RICHMOND, Va. – The University of Dayton baseball team split its doubleheader at the University of Richmond on Friday, falling in game one, 7-3, while turning around to triumph in game two, 8-6, at Pitt Field.
 
GAME TWO
Dayton 8, Richmond 6
Senior Nick Wissman picked up his Atlantic 10-leading 10^th win of the season for the Flyers, throwing the final four innings and striking out seven. He came in relief for freshman Connor Fennell, who allowed just one earned run on four hits in the first five innings of work.
 
Sophomore Alejandro Cazorla launched his sixth home run of the season to put the FlyBoys ahead in the second inning, but the Spiders eventually pulled even with single runs in the fifth and sixth innings.

Dayton was able to capitalize on a couple of strange plays in the seventh inning to take the lead, scoring two runs on a David Mendez fielder's choice to the shortstop thanks to a great slide by fifth-year Keagan Calero and an obstruction call that plated junior David Pedanou. Sophomore Eddie Yamin IV rocked an RBI double to left field to plate the freshman Mendez, and when the dust settled on the inning the Flyers held a 5-2 advantage.
 
UD tacked on two more runs in the eighth inning thanks to a sacrifice fly and an RBI single by Pedanou and they came in handy, as Richmond scored four runs in the final frame to pull within two. Wissman induced a weak flyout to finish the game and seal the victory.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
7 – strikeouts for Wissman, a new season-high and tying a career-best
5 – stolen bases in the game for UD (Pedanou 2x, Calero, Mendez, Sanders)
3 – RBI for Alejandro Cazorla
2 – runs scored by Mason Dobie
 
GAME ONE
Richmond 7, Dayton 3
 
The two teams combined for seven runs in the first inning, as Dayton scored two in the top of the first and Richmond struck back for five in the home half. The Spiders never relinquished the lead, taking the series opener 7-3.
 
UD only had three hits in the series opener, two of which were doubles by Yamin and Nolan Watson.
 
After a tough first inning to start the game, starter Eli Majick settled in and allowed just one run on three hits over the next five innings. Unfortunately the offense could not get going and the FlyBoys dropped the opener.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
9 – free passes drawn by the Flyers in the game (7 walks, 2 hit-by-pitch)
1.2 – innings of work for Jacob McGovern, a new career-high
2 – runs scored by Mason Dobie
 
 
UP NEXT
UD plays the finale of its series with Richmond on Saturday, May 4 at 1 p.m. at Pitt Field.
 
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