Olean, N.Y. -- The University of Dayton baseball team defeated St. Bonaventure in the series opener with a 9-0 shutout. Dayton is now 15-13-1 (5-2 A-10) this season, while St. Bonaventure drops to 6-14 (3-4 A-10). The Flyers are off to their best start in conference play since 2011. An eight-run second inning, including a grand slam from Eddie Pursinger, sparked the offense, while Hunter Wolfe pitched 6.0 scoreless innings and struck out 10 batters.

KEY MOMENT
Jay Curtis started off the inning with an infield single and Marcos Pujols doubled to put both runners in scoring position. Tate Hagan walked to load the bases and Takahiro Yamada picked up an infield single to drive in Curtis for the first run of the game. Michael Cleary and Benjamin Blackwell both singled and picked up two and one RBIs, respectively. Connor Echols followed with yet another single to load the bases once again and Eddie Pursinger swiftly un-loaded them with a grand slam to put Dayton ahead 8-0.

SCORING SUMMARY
Top 2: Dayton 8, St. Bonaventure 0
Jay Curtis started off the inning with an infield single and Marcos Pujols doubled to put both runners in scoring position. Tate Hagan walked to load the bases and Takahiro Yamada picked up an infield single to drive in Curtis for the first run of the game. Michael Cleary and Benjamin Blackwell both singled and picked up two and one RBIs, respectively. Connor Echols followed with yet another single to load the bases once again and Eddie Pursinger swiftly un-loaded them with a grand slam to put Dayton ahead 8-0.

Top 5: Dayton 9, St. Bonaventure 0
Eddie Pursinger walked and Jay Curtis singled to open the inning and Dayton had runners at the corners with one out. Tate Hagan drove in Pursinger with a sacrifice fly to tack on to the lead.

KEY STATS

• Starting pitcher Hunter Wolfe threw 6.0 shutout innings, allowing just four hits and striking out 10 batters, while also extending his scoreless inning streak to 20.0 innings.
• In A-10 play, Wolfe has pitched 20 innings, all of which have been scoreless, has struck out 29 batters and allowed just nine hits, while accumulating a 3-0 record on the mound.
• Corey Imbriano and Will Sheats pitched 2.0 and 1.0 scoreless innings of relief, respectively, to preserve the shutout.
• Eddie Pursinger's home run was his team-high sixth of the season.
• Pursinger had a team-high four RBI, while Michael Cleary pitched in two.
• Jay Curtis and Tate Hagan had a team-high two hits apiece.
• Curtis now has a team-high eight-game hitting streak with the base hits.

UP NEXT

• Dayton and St. Bonaventure have two games left in the series with a game on Saturday and Sunday -- both starting at noon.