Fort Wayne, Ind. – The University of Dayton baseball team scored a season-high 18 runs on its way to an 18-5 rout of Fort Wayne on Wednesday. The Flyers have now won three straight and four of their last five games with an overall record of 12-25 this season. Fort Wayne, who was riding a three-game winning streak of their own entering Wednesday's game, now stands at 9-25 overall.
 
KEY MOMENT
Dayton was looking to add some breathing room to its one-run lead, as they led 4-3 heading into the top of the sixth inning, and they got it in the form of a seven run outburst, marking the second time in three games that Dayton has had a seven-run inning. The Flyers added six more runs in the seventh to extend the lead to 17-3 by the end of the seventh.

SCORING SUMMARY
Bottom 1st: (Fort Wayne 1, Dayton 0)
Mike Snyder singled to right field and stole second to move into scoring position. He was driven home the next at-bat by Jacob Dickson, who hit a single into left field.

Top 3rd: (Dayton 4, Fort Wayne 1)
A Mitchell Garrity double sandwiched between walks from Brantley Johnson and Connor Echols loaded the bases with no outs for Dayton. Pat Meehan hit a sacrifice fly to send Johnson across the plate for Dayton's first run of the game. Brandon Smith was hit by a pitch to load the bases back up and Tate Hagan drew a walk to force home Garrity and give the Flyers the lead. Michael Cleary and Brett Wells were also both hit by pitches with the bases juiced to score two more runs before the end of the inning.

Bottom 3rd: (Dayton 4, Fort Wayne 3)
Tyler Henry retired the first two Mastodon batters of the inning, but three straight hits, including a Shannon Baker two-run double, brought Dayton's lead back down to just one.

Top 6th: (Dayton 11, Fort Wayne 3)
Mitchell Garrity walked and Connor Echols was hit by a pitch to give a Dayton a pair of baserunners to lead off the inning, and both scored when Pat Meehan hit his conference-leading 15th double of the season. When Meehan advanced to third on a wild pitch, Tate Hagan drove him home with a sac fly. Fort Wayne's Duane Miller walked the bases loaded and then was relieved by Spener Stroebel, who walked Brett Wells and hit Mitchell Garrity with a pitch to force in two more runs. Echols capped off the scoring for the inning with a two-run double to left field.

Top 7th: (Dayton 17, Fort Wayne 3)
Each of the first four batters in the inning recorded either a hit or a walk, punctuated by a three-run home run from Brian Wood. Consecutive singles from Brett Wells and Brantley Johnson, followed by another Mitchell Garrity hit by pitch loaded the bases once again for the Flyers. Nick Spiliotis reached on an error to allow Wells to score and Johnson would score the next at-bat on a Meehan sac fly.

Top 8th: (Dayton 18, Fort Wayne 3)
Brian Wood picked up his second hit of the day, matching his season total entering the game, and would go on to score on a groundout after advancing on a walk and fielding error.

Bottom 8th: (Dayton 18, Fort Wayne 4)
Robert Young hit a single up the middle and scored when Mike Snyder hit a double into the right-center gap.

Bottom 9th: (Dayton 18, Fort Wayne 5)
Dom Golubiewski struck out the first two batters he face in the inning, but a pair of two-out extra base hits tallied one more run for the Mastodons before Golubiewski induced a groundout from Trevor Stoner to end the game.

KEY STATS

• Brantley Johnson and Mitchell Garrity now have reached base streaks of 16 and 15, respectively
• Brian Wood had two hits, doubling his season total entering today.
• Wood's home run was the second of his career.
• Wood was also one of five Dayton players with multiple RBIs, including Pat Meehan, who had a game-high four runs driven in.
• Tate Hagan, Connor Echols and Brett Wells all had two RBIs apiece.
• Hagan now has three straight multi-RBI games, while Wells' RBIs were the first of his career.
• Tyler Henry got the nod for his first start of the season and finished with a line of 3.0 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, 3 K, 0 BB
• RJ Wagner was the first reliever out of the bullpen and was perfect for 4.0 innings, setting down all 12 batters he faced without allowing a baserunner.
• Dayton's 18 runs were a season high and the most scored since Feb. 25, 2017, when the Flyers lost a game by a score of 21-20 to USC Upstate.

UP NEXT
A crucial weekend series with the University of Richmond on the road looms, as Dayton trails the Spiders just 2.0 games for the No. 7 spot in the standings. The series will begin on Friday at 3 p.m.