DAYTON - The University of Dayton baseball team came out on top of a slugfest with Atlantic 10-leading Davidson on Friday, winning the first game of the series over the Wildcats 18-17 at Woerner Field at AES Ohio Stadium.
 
The teams combined for 35 runs on 37 hits with 20 free passes (11 walks, nine hit-by-pitch) in the nearly four-hour-long affair.
 
Freshman Rylan Lujo continued his recent hot streak, smashing two home runs and finishing the game with three hits, four RBI and three runs scored. Sophomore Adin Zorn had his second five-hit performance of the season, while junior Dyrenson Wouters and freshman Ty Mainolfi both finished with three hits apiece. Mainolfi drove in a career-high four runs and also walked and scored a run.
 
In total, seven of nine FlyBoys had multi-hit performances, including senior Mason Dobie launching a three-run homer for his 16th career dinger. Sophomore Michael DiMartini had another two-hit performance, scoring two runs, driving in another and swiping a base.
 
Freshman pitcher Michael Dudolski picked up his second save of the season with a scoreless ninth inning, while sophomore Bennett LaPalm picked up his team-leading fourth win of the season.

BY THE NUMBERS
1,238 – total feet for the Flyers' three home runs on the day
21 – hits for Dayton in the game, setting a new season-high
21 – consecutive games with a hit for Michael DiMartini
16 – total RBI for Dayton
5 – hits for Adin Zorn, his second five-hit game of the season
4 – RBI for Lujo, Dobie and Mainolfi
3 – hits for Mainolfi, who had career-highs in both hits and runs scored in the game
 
UP NEXT
The Flyers return to Woerner Field at AES Ohio Stadium to wrap the series against Davidson with a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 11 a.m.