DAYTON – This weekend will pit the Atlantic 10's top two teams against one another, as the University of Dayton baseball team travels to first place Saint Louis for a three-game set beginning Friday, May 10 at the Billiken Sport Center.
 
The series opener is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. ET on Friday, with a 3 p.m. ET start on Saturday and a 1 p.m. ET first pitch on Sunday. All three games of this weekend's series will be streamed on ESPN+.
 
ALONE AT THE TOP
Senior relief ace Nick Wissman leads the Atlantic 10 in wins this season after picking up his 10th of the 2024 campaign in Dayton's 8-6 win at Richmond last weekend. His 10 wins are second nationally behind only Matthew Matthijs of North Carolina.

The Dayton native also has six saves on the season, second-best in league play. Wissman is second in the A-10 in both runs (20) and walks allowed (9) and is third in ERA (2.93).
 
LEAGUE LEADERS
A host of Flyers join Wissman in leading the Atlantic 10 in statistical categories, while the team is also at or near the top in multiple categories.
 
As a team, Dayton leads the league in on-base percentage (.420), runs scored (381), strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.34), walks (246), and hit-by-pitch (103), while also being top three in average (2nd - .299), hits (3rd - 472), home runs (2nd - 56), doubles (2nd - 96), triples (2nd - 12), scoring (2nd - 8.3), slugging percentage (2nd - .481), stolen bases (2nd - 103), strikeouts-per-nine innings (2nd - 9.1), and WHIP (2nd - 1.55).
 
On the individual side, Eddie Yamin IV is tied for the conference lead in RBI with 50, and is near the top in multiple other categories, coming in at No. 3 in runs scored (48) and No. 4 in home runs (12), runs scored (48), and RBI (47). David Pedanou leads the Atlantic 10 in stolen bases (29) and is second in runs scored per game (1.15), and is also third in triples on the season (3).
 
30-WIN PLATEAU
With UD's 6-3 win in the series finale at Richmond, the Flyers reached the 30-win mark for the season. It is the second time Dayton has reached 30 wins in the Jayson King era (32 - 2019), and the 10th time in program history.
 
ON BASE ANY WAY, ANY HOW
UD leads the A-10 in on-base average at .420 and ranks 25th in the country on the season. The FlyBoys rank second in the league in batting average (.199) and are first in both walks and hit-by-pitch (7th nationally).
 
FAST AND FURIOUS
The FlyBoys are currently 14th in the NCAA when it comes to stolen bases as a team, swiping 103 bags on the season. Junior David Pedanou leads the way with 29 steals (in 32 chances) on the season, while David Mendez is 19-for-20. In total, 16 Flyers have registered at least one steal on the season, while six have stolen five-or-more.
 
With seven games left on the schedule the Flyers are fourth all-time for steals in a season. Last season the FlyBoys stole 84 bases, good for eighth all-time, and currently have 103. Pedanou's 29 is already second-most in a single season in Dayton laurels, trailing only Brian Blasik, who stole 36 bases in 2012.
 
SCOUTING THE BILLIKENS
Saint Louis comes into the weekend with a half-game lead over Dayton in the Atlantic 10 standings. The Billikens lead the conference in both hitting (.307) and pitching (4.69 ERA), and are riding a six-game winning streak.
 
Six SLU hitters come into the weekend with averages over the .300 mark, led by Atlantic 10 leader Patrick Clohisy, who has a robust .399 average to go along with seven homers, 12 doubles, five triples, 50 runs scored and 43 RBI. Drew Winters has a .350 average on the season with a 1.093 OPS, leading the Billikens with 11 home runs. The other Saint Louis hitters above the .300 mark are Cole Smith (.330), Easton Richter (.322), Ethan Sitzman (.312) and Tyler Fogarty (.308).
 
The Billikens' pitching staff has been equally impressive, turning in a league-best 4.60 ERA as a staff with a second-lowest batting average against (.264).
 
PEDANOU RISING
Junior David Pedanou has been heating up of late, having hit safely in 14-of-15 games, including nine multi-hit games. The Worcester, Mass. native is now leading the Flyers with a .345 batting average on the season.

PEGUERO'S COMPLETE GAME
Redshirt junior Chris Peguero threw the first Dayton complete game in over two years in the series finale against Richmond on Saturday, scattering eight hits and allowing just three earned runs while striking out six.
 
It topped Pedanou's previous career-high of seven innings pitched set earlier this season against South Dakota State.

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