DAYTON - Senior Ben Jones and junior Paxton Tomaini each hit two home runs, including a grand slam for Tomaini, to power the University of Dayton baseball team over Northern Kentucky University 14-3 Tuesday afternoon at Woerner Field at AES Ohio Stadium.

Trailing 1-0 in the fourth, UD loaded the bases on three walks to start the inning. Tomaini, hitting from the left side, launched his second homer of the season and first career grand slam beyond the right-centerfield wall to put the Flyers ahead. Three batters later, Jones deposited his fourth home run of the season beyond the left-field wall to push the lead to 6-1.

In the very next inning, Tomaini came to the plate as a right-hander and hit a three-run homer down the left-field line. It became de-ja-vu as Jones stepped to the plate with a man aboard three batters later and left the yard for his second two-run homer of the game and fifth of the season.

The FlyBoys coasted from there, improving to 3-0 in mid-week games with the dominant performance.

BY THE NUMBERS
11 - strikeouts for Dayton pitching, including six from starter Ryan Steinhauer 
10 - hits for the FlyBoys, with Omar Daniels picking up a pair of hits along with Jones and Tomaini
4 - home runs for Ben Jones in the last week, hitting two today as well as hitting a pair in the series against Ohio State over the weekend
3 - wins in midweek games for the FlyBoys, who have defeated Miami, Akron and now NKU
3 - total hits for Tomaini, who had a double in addition to his home runs
2 - sides of the plate Tomaini hit his home runs from 

UP NEXT
Dayton hits the road for a three-game series against Big East foe Georgetown this weekend, taking on the Hoyas in a three-game set at the Washington Nationals Youth Academy in Washington D.C.

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