University of Massachusets Athletics
Saturday, April 29
Amherst, Mass.
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Baseball Drops Game Two to Dayton, 7-2
April 29, 2017 | Baseball
AMHERST, Mass. – University of Massachusetts baseball held an early 1-0 lead, but Dayton put up the next seven runs in the contest to hand UMass a 7-2 setback at Earl Lorden Field on Saturday afternoon. The loss leaves the Minutemen at 11-24 overall and 5-9 in the Atlantic 10, while the Flyers move to 14-28 on the year and 4-10 in conference action.
UMass began the day by scoring a run in the bottom of the first. Sophomore Ryan Lever knocked a two-out solo home run over the right field fence to give UMass an early advantage. It marked Lever's fourth home run of the season, a team high.
Dayton tied things up at 1-1 in the third when Brantley Johnson threaded an RBI single inside the left field to drive in Robbie Doring.
In the fourth inning, the Flyers took a 3-1 lead. With one out, Brandon Smith put Dayton in front with a solo home run to left field and a Takahiro Yamada sacrifice fly later in the frame plated Tate Hagan.
The Flyers added three more runs in the top of the fifth. An infield single, walk and a fielder's choice sacrifice bunt loaded the bases with no outs. Two sacrifice flies and a wild pitch brought in three Flyer runs to push the margin to 6-1.
Johnson picked up another RBI with a single in the sixth inning that once again brought in Doring for Dayton's seventh and final run.
The Minutemen completed the scoring with a run in the bottom of the ninth as freshman Eddy Hart drove in senior Dylan Morris, who had reach on an error, with a two-out single to right center.
Senior Ryan Moloney started for UMass and took the loss (0-1) after allowing six runs, five earned, on six hits over 4.2 innings with one walks and three strikeouts. Dayton starter Austin Cline picked up the win (4-5), holding the Minutemen to two runs on eight hits over the course of 8.2 innings and struck out eight with two walks.
Lever finished the day 2-for-3 at the plate with a walk, accounting for two of the Minutemen's seven hits.
The teams will be back in action tomorrow, April 30, with the series finale between UMass and Dayton set for a 12 p.m. start on Earl Lorden Field.
For continued coverage of UMass baseball, follow the team on Twitter @UMassBaseball and on Facebook at facebook.com/UMassBaseball.
UMass began the day by scoring a run in the bottom of the first. Sophomore Ryan Lever knocked a two-out solo home run over the right field fence to give UMass an early advantage. It marked Lever's fourth home run of the season, a team high.
Dayton tied things up at 1-1 in the third when Brantley Johnson threaded an RBI single inside the left field to drive in Robbie Doring.
In the fourth inning, the Flyers took a 3-1 lead. With one out, Brandon Smith put Dayton in front with a solo home run to left field and a Takahiro Yamada sacrifice fly later in the frame plated Tate Hagan.
The Flyers added three more runs in the top of the fifth. An infield single, walk and a fielder's choice sacrifice bunt loaded the bases with no outs. Two sacrifice flies and a wild pitch brought in three Flyer runs to push the margin to 6-1.
Johnson picked up another RBI with a single in the sixth inning that once again brought in Doring for Dayton's seventh and final run.
The Minutemen completed the scoring with a run in the bottom of the ninth as freshman Eddy Hart drove in senior Dylan Morris, who had reach on an error, with a two-out single to right center.
Senior Ryan Moloney started for UMass and took the loss (0-1) after allowing six runs, five earned, on six hits over 4.2 innings with one walks and three strikeouts. Dayton starter Austin Cline picked up the win (4-5), holding the Minutemen to two runs on eight hits over the course of 8.2 innings and struck out eight with two walks.
Lever finished the day 2-for-3 at the plate with a walk, accounting for two of the Minutemen's seven hits.
The teams will be back in action tomorrow, April 30, with the series finale between UMass and Dayton set for a 12 p.m. start on Earl Lorden Field.
For continued coverage of UMass baseball, follow the team on Twitter @UMassBaseball and on Facebook at facebook.com/UMassBaseball.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: CLINE, Austin (4-5)
L: Moloney, Ryan (0-1)
Batting:
HR: SMITH, Brandon 1
RBI: MEEHAN, Pat 1 ; RYAN, Nick 1 ; SMITH, Brandon 1 ; YAMADA, Takahiro 1 ; JOHNSON, Brantley 2
SH: COUGHLIN, Mitch 1 ; MONTOYA, Bailey 1
SF: MEEHAN, Pat 1 ; RYAN, Nick 1 ; YAMADA, Takahiro 1
Base Running:
RUNS: COUGHLIN, Mitch 1 ; SMITH, Brandon 1 ; HAGAN, Tate 1 ; DORING, Robbie 2 ; MONTOYA, Bailey 1 ; JOHNSON, Brantley 1
SB: COUGHLIN, Mitch 2 ; MEEHAN, Pat 1 ; DORING, Robbie 1 ; MONTOYA, Bailey 1
CS: SMITH, Brandon 1
HBP: RYAN, Nick 1 ; SMITH, Brandon 1
Batting:
HR: Lever, Ryan 1
RBI: Lever, Ryan 1 ; Hart, Eddy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lever, Ryan 1 ; Morris, Dylan 1
Game Leaders
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Players Mentioned
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