ST. LOUIS – The University of Dayton baseball team opened up conference play with a statement win over Saint Louis by a score of 3-2 on Friday night. Dayton has now won back-to-back games and owns of record of 8-10-1, while Saint Louis drops to 10-11 on the year.

Hunter Wolfe threw 7.0 innings of one-hit, shutout ball on the mound and earned the win for the Flyers, while Tyler Jones came in during the ninth and closed the door for the save.
 
KEY MOMENT
With runners on second and third and just one out, Tyler Jones struck out Cole Dubet and got Colten Schild to ground out to second base to end the game.
 
SCORING SUMMARY
Top 4: Dayton 1, Saint Louis 0
Jay Curtis singled to right and then advanced to third on a wild pitch and a stolen base. Michael Cleary drove Curtis home with a two-out single to center field to put Dayton on the board first.
 
Top 5: Dayton 2, Saint Louis 0
Connor Echols reached on a single to center and scored all the way from first when Alex Brickman doubled off the wall in right center.
 
Top 7: Dayton 3, Saint Louis 0
Mitchell Garrity hit a ball down the left field line which was dropped by the Saint Louis left fielder, allowing a hustling Garrity to reach third to open the inning. Connor Echols was hit by a pitch and Alex Brickman reach on catcher's interference to load the bases, and with two outs, Riley Tirotta delivered a hard hit grounder with two outs that was too hot for the Billiken third baseman to handle to score Garrity from third.
 
Bottom 9: Dayton 3, Saint Louis 2
Jake Garella led off the inning with a single and Shane Benes followed with a home run to left field to put Saint Louis on the board and cut the lead to one.
 
KEY STATS

• Hunter Wolfe will be a prime candidate for Atlantic 10 pitcher of the week after holding the preseason conference favorite to just one hit and striking out 10 batters in seven innings of work.
• Justin Longbrake came in and threw a scoreless eighth inning for Dayton.
• Tyler Jones entered the game in the ninth with the score at 3-2 and earned the save by preserving the lead.
• Jones becomes the fourth Dayton pitcher to record a save this season, joining Ben Hughes, Corey Imbriano and Jordan Cox.
• Takahiro Yamada had a team-high two hits with a 2-for-2 effort at the plate.
• Alex Brickman and Michael Cleary were responsible for the two RBIs that the Flyers earned in the game.
• Every Dayton batter from the No. 2 to No. 8 spot in the lineup recorded at least one base hit.

 
UP NEXT

• The series with Saint Louis continues tomorrow with first pitch scheduled for 3 p.m. (ET) and the series finale set for Sunday at 1 p.m. (ET)