DAYTON – The University of Dayton baseball team fell in a slugfest 16-14 at Northern Kentucky on Tuesday afternoon at the Bill Aker Baseball Complex.
 
The FlyBoys jumped out to an early lead, scoring a run in the first on a sacrifice fly from Mason Dobie and adding two more in the third on a Ryan MacDougall home run.
 
Bryant jumped back in front with a four-run fourth, but UD did not allow the lead to last long, striking back for four of its own in the home half of the frame. Dyrenson Wouters drove in a run with a single, Michael DiMartini knocked in a pair with a triple, and Rylan Lujo drove in one more with an RBI single.
 
The Bulldogs added a run in the top of the fifth, then took an 8-7 thanks to a three-run sixth. Dayton battled back once again, scoring a pair of runs thanks to bases loaded walks drawn by Dobie and Adin Zorn.
 
Relievers Ben Dean picked up the biggest outs of the game for the Flyers, escaping a bases loaded, one-out jam thanks to a double play. UD responded by plating a key insurance run in the eighth on a MacDougall RBI single, giving the FlyBoys a two-run cushion at 10-8.
 
Dean slammed the door in the ninth for his second save of the season.

BY THE NUMBERS
10 – game hitting streak for Michael DiMartini
10 – RBI in the game for the FlyBoys
10 – total strikeouts for UD pitching (Heller – 4, Malecha – 3, Dean – 2, LaPalm – 1)
8 – game hitting streak for Mason Dobie
7 – free passes drawn by Dayton, four hit-by-pitch and three walks
3 – hits for Ryan MacDougall in the game, his second game with 3+ hits this season
3 – Flyers with multi-RBI performances (MacDougall – 3, DiMartini – 2, Dobie – 2)
3 – wins on the campaign for Bennett LaPalm, leading the team
 
UP NEXT
Dayton finishes its series with Bryant on Sunday, March 9 at 12 p.m.

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