Friday, April 26
Dayton, OH
3 p.m.
Davidson College
at
Dayton
Photo by: Kaspars Golos
Wildcats Visit A-10 Foe Dayton This Weekend
4/25/2024 4:28:00 PM | Baseball
Davidson will begin the second half of the 24-game Atlantic 10 Conference baseball schedule on the road at Dayton this weekend.
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The Wildcats and Flyers will begin the fifth of their eight league series on Friday afternoon, with afternoon games to follow on Saturday and Sunday.
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LATEST ON THE 'CATS
• Davidson is 17-22 overall and 4-8 in the A-10.
• The Wildcats have won three of their last four games, including two of three in last weekend's league series against Richmond.
• Also in A-10 play, the Wildcats won two of three against Saint Joseph's and were swept at VCU and Saint Louis.
• Davidson is coming off a 16-11 win over N.C. A&T on Tuesday night when the Wildcats hit a season-high six home runs, including two by Eli Putnam, the reigning A-10 Player of the Week.
• Putnam leads the A-10 with 12 home runs and has hit five in the last five games.
• The junior first baseman is also the A-10 leader with 46 RBIs, 102 total bases and a .689 slugging percentage. He also ranks second with a 1.155 OPS and 44 runs and third with a .365 average.
• Junior catcher Jacob Friend has a knack for getting on base, and it shows. He's the league leader with 37 walks, ranks second with a .510 on-base percentage and is third with a 1.110 OPS. He's hitting .310 with eight round-trippers.
• Sophomore third baseman Michael O'Shaughnessy is hitting .315 with a 1.020 OPS, eight home runs and 41 RBIs.
• Right-hander Wilson Perkins, the reigning A-10 Pitcher of the Week, threw a complete game against Richmond last Friday. It was the program's first in two years.
• The Wildcats lead the A-10 with 1.23 home runs per game and are second with 48 total home runs.
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SCOUTING THE FLYERS
• Dayton is 25-15 overall and 7-4 in the A-10, tied for second with VCU, a half-game back of league-leading Saint Louis.
• Dayton and VCU split their series last weekend and had one game canceled due to rain.
• Also in A-10 play, the Flyers went 2-1 against Fordham, St. Bonaventure and George Mason.
• The Flyers have one of the top offenses in the league, leading the A-10 in hits (416), runs (338), home runs (49), walks (218) and on-base percentage (.425) and ranking second in average (.303), runs per game (8.5) and slugging percentage (.483).
• On the mound, the Flyers lead the league in strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.20) and are second in strikeouts per nine innings (9.1) and walks per nine (4.12).
• Flyer pitcher Nick Wissman leads the A-10 with seven wins and six saves and ranks second in ERA (2.47) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.57).
• Infielder David Mendez is fourth in the A-10 with a .362 average and a .481 on-base percentage and is seventh in OPS (1.024).
• Infielder/catcher Eddie Yamin IV is second in the league with 44 runs, third with 10 home runs and sixth with 39 RBIs.
• Outfielder David Pedanou is tied for the A-10 lead with 22 stolen bases.
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SERIES HISTORY
• The Davidson-Dayton series dates to 2015, the Wildcats' first A-10 season.
• Dayton holds a 10-9 series edge.
• Davidson won two of three games against the Flyers in Davidson last April, before Dayton later won the A-10 Tournament meeting.
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PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
• Friday: RHP Wilson Perkins (4-3, 5.28 ERA, 58.0 IP) vs. LHP Eli Majick (4-2, 5.36 ERA, 42.0 IP)
• Saturday: TBD vs. RHP Connor Fennell (3-3, 5.21 ERA, 48.1 IP)
• Sunday: TBD vs. RHP Chris Peguero (1-4, 8.66 ERA, 35.1 IP)
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The Wildcats and Flyers will begin the fifth of their eight league series on Friday afternoon, with afternoon games to follow on Saturday and Sunday.
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LATEST ON THE 'CATS
• Davidson is 17-22 overall and 4-8 in the A-10.
• The Wildcats have won three of their last four games, including two of three in last weekend's league series against Richmond.
• Also in A-10 play, the Wildcats won two of three against Saint Joseph's and were swept at VCU and Saint Louis.
• Davidson is coming off a 16-11 win over N.C. A&T on Tuesday night when the Wildcats hit a season-high six home runs, including two by Eli Putnam, the reigning A-10 Player of the Week.
• Putnam leads the A-10 with 12 home runs and has hit five in the last five games.
• The junior first baseman is also the A-10 leader with 46 RBIs, 102 total bases and a .689 slugging percentage. He also ranks second with a 1.155 OPS and 44 runs and third with a .365 average.
• Junior catcher Jacob Friend has a knack for getting on base, and it shows. He's the league leader with 37 walks, ranks second with a .510 on-base percentage and is third with a 1.110 OPS. He's hitting .310 with eight round-trippers.
• Sophomore third baseman Michael O'Shaughnessy is hitting .315 with a 1.020 OPS, eight home runs and 41 RBIs.
• Right-hander Wilson Perkins, the reigning A-10 Pitcher of the Week, threw a complete game against Richmond last Friday. It was the program's first in two years.
• The Wildcats lead the A-10 with 1.23 home runs per game and are second with 48 total home runs.
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SCOUTING THE FLYERS
• Dayton is 25-15 overall and 7-4 in the A-10, tied for second with VCU, a half-game back of league-leading Saint Louis.
• Dayton and VCU split their series last weekend and had one game canceled due to rain.
• Also in A-10 play, the Flyers went 2-1 against Fordham, St. Bonaventure and George Mason.
• The Flyers have one of the top offenses in the league, leading the A-10 in hits (416), runs (338), home runs (49), walks (218) and on-base percentage (.425) and ranking second in average (.303), runs per game (8.5) and slugging percentage (.483).
• On the mound, the Flyers lead the league in strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.20) and are second in strikeouts per nine innings (9.1) and walks per nine (4.12).
• Flyer pitcher Nick Wissman leads the A-10 with seven wins and six saves and ranks second in ERA (2.47) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.57).
• Infielder David Mendez is fourth in the A-10 with a .362 average and a .481 on-base percentage and is seventh in OPS (1.024).
• Infielder/catcher Eddie Yamin IV is second in the league with 44 runs, third with 10 home runs and sixth with 39 RBIs.
• Outfielder David Pedanou is tied for the A-10 lead with 22 stolen bases.
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SERIES HISTORY
• The Davidson-Dayton series dates to 2015, the Wildcats' first A-10 season.
• Dayton holds a 10-9 series edge.
• Davidson won two of three games against the Flyers in Davidson last April, before Dayton later won the A-10 Tournament meeting.
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PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
• Friday: RHP Wilson Perkins (4-3, 5.28 ERA, 58.0 IP) vs. LHP Eli Majick (4-2, 5.36 ERA, 42.0 IP)
• Saturday: TBD vs. RHP Connor Fennell (3-3, 5.21 ERA, 48.1 IP)
• Sunday: TBD vs. RHP Chris Peguero (1-4, 8.66 ERA, 35.1 IP)
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