Bottom 8th:
Following a triple to open the bottom half of the eighth by Russel Schwertfeger, Austin Morgan hit a single to center field for his second RBI of the day. Morgan would go on to score off a wild pitch later in the inning. USC Upstate 8, Dayton 0

NOTABLE STATS

• Connor Echols had two hits for Dayton, marking his third multi-hit game in four games.
• Jeff Steuck ripped a double down the left field line for his first extra base hit of the season.

UP NEXT
The three-game series with USC Upstate will conclude on Sunday with first pitch at 1 p.m.