DAYTON - Senior Marcos Pujols slugged two home runs and the University of Dayton baseball team coasted by Purdue Fort Wayne Wednesday, April 12, by a final score of 8-3 at Woerner Field at AES Ohio Stadium. 

Pujols finished the game 4-for-5 with a pair of home runs and a double. His two long-balls gives him the team lead on the season with eight and also puts him at 35 for his career, tying him with Rich Dimel for third all-time.

After the Mastodons jumped ahead with a first-inning run, Dayton responded with a four-spot in the home half of the first. Nolan Watson delivered the big blow, driving home a pair of runs with a double.

Purdue Fort Wayne inched a run closer in the fourth, but UD responded in the bottom half of the frame with another crooked number. After a run came in on a sacrifice fly, Pujols hit an opposite-field home run with a man aboard to push the FlyBoys lead to 7-2.

Pujols capped the scoring for the Flyers in the eighth with a mammoth shot beyond the right-center field wall.

Freshman J.J. Gatti got his first career start and responded with a new career-high six strikeouts. Junior Seth Claybourne, who picked up the win, recorded a season-high five strikeouts. 

BY THE NUMBERS
13 - hits collected by Dayton
8 - Marcos Pujols home runs on the season, leading the FlyBoys
6 - strikeouts for J.J Gatti, a career-best
5 - strikeouts for Seth Claybourne, a season-high
5 - doubles hit by the FlyBoys (Pujols, Yamin IV, Watson, Castillo, Calero)

UP NEXT
The FlyBoys head to Davidson, N.C. to take on the Wildcats for a weekend series match-up. Game one is scheduled for Friday at 6 p.m. at Wilson Field.

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