DAYTON - The University of Dayton baseball team fell behind early and never recovered on Tuesday afternoon, as Eastern Kentucky topped the Flyers in a high-scoring affair, 10-8 at Woerner Field at AES Ohio Stadium.
 
Even with the Flyers plating three in the first to take an early lead, EKU plated nine unanswered runs to take a commanding 9-3 lead after three innings. Dayton, however, would not go away quietly.
 
Junior Mason Dobie injected some life into the Flyers in the bottom of the fourth with a two-run home run to bring UD within four.

In the fifth, sophomore Alejandro Cazorla kept the scoring going for the FlyBoys by knocking an RBI double before eventually scoring on a wild pitch. Dobie brought in his third RBI of the game with a double in the sixth to pull the Flyers within one at 9-8. 
 
EKU hit a solo home run in the top of the seventh and UD was never able to close the gap.
 
The Flyers finished with eight hits in the contest and reached base via free pass 11 times.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
23 – total hits between both teams on the afternoon. 
17 – games with double-digit strikeouts for the Dayton pitching staff this season after recording 10 Ks
7 – home runs on the season for junior Mason Dobie after his two-run shot
5 – combined RBI for Dobie (3) and Tomaini (2) during the game
3 – Flyers with multi-hit games (David Pedanou, Mason Dobie and Paxton Tomaini)
 
UP NEXT
Dayton hits the road to take on Bowling Green on Wednesday, April 24 at 3 p.m. at Steller Field.
 
The Flyers return home for a series with Davidson this weekend beginning Friday, April 26. The conclusion of the series on Sunday, April 28 will be played at Day Air Ballpark, home of the Dayton Dragons. For ticket information and full game details CLICK HERE.
 
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