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Dayton DAYTON 14-13-1
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Winner Bowling Green BGSU 10-14
Dayton DAYTON
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Bowling Green BGSU
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Dayton DAYTON 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 0 8 5 2
Bowling Green BGSU 5 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 X 12 14 0

W: SCHENK, Gage (2-1) L: Ernst, Aaron (0-5) S: SPEZIA, Jeremy (3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

#UDBASE Falls To Bowling Green On Wednesday Afternoon

Dayton Will Head To Olean, N.Y. This Weekend For A Three-Game Series At St. Bonaventure

Bowling Green, Ohio -- The University of Dayton baseball team fell to Bowling Green on Wednesday by a score of 12-8. The loss drops the Flyers record to 14-13-1, while Bowling Green improved its record to 10-14 with the victory. Eddie Pursinger hit his team-high fifth home run of the season and had three RBI, while Benjamin Blackwell followed up his 4-for-4 performance on Tuesday with a multi-RBI effort at the plate, driving in a pair of runners.

KEY MOMENT
Bowling Green jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first two innings, which proved too large a deficit to come back from. A three-run home run from Eddie Pursinger cut the lead all the way down to three with the score at 10-7 in the top of the seventh, but the Falcons added two more insurance runs in the bottom of the frame to keep the Flyers at bay.

SCORING SUMMARY

Bottom 1: Bowling Green 5, Dayton 0
Each of the first four Bowling Green batters reached on a single, which ended up resulting in an early 5-0 lead for the Falcons. 

Bottom 2: Bowling Green 7, Dayton 0
Aaron Ernst struck out the first batter of the inning, but a single, a walk, and another single scored another run for BGSU and then a wild pitch plated another. 

Top 4: Bowling Green 7, Dayton 3
Riley Tirotta doubled for the first Dayton hit of the game and took third and home on a pair of wild pitches to score. Eddie Pursinger and Marcos Pujols both reached on walks, then moved into scoring position on a balk. Benjamin Blackwell drove in Pursinger and Pujols with a two-out single up the middle. 

Bottom 5: Bowling Green 8, Dayton 3
Dylan Keller got the first two batters of the inning out, but Bowling Green still managed to do damage in the inning with Anthony Smith singling to right field and Gama Martinez doubling to send Smith across home.

Bottom 6: Bowling Green 10, Dayton 3
Three hits to open the inning resulted in two more runs for Bowling Green, as Ty Suntken singled to right and Mike Malewitz doubled to put a pair of baserunners aboard for the Falcons. Dylan Dohanos singled up the middle to drive both runners home and push the lead back to seven.

Top 7: Bowling Green 10, Dayton 7
The Flyers loaded the bases with no outs on no hits, as Michael Cleary and Connor Echols walked, while Takahiro Yamada was hit by a pitch. Riley Tirotta picked up an RBI with a sac fly to drive in Cleary and Eddie Pursinger sent the rest of them home with a three-run bomb to right field.

Bottom 7: Bowling Green 12, Dayton 7
Dayton nearly got out of the inning with no damage done, but a two-out, bases loaded single from Mike Malewitz to center drove in a pair of runners. The Falcons loaded the bases on a single, a hit by pitch and a walk.

Top 8: Bowling Green 12, Dayton 8
The Flyers loaded the bases for the second consecutive inning (Tate Hagan walk, Michael Cleary hit by pitch, Takahiro Yamada walk), but this time could only manage one run on a Connor Echols sacrifice fly. Jay Curtis nearly went yard with a three-run home run, but the fly ball was caught at the warning track for the last out of the frame.

KEY STATS

  • Jay Curtis extended his hitting streak to seven games with a 1-for-5 performance at the plate, tying Mitchell Garrity for the team's longest active streak.
  • Garrity was held out of today's game with a calf injury, marking the first time the regular leadoff man for the Flyers wasn't in the lineup.
  • Eddie Pursinger's home run in the seventh inning was his team-high fifth of the year.
  • Pursinger also had a team-high three RBI on the game, while Benjamin Blackwell also chipped in a pair.
  • Michael Cleary was hit by two pitches in the game to raise his NCAA-leading total to 19 on the year.
  • Dylan Keller and Bryce Hellgeth were the two most effective pitchers for the Flyers in the game. Keller was the first man out of the bullpen and finished with a line of 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 K, BB, while Hellgeth threw a scoreless eighth inning.
UP NEXT
  • Dayton will head to Olean, N.Y. this weekend for a three-game series at St. Bonaventure.
  • The Flyers have won their first two Atlantic 10 Conference series for the first time since 2011 and will look to extend that streak to three against the Bonnies.
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