FAIRFAX, Va. – The University of Dayton baseball team opened Atlantic 10 action with a dominant 8-2 win over George Mason thanks to fantastic pitching performances from Chris Peguero and Bennett LaPalm and timely hitting by the offense on Friday afternoon at Sphuler Field.
 
Peguero pitched into the eighth inning, limiting the Patriots' dynamic offense to just two runs while scattering seven hits. LaPalm came on in relief in the eighth and finished the contest allowing just one baserunner. Neither pitcher allowed a walk in the contest.
 
The big offensive blow for the FlyBoys came in the sixth inning, when Dayton loaded the bases and freshman Rylan Lujo emptied them with a three-run double.

Junior Dyrenson Wouters homered for the second consecutive game and scored three runs.
 
UD jumped ahead early with a two-run first, scoring on a wild pitch and sacrifice fly. After Wouters' homer, the Flyers scored on a Patriots' error before Lujo's big blast. Dayton added one more in the seventh when Wouters came home on a wild pitch.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
2 – runs allowed by Flyers' pitching, the fewest George Mason has scored this season
0 – walks allowed by UD pitching, the second no-walk performance of the campaign
10 – hits for Dayton on the day
8 – walks drawn by Flyers hitters
3 – extra-base hits for UD (HR - Wouters, 2B – Lujo, Mainolfi)
3 – Flyers with multi-hit games (DiMartini – 2, Wouters – 2, Mainolfi - 2)
 
UP NEXT
Dayton and George Mason will play a double header on Saturday, March 15 to wrap up the series. The Flyers and Patriots begin at 11 a.m. in Fairfax, Va.
 
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