DAYTON - The University of Dayton baseball team fell behind early and never recovered Wednesday, March 28, dropping its first midweek game of the season to Akron 9-5 at Woerner Field at AES Ohio Stadium.

The Flyers fell behind 6-0 early, but fought back with a pair of runs in the third. UD then loaded the bases in the bottom of the sixth inning, but a double play ended the threat and gave the Zips the momentum. Akron responded with a three-run seventh inning to push the lead to 9-3, but the Flyers continued to hang around. 

In the eighth, Dayton once again loaded the bases and scored two runs on a pair of walks. The rally would fizzle there, and the FlyBoys went to the ninth down 9-4. 

Senior Marcos Pujols brought the score to its final tally of 9-5 with his fourth home run of the season.

BY THE NUMBERS
31 - career home runs for Marcos Pujols after slugging his fourth of the season in the ninth inning 
4 - Flyers with multi-hit games (Keagan Calero 2-for-5, Paxton Tomaini 2-for-5, Marcos Pujols 2-for-5 and Carlos Castillo 2-for-4)
4 - strikeouts for freshman J.J. Gatti, who pitched a perfect 2.2 innings of work
3 - strikeouts for reliever Andrew Zapka, who threw two perfect innings

UP NEXT
The FlyBoys get right back to action Wednesday, March 28 when they welcome Eastern Kentucky to Woerner Field at AES Ohio Stadium for a 3 p.m. game.

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