DAYTON, Ohio – The University of Dayton baseball team defeated Ohio by a score of 6-3 on Tuesday afternoon, which marked the Flyers' third win in their last four games. Dayton's record improves to 11-25 this season, while Ohio falls to 19-21 overall.
 
KEY MOMENT
Dayton trailed by a 1-0 margin heading into the bottom of the third inning, but the Flyers opened the bottom half of the frame with four consecutive hits to start off what would eventually become a five-run inning. Bailey Montoya and Brantley Johnson led the inning off with a pair of singles, and Mitchell Garrity followed with a double to right center to score Montoya. Connor Echols had the fourth straight hit of the inning with a single into right field to drive home Johnson and give Dayton the lead. Brandon Smith walked to load the bases, and all three runners advanced on a wild pitch, sending Garrity across the plate. Echols scored on an at-bat that saw Tate Hagan reach via error, then Connor Wilson's hustle down to first base on a ground ball prevented what would've been a double play to allow Smith to score from third on the play.

SCORING SUMMARY
Top 2nd: (Ohio 1, Dayton 0)
Ohio managed to load the bases via a pair of singles and a batter reaching on an error, when a sac fly from Rudy Rott drove home Aaron Levy from third. With two runners still in scoring position and two outs, Jordan Cox struck out Tanner Piechnick to end the inning with no additional damage done.

Bottom 3rd: (Dayton 5, Ohio 1)
Dayton trailed by a 1-0 margin heading into the bottom of the third inning, but the Flyers opened the bottom half of the frame with four consecutive hits to start off what would eventually become a five-run inning. Bailey Montoya and Brantley Johnson led the inning off with a pair of singles, and Mitchell Garrity followed with a double to right center to score Montoya. Connor Echols had the fourth straight hit of the inning with a single into right field to drive home Johnson and give Dayton the lead. Brandon Smith walked to load the bases, and all three runners advanced on a wild pitch, sending Garrity across the plate. Echols scored on an at-bat that saw Tate Hagan reach via error, then Connor Wilson's hustle down to first base on a ground ball prevented what would've been a double play to allow Smith to score from third on the play.

Bottom 5th: (Dayton 6, Ohio 1)
Pat Meehan opened the inning with a double over the head of the right fielder and advanced to third following a Brandon Smith flyout to deep center field. The next batter, Tate Hagan, hit a chopping grounder to the first baseman, who attempted to throw out Meehan at home, but the throw was well late, allowing another run across the plate for the Flyers.

Top 9th: (Dayton 6, Ohio 3)
Sebastian Fabik hit a single that fell in the left-center gap, then advanced to second on defensive indifference. Rudy Rott picked up his second RBI of the day with a single to center field and then scored all the way from first when Connor Wilson dropped a Tanner Piechnick flyball that reached all the way to the warning track. Peter Rozman struck out Matthew Klein to end the game.
 
KEY STATS

• Jordan Cox threw a career-high 7.0 innings on the mound, while striking out six batters and allowing just one run (unearned).
• Cox is now the fourth consecutive starting pitcher for Dayton to pitch at least 7.0 innings in their start.
• He also picked up his third win of the season, which is a team-high mark.
• Peter Rozman threw the final 2.0 innings of the game and struck out three, while allowing two runs (one earned) off just one hit.
• Connor Echols, Bailey Montoya and Brantley Johnson each had two hits in the game, tying for a team-high on the day.
• Echols now has recorded a multi-hit game in each of Dayton's last three wins and has 12 multi-hit games this season.
• Mitchell Garrity had the team's only extra base hit of the day with an RBI double into the gap in right-center field to tie the game at 1-1 in the third inning.
• Tate Hagan drove home two runners at the plate today, marking his second consecutive game with multiple RBIs.
• Connor Wilson, who has been battling injuries in April, earned the start in right field on Tuesday, which marked his first appearance in a game since March 31 against George Washington.

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING
Jordan Cox spoke after Dayton's win on Tuesday about what was working for him on the mound:



 
UP NEXT:
Dayton has four games remaining this week: a game on the road against Fort Wayne tomorrow at 3 p.m. and will take on Richmond in a three-game, weekend series.