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Dayton UD 6-13
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Winner USC Upstate UPST 13-11-1
Dayton UD
6-13
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Final
15
USC Upstate UPST
13-11-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Dayton UD 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 2
USC Upstate UPST 0 10 0 4 0 0 0 1 X 15 13 1

W: MARKS, Jordan (1-2) L: Rozman, Peter (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

#UDBASE Falls In Series Finale At USC Upstate

Flyers Will Have Four Home Games At Woerner Field Next Week

Spartanburg, S.C. – The University of Dayton baseball team dropped the third and final game of its three-game series against USC Upstate by a score of 15-2. Dayton drops to 6-13 overall and USC Upstate improves to 13-11-1.

KEY MOMENT
USC Upstate scored 10 runs in the bottom of the second, including a three-run home run from Russel Schwertfeger to jump out to a 10-1 lead after two innings of play.

SCORING SUMMARY
Top 2nd:
Riley Tirotta reached second base on an error and was driven home by Takahiro Yamada, who hit a single into left field. Dayton 1, USC Upstate 0
Bottom 2nd:
Upstate led off the inning with a single that made it just beyond a diving Brantley Johnson at shortstop and then moved over to second base on a sacrifice bunt. The Spartans followed with two consecutive singles to tie up the game. Another single gave the Spartans a 2-1 lead and then scored eight unearned runs, including a three-run home run from Russel Schwertfeger, following a passed ball and an error. USC Upstate 10, Dayton 1
Bottom 4th:
Upstate added four more runs to their lead off of four hits, a walk, a hit by pitch and an error to pad their lead. USC Upstate 14, Dayton 1
Top 5th:
Mitchell Garrity was hit by a pitch and scored when Brandon Smith hit a double off the wall in left field. USC Upstate 14, Dayton 2
Bottom 8th:
With runners on the corners and one out, Chris Rodriguez hit a single through the left side of the infield to add one more run for the Spartans heading into the final frame. USC Upstate 15, Dayton 2
 
NOTABLE STATS
  • Of the 15 runs that USC Upstate scored, only three were charged as earned runs against the pitching staff.
  • Mitchell Garrity went 2-for-2 at the plate and scored a run on a Brandon Smith double that hit off the left field wall.
  • Brian Wood pinch hit for Garrity in the seventh inning and hit a single into center field for his first base hit of the season.
  • Brandon Smith and Takahiro Yamada both record RBIs on the day for the Flyers.
  • Dom Golubiewski made his season debut on the mound and got his lone batter faced to ground out, which ended the seventh inning.
UP NEXT
Dayton will host Wright State on Wednesday, March 28 at Woerner Field with first pitch scheduled for 3 p.m.

The Flyers and Raiders have already played once this season, with Wright State coming out on top by a score of 7-3 on March 11.
 
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