DAYTON – The University of Dayton baseball team powered its way to victory in the second game of its Atlantic 10 series against George Mason, 17-14, on Saturday, April 13^th at Woerner Field at AES Ohio Stadium.
 
The FlyBoys offense led the way, scoring multiple runs in the first, third, fourth and fifth innings. Sophomore Eddie Yamin IV and graduate student Nolan Watson led the charge, each hitting two home runs and finishing with three hits overall and driving in five. Watson scored four times in the contest while Yamin crossed home three times.
 
After George Mason plated three to start the game, Dayton roared back with a five-spot in their half of the first. The Patriots jumped back ahead with four unanswered runs, but the Flyers regained the lead for good with a five-run fourth inning.
 
The Patriots cut the Flyers' lead to just three thanks to a four-run eighth inning, but freshman righty Connor Fennell slammed the door by throwing a perfect 1.1 innings to pick up his first career save.
 
In addition to Watson and Yamin's performance, the FlyBoys offense had multi-hit efforts from Keagan Calero (3-for-6), Alejandro Cazorla (2-for-5) and Paxton Tomaini (2-for-5). Omar Daniels reached base four times thanks to three walks and a 1-for-3 performance at the plate.
 
Every Dayton starter reached base at least once, with eight of nine players in the lineup getting a base hit.
 
The two teams combined for 31 runs on 33 hits with 15 free passes (10 walks, five hit-by-pitch) in the contest.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
29 – consecutive games that freshman David Mendez has reached base, as a walk and hit-by-pitch extend his streak today
17 – Runs scored by the Flyers, their fourth double-digit run-scoring effort in the last five games.
6 – consecutive multi-hit games for Keagan Calero, who went 3-for-6 today
5 – RBI for both Eddie Yamin and Nolan Watson, the second consecutive game with at least one 5-RBI performance
3 – career multi-homer games for Nolan Watson, who hit two home runs in a game for the second consecutive weekend
2 – Home runs for Yamin, his first two-homer game this season and second career multi-homer game
1 – freshman Connor Fennell picked up his first career save by shutting down GMU for the final 1.1 innings
 
UP NEXT
The series finale between Dayton and George Mason will be on Sunday, April 14^th at 12:00 p.m. at Woerner Field at AES Ohio Stadium.
 
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