Thursday, May 23
The Bronx, N.Y.
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'Cats Fall to Dayton, Play URI Tonight
5/23/2019 1:36:00 PM | Baseball
Tournament Central
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THE BRONX, N.Y. — Davidson's Eric Jones and Justin Lebek hit home runs Thursday morning, but Dayton prevailed 7-3 over the Wildcats on the second day of the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament at Fordham's Houlihan Park.
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Now the second-seeded Wildcats (27-21) will play No. 6 Rhode Island (24-28) in an elimination game at 5 p.m. Thursday, while No. 3 Dayton (31-24-1) advances to Friday's semifinals.
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Jones, who was the only A-10 player to homer Wednesday, hit a solo shot to left center Thursday to lead off the bottom of the third. His ninth round-tripper of the season tied the game at 1-1.
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Lebek went deep, also to left center, in the sixth for his 11th home run to cut Dayton's lead to 3-2.
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The Wildcats' third run came across with two outs in the ninth when Alex Mardiney scored on a passed ball. Â
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Dayton took a 1-0 lead in the third inning on a safety squeeze play, as Eddie Pursinger scored on a bunt by Ben Blackwell.
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The Flyers moved ahead 2-1 in the top of the fifth on a solo home run by Eddie Pursinger and 3-1 on a sixth-inning solo shot by Riley Tirotta. They made it 5-2 on Alex Brickman's two-RBI single in the eighth and made it 7-2 in the ninth with RBI-singles from Jay Curtis and Bryce Hellgeth.
Davidson righthander Allen Barry had a career-high 10 strikeouts. He threw six innings and allowed three earned runs and six hits.
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Up Next
It's a quick turnaround for the Wildcats, who won two of three games against Rhode Island in April. The game will be the first of the day for the Rams, who had a long day Wednesday. They lost to No. 3 Dayton 5-2 in the 10 a.m. game, then survived 2-1 against No. 7 Saint Louis in a 10-inning game that ended after midnight.
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THE BRONX, N.Y. — Davidson's Eric Jones and Justin Lebek hit home runs Thursday morning, but Dayton prevailed 7-3 over the Wildcats on the second day of the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament at Fordham's Houlihan Park.
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Now the second-seeded Wildcats (27-21) will play No. 6 Rhode Island (24-28) in an elimination game at 5 p.m. Thursday, while No. 3 Dayton (31-24-1) advances to Friday's semifinals.
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Jones, who was the only A-10 player to homer Wednesday, hit a solo shot to left center Thursday to lead off the bottom of the third. His ninth round-tripper of the season tied the game at 1-1.
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Lebek went deep, also to left center, in the sixth for his 11th home run to cut Dayton's lead to 3-2.
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The Wildcats' third run came across with two outs in the ninth when Alex Mardiney scored on a passed ball. Â
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Dayton took a 1-0 lead in the third inning on a safety squeeze play, as Eddie Pursinger scored on a bunt by Ben Blackwell.
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The Flyers moved ahead 2-1 in the top of the fifth on a solo home run by Eddie Pursinger and 3-1 on a sixth-inning solo shot by Riley Tirotta. They made it 5-2 on Alex Brickman's two-RBI single in the eighth and made it 7-2 in the ninth with RBI-singles from Jay Curtis and Bryce Hellgeth.
Davidson righthander Allen Barry had a career-high 10 strikeouts. He threw six innings and allowed three earned runs and six hits.
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Up Next
It's a quick turnaround for the Wildcats, who won two of three games against Rhode Island in April. The game will be the first of the day for the Rams, who had a long day Wednesday. They lost to No. 3 Dayton 5-2 in the 10 a.m. game, then survived 2-1 against No. 7 Saint Louis in a 10-inning game that ended after midnight.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Cole Pletka (4-2)
L: Barry, Allen (7-3)
S: Ben Hughes (2)
Batting:
HR: Riley Tirotta 1 ; Eddie Pursinger 1
RBI: Alex Brickman 2 ; Bryce Hellgeth 1 ; Riley Tirotta 1 ; Jay Curtis 1 ; Eddie Pursinger 1 ; Benjamin Blackwell 1
SH: Michael Cleary 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mitchell Garrity 1 ; Michael Cleary 1 ; Connor Wilson 2 ; Riley Tirotta 1 ; Eddie Pursinger 2
SB: Jay Curtis 1
CS: Benjamin Blackwell 1
HBP: Jay Curtis 1
Batting:
HR: Jones, Eric 1 ; Lebek, Justin 1
RBI: Jones, Eric 1 ; Lebek, Justin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jones, Eric 1 ; Lebek, Justin 1 ; Mardiney, Alex 1
SB: Fontes, Ruben 1 ; Bazin, Max 1
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