DAYTON -- The University of Dayton baseball team lost to Wright State by a score of 8-7 on Wednesday afternoon at DP&L Stadium. The Flyers are now 22-19-1 heading into their series against Saint Joseph's this weekend, while Wright State improves to 29-13 with the victory.
Dayton trailed 8-5 heading into the bottom of the ninth, but each of the first five batters of the inning reached base, including hits from
Tate Hagan,
Mitchell Garrity and
Connor Echols, to cut the Wright State lead to just one. Facing the bases loaded and no outs, Jake Schrand recorded three consecutive outs on the mound for the Raiders, leaving the ninth-inning rally effort just short for the Flyers.
KEY STATS
- Connor Echols led the way at the plate with three hits and four RBIs on the day.
- Mitchell Garrity and Michael Cleary also had two hits apiece.
- Cleary has now had three straight games with multiple base hits for the Flyers.
- Cleary, Eddie Pursinger and Jay Curtis all drove in one run apiece at the dish.
- Tate Hagan had a pinch hit single in the ninth to improve to 6-for-16 (.375) in pinch hitting situations.
- Hagan's six base hits as a pinch hitter are a team high and Connor Wilson is the only other Flyer with more than one (2).
- Starting pitcher Tyler Henry was a workhorse on the mound, tallying over 130 pitches in 7.0 innings of work.
- Gavin Bates was the most effective reliever of the day, throwing 1.2 scoreless innings and striking out a pair.
UP NEXT
- Dayton hosts Saint Joseph's this weekend for an Atlantic 10 clash at DP&L Stadium
- Friday, Apr. 26 at 3 p.m.Â
- Saturday, Apr. 27 at 1 p.m.Â
- Sunday, Apr. 28 at 12 p.m.
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