DAYTON \u2014 University of Dayton redshirt junior first baseman Bobby Stang and senior shortstop Dyrenson Wouters hit back-to-back home runs in the fifth inning as the Flyers beat Wright State 9-5 on Wednedsay at Day Air Ballpark.<\/p>\n
Stang finished 2-for-3 with three RBIs, two runs scored and a walk, Wouters went 2-for-5 with a double and the Dayton pitching staff combined to strike out 13 Raiders led by five punchouts from sophomore left-handed starting pitcher Carson Samuels.<\/p>\n
The Flyers (20-16, 5-10 Atlantic 10) have won consecutive games after run-ruling Bowling Green 19-6 Tuesday on the road.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought we played very well,\u201d Dayton coach Jayson King said. \u201cWe did a good job on the mound (Tuesday). We hit the ball well, and I think we carried it over to today. But it all starts with the pitching, and I think Samuels did a good job just getting us into the game and then allowing us to use the guys how we wanted them out of the bullpen, but I really liked how the guys played today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dayton and Wright State (17-16, 11-1 Horizon League) last met in 2023. They were supposed to play at Day Air Ballpark last year until the game was canceled due to weather.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s unreal,\u201d Stang said. \u201cYou look around, there’s a bunch of fans all over the place cheering for you, so it’s a great feeling, and even better feeling being able to come out on top and get the win for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wright State got on the scoreboard first when redshirt freshman first baseman Keegan Holmstrom singled home redshirt sophomore second baseman Hunter Warren who doubled to lead off the game.<\/p>\n
The Flyers tied it at one run apiece in the bottom of the second inning when sophomore third baseman Jason Bello hit a sacrifice fly that scored Stang who was hit by a pitch with one out and advanced on Wouters\u2019 double.<\/p>\n
Dayton took its first lead in the third inning when junior catcher Ryan MacDougall scored on a passed ball with bases loaded and two outs, giving the Flyers a 2-1 edge.<\/p>\n
Raiders junior left fielder JP Peltier belted a two-run home run in the top of the fifth inning that flipped the score back in Wright State\u2019s favor, though it wouldn\u2019t last long.<\/p>\n
Stang drove a two-out offering from Wright State sophomore southpaw J.J. Thompson to deep center field in the bottom half of the fifth inning, and the ball clanked off the batter\u2019s eye, giving Dayton a 4-3 lead it wouldn\u2019t relinquish.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m always looking for a heater up,\u201d Stang said. \u201cGot my pitch, didn’t miss it. Got the barrel on it, and it’s a great feeling. It was able to fly out of here, and then (Wouters) followed it up with another one (to) extend the lead, so I mean, that was just awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stang, a native of Massapequa, New York, has collected multiple hits in each game of Dayton\u2019s win streak.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was a big swing,\u201d King said. \u201cI mean, here home runs are, like, it seems like more than one run. You got a big crowd that’s really into it. You got the horn, so I think there’s a lot that went into that swing, for sure. But you know, when you beat a good team, usually it’s a bunch of different things, and today, we played good defense, we hit the ball well and we pitched well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Junior center fielder Michael Smith Jr. was among four Flyers with multi-hit games, and he plated two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning on a single. Smith finished 3-for-3 with three RBIs, two walks and two runs scored.<\/p>\n
Three Raiders collected two hits apiece, though all but two starters struck out at least once. Thompson, who walked six Dayton batters, drew the loss.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it’s tough to beat anyone when you give 12 free bases, and they ran into a couple balls, but we really gifted them a lot,\u201d Wright State coach Alex Sogard said. \u201cWe struck out 13 times, and just, we had a few opportunities with runners on base, just didn’t capitalize when we got those opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Flyers suffered a three-game sweep against A-10 foe Saint Joseph\u2019s last weekend.<\/p>\n
After Wednesday\u2019s victory against the Raiders, Dayton will play its next seven on the road.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is definitely something we needed,\u201d Stang said. \u201cWe’ve definitely hit a little tough stretch recently, but after yesterday and today, I think we’re feeling pretty good and ready to go into this weekend and just carry it on through the rest of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DAYTON \u2014 University of Dayton redshirt junior first baseman Bobby Stang and senior shortstop Dyrenson Wouters hit back-to-back…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2289],"tags":[5,648,1694,2341,185,85757,85758],"class_list":{"0":"post-676787","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-college-baseball","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-college-baseball","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-baseball","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-university-of-dayton-flyers","14":"tag-wright-state-university-raiders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116413256016012608","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}