BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - The University of Dayton baseball team had trouble finding its offensive groove Saturday, Feb. 18, falling to Western Kentucky 6-1 at Nick Denes Field in game two of the three-game series.

The #FlyBoys once again grabbed an early lead, scoring the game's first run in the second inning when junior Paxton Tomaini was hit by a pitch, advanced to third on an error, and came home on a wild pitch. Despite having only two hits, Dayton created traffic on the base paths but was unable to pick up the clutch hit to turn it into runs on the scoreboard.

Western Kentucky tied the score at 1-1 with a single tally in the sixth, then exploded for five runs in the seventh to bring the game to its final score of 6-1.

BY THE NUMBERS
5 - walks drawn by Dayton, including two by senior leadoff man Keagan Calero
3 - number of strikeouts for senior starter Mark Manfredi in 4.1 innings of work
2 - hits by the Flyers, courtesy of junior Michael Adair and graduate student Nolan Watson
1 - perfect inning thrown by freshman J.J. Gatti in his collegiate debut

UP NEXT
The #FlyBoys go for their first win of the 2023 campaign in the series finale Sunday, Feb. 18 at 2 p.m.

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