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Dayton UD 14-29
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Winner Fordham FOR 30-15-1
Dayton UD
14-29
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Final
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Fordham FOR
30-15-1
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Dayton UD 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0
Fordham FOR 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 8 0

W: DiMEGLIO, Anthony (7-1) L: Ernst, Aaron (2-4) S: MARTIN, Kyle (8)

Game Recap: Baseball |

#UDBASE Unable To Overcome Early Deficit Vs. Fordham

Dayton Fell Behind 3-0 Early In The Game And Were Unable To Battle Back Despite Strong Pitching By RJ Wagner In Relief

BRONX, N.Y. – Dayton baseball dropped a 3-1 contest to Fordham on Sunday in the weekend series finale. The loss drops the Flyers record to 14-29 (6-12 A-10) this season, while Fordham improves to 30-15-1 (12-6 A-10) on the year. Dayton is now 4.0 games back from the seventh spot in the A-10 standings, which is the threshold to qualify for the Atlantic 10 postseason tournament.

KEY MOMENT
After falling behind in an early 3-0 hole by the end of the second inning, Dayton was the benefactor of stellar pitching from RJ Wagner in relief, as the sophomore from Zionsville, Ind. threw six innings of scoreless relief to keep the Flyers in the game. With the score sitting at 3-1 in the top of the ninth, Takahiro Yamada ripped a one-out single through the ride side to bring Mitchell Garrity to the plate representing the game-tying run, but Garrity flied out to left field and Connor Echols struck out to end the game before Dayton was able to seriously threaten.

SCORING SUMMARY
Bottom 1st: (Fordham 2, Dayton 0)
Fordham got its first two batters aboard via a hit batsman and walk, then Alvin Melendez hit a single to left field to drive home the leadoff man. The runner on second advanced to third on a fly ball to right field and scored on a safety squeeze the next at-bat.

Bottom 3rd: (Fordham 3, Dayton 0)
A single and a walk gave Fordham a pair of baserunner and a double steal moved a Rams runner up to third, who would go on to score on a high-chopping ground ball to second.

Top 4th: (Fordham 3, Dayton 1)
The Flyers got back the run they yielded in the bottom of the third off a string of two-out hits. Riley Tirotta provided the first of three consecutive base knocks with a hard-hit ball into right center and was followed by Michael Cleary, whose single down the right field line allowed Tirotta to advance to third. Bailey Montoya ripped a ball through the left side to send Tirotta across the plate and put Dayton on the board.

KEY STATS
  • After falling behind 2-0 in the first inning on Sunday, Dayton is now 1-11 when trailing following the first inning this season.
  • For the third straight game, Mitchell Garrity opened the game with a leadoff single, extending his reached base streak to 21 and his hitting streak up to nine. Both of those streaks are the longest in their respective categories for Dayton this season.
  • Connor Echols has the second longest reached base streak on Dayton at 16 games.
  • Michael Cleary and Tirotta led the team with two hits apiece and it was the second multi-hit game of the weekend for both freshmen. Tirotta was also the only Flyer to score a run on Sunday, as he was driven home from third on a Bailey Montoya RBI single.
  • Montoya now has two straight games with a run driven home, as the junior catcher also had an RBI double in the right-center gap in Saturday's game.
  • Tirotta started the game at second base, the fourth different position he has started at this season. He has also started games at designated hitter, first base, and right field.
  • Connor Wilson had a pinch-hit single in the top of the seventh inning for the Flyers, his second straight game with a pinch-hit base knock.
  • Starting pitcher Aaron Ernst finished with a final line of 2.0+ IP, 3 H, 3 R (3 ER), 2 BB, K.
  • RJ Wagner came in and provided stability on the mound for the Flyers with 6.0 innings of shutout relief, allowing just five hits and striking out three in the outing.
 
 
UP NEXT
Dayton has four home games scheduled for next weekend, as well as one game on the road. The Flyers week will begin by hosting Bowling Green on Tuesday, May 8 at 3 p.m. and then traveling to Eastern Michigan on Wednesday, May 9 at 6 p.m.

Dayton's week will conclude by welcoming Rhode Island to Woerner Field for a weekend series, opening with a 3 p.m. game on Friday. Saturday's game against Rhode Island is Dayton's third and final Youth Baseball Day of the season, which will include a free 30 minute clinic run by the Dayton coaching staff and players. The Flyers will also host their Senior Day on Sunday, May 13 against Rhode Island. Seniors Dom Golubiewski, Danny Hentz, Mason Kutruff, Peter Rozman and Masashi Sakamoto will all be honored before the game.
 
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