DAYTON – The University of Dayton baseball team fell in its series opener with Rhode Island 8-6, and saw its second game with the Rams suspended in the bottom of the eighth inning on Thursday at Woerner Field at AES Ohio Stadium.
 
The game will be completed from its point in the home half of the eighth inning with the Flyers trailing, 11-10 on Saturday morning, Feb. 18 at 10 a.m. 
 
GAME ONE
Rhode Island 8, Dayton 6
The Flyers fell behind early when the Rams plated a pair of runs in the second and scored four more in the third, but the Dayton bats would not go quietly.
 
After stranding five baserunners over the first three innings, UD broke through with a three-run fourth on the shoulders of a three-run blast from sophomore Ivan Arias. The FlyBoys added two more in the fifth thanks to freshman David Mendez's fifth homer of the campaign and a sacrifice fly from Mason Dobie.
 
URI pushed across two runs in the seventh to make their lead 8-5, but Dayton was not done threatening.
 
The FlyBoys scored a run in the eighth when junior David Pedanou reached on an infield single, advanced to second on an error, stole third, and came home on a wild pitch.
 
Despite loading the bases with nobody out in the home half of the ninth, the Flyers were unable to get the big hit and ultimately fell, 8-6.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
31– active on-base streak for David Pedanou, who went 2-for-5 in the contest 
19 – multi-hit games for David Mendez, who had his second consecutive four-hit game.
5 – Flyers with multi-hit games (Mendez, Pedanou, Yamin, Dobie and Watson)
3 –  runs batted in for Ivan Arias, tying his career high. 
 
UP NEXT
Dayton and Rhode Island will complete the second game of today's doubleheader at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning. The regular season finale is scheduled to begin after the completion of today's contest. Senior Day will take place before the continuation of today's contest at 10 a.m.
 
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