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Colin Lynch runs from second to third. He is wearing a white pinstripe uniform and a red helmet.
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Fordham FOR 13-15
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Winner Dayton UD 16-12
Fordham FOR
13-15
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Final
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Dayton UD
16-12
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Fordham FOR 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 2
Dayton UD 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 X 5 6 0

W: Jensen, Sawyer (4-2) L: ELSON, Beau (3-3) S: McNabb, Austin (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Freshmen Shine In Baseball's 5-3 Win Over Fordham

Lynch And Carpenter Hit Home Runs

DAYTON – The University of Dayton baseball team opened its series with Fordham with a 5-3 win on Friday morning.

Neither team scored until the third inning, when Aiden Heberlie scored on a sacrifice bunt by Danny MacDougall.

Fordham took a 2-1 lead with a two-RBI single in the top of the fourth. In the bottom of the inning, Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week Colin Lynch hit a home run into left field to tie the game back up.

Freshman Grayson Carpenter homered to left center in the fifth frame, putting Dayton ahead 4-2.

In the sixth, Dyrenson Wouters bunted, adding an insurance run for the FlyBoys.

The Rams tallied a run in the ninth, but Dayton maintained its lead for the win.

BY THE NUMBERS
.500 – Batting average for Carpenter, Heberlie and Lynch

2 – Runs scored by Heberlie

2 – Stolen bases for Tommy Ahlers Jr. and Wouters

5 – Total stolen bases for the Flyers

8 – Strikeouts for Sawyer Jensen in six innings of work

UP NEXT
The Flyers will play the second game of the series at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 4.

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