DAYTON – The University of Dayton baseball team defeated Akron 11-4 at home, surging ahead of the Zips with three home runs.

Danny MacDougall led off the game for Dayton with a solo shot to left field. With runners on, Colin Lynch singled to center field, scoring one run. Jason Bello then cleared the bases for a 5-0 lead. Dayton batted around in the opening frame, tallying their final run of the inning on a hit by pitch.

In the second, Alejandro Sardinas doubled to center field for the FlyBoys' seventh run of the day to make the score 7-0.

Akron scored a run on a wild pitch in the third, but the Flyers responded in the bottom of the sixth on a fielder's choice by Lynch.

After the Zips hit a three-run home run in the top of the seventh, Grayson Carpenter hit an RBI double. MacDougall tallied the game's final run on an inside-the-park home run for the FlyBoys' 11-4 win.

BY THE NUMBERS

3 – Home runs for the FlyBoys

2 – Home runs for MacDougall, tying his career high

3 – RBIs for Bello and MacDougall

3 – Hits on four at-bats for Sardinas

1 – Stolen base for Lynch

13 – Strikeouts for Dayton's pitching staff, led David Cox's three

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The Flyers will host La Salle for an Atlantic 10 series on May 1-3.