ARLINGTON, Va. – The University of Dayton baseball team fell on Sunday 9-4 in the series finale at George  Washington at Tucker Field at Barcroft Park in Arlington, Va. Sophomore Eli Majick struck out six in 4.2 innings in relief in the loss.
 
Junior Jose Martinez had an RBI double and scored two runs for the Flyers, and senior Marcos Pujols drew three walks against the Colonials.
 
The Flyers sit at 12-15 and 2-4 in the Atlantic 10. George  Washington improves to 17-15 and 5-1 in A-10 play.
 
ON THE MOUND
Graduate student Andrew Zapka started the game for the Flyers, getting the first out of the game and giving up two earned runs. Majick entered for Zapka and would pitch through the fifth inning striking out six and allowing just one earned run in 4.2 innings in relief.
 
Sophomore Parker Bard entered to start the sixth, also getting one out and allowing two runs on one hit before giving the ball to junior Nick Maue. Maue faced the next four batters, giving up three earned runs on two hits.
 
Junior Anthony Hattrup would go the next two innings, allowing just one run on three hits with a pair of strikeouts, pitching into the eighth for Dayton before junior Cody Whitten entered the game and got the last two outs for the Flyers.
 
SCORING PLAYS
Bottom 1: (2-0 Colonials)
The Colonials opened the game with a walk and a base hit through the right side before a groundout to Pujols advanced the runners to second and third. A base hit put the Flyers down a run. George  Washington drew a walk to load the bases and two batters later another walk made it a 2-0 game.
 
Top 4: (2-2 Tie)
Graduate student Henry Strmecki was hit by a pitch and junior Keagan Calero bunted him to second base. Martinez drove Strmecki in with a double down the right field line, would get to third on a ground out by graduate student Alexis Castillo, and score on a passed ball to tie the game at two.
 
Top 5: (3-2 Flyers)
Senior Jake Silverstein legged out an infield single to open the inning and a single by junior Ben Jones put two on. Two batters later the pair advanced on a wild pitch, prompting the Colonials to intentionally walk Pujols to load the bases. Strmecki put Dayton ahead with a sacrifice fly to center field, scoring Silverstein from third.
 
Bottom 5: (3-3 Tie)
Two singles by the Colonials put two on and a third base hit to right field tied the game at 3-3.
 
Bottom 6: (8-3 Colonials)
A leadoff home run put the Flyers down one. Bard walked the next batter and got a strikeout for the first out of the inning. An error by Maue put two runners on and a double followed by a three-run home run made it a five run lead for the Colonials.
 
Top 8: (8-4 Colonials)
Martinez drew a one-out walk and advanced two bases on a passed ball and wild pitch. A walk by redshirt freshman Andrew Casey put runners on the corners and a sacrifice fly by freshman Matt Maloney scored Martinez and cut the lead to four.
 
Bottom 8: (9-4 Colonials)
Two doubles brought home the ninth and final run of the game for the Colonials.
 
UP NEXT
The Flyers will play at Day Air Ballpark for the first of three games at the home of the Dayton Dragons on Tuesday at 7 p.m. against Ohio State.