FLYER BASEBALL 2012 ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONS Baseball Contact: Eric Robinson | [email protected] | Office: (937) 229-4460 | Cell: (815) 325-0986
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UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON FLYER BASEBALL 2012 ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONS Baseball Contact: Eric Robinson | [email protected] | Office: (937) 229-4460 | Cell: (815) 325-0986 QUICK LOOK GAMES 8-10 - FEB. 28-MARCH 1, 2020 - TALLAHASSEE, FLA. Friday, Feb. 28 - Florida A&M 4 p.m. @ Moore-Kittles Field, Tallahassee, Fla. FLORIDA A&M Saturday, Feb. 29 DAYTON - Florida A&M 2 p.m. FLYERS RATTLERS @ Moore-Kittles Field, Tallahassee, Fla. at Sunday, March 1 (3-4) (1-5) - Florida A&M 11 a.m. @ Moore-Kittles Field, Tallahassee, Fla. MEDIA INFORMATION Probable Starters Live Stats Game 1 at Florida A&M: Hunter Wolfe (1-0, 0.75 ERA) vs. Kyle Coleman (0-0, 9.00 ERA) 2020 SCHEDULE (3-4) Game 2 at Florida A&M: Ben Olson (0-0, 3.60 ERA) vs. Josh Hancock (1-1, 4.15 ERA) FEBRUARY Game 3 at Florida A&M: Cole Pletka (1-1, 8.00 ERA) vs. Josh Barr (0-1, 5.40 ERA) 14 (Fri) vs Bryant & W, 9-2 at UNCW & L, 10-9 15 (Sat) vs. Bryant & W, 5-3 16 (Sun) at UNCW & W, 9-2 Dayton Baseball To Head To Florida A&M 21 (Fri) at Memphis L, 7-2 22 (Sat) at Memphis L, 3-2 • After Tuesday’s home opener was cancelled due to inclement weather, the 23 (Sun) at Memphis L, 9-2 (7 inn) Flyers will hit the road once again, this time to Tallahassee, Fla. to take on the 25 (Tue) Miami (Ohio) Cancelled 28 (Fri) at Florida A&M 4 p.m. Rattlers of Florida A&M. 29 (Sat) at Florida A&M 2 p.m. • Dayton sits with a 3-4 record and will look to get back to the .500 against a MARCH Rattlers team that is just 1-5 on the year. 1 (Sun) at Florida A&M 11 a.m. 6 (Fri) Northern Kentucky 3 p.m. • The Flyers will roll out with Hunter Wolfe, Ben Olson, and Cole Pletka on the 7 (Sat) Northern Kentucky 1 p.m. 8 (Sun) Northern Kentucky 1 p.m. mound. The trio is a combined 2-1 on the year and owns an earned run aver- 10 (Tue) at Morehead State 3 p.m. 13 (Fri) at Ball State 3 p.m. age of 3.77, which is half a run lower than the pitching staff as a whole (4.27). 14 (Sat) Ball State (DH) 12 p.m. • There will be live stats available for all three contests in Tallahassee. 15 (Sun) at Ball State 1 p.m. 17 (Tue) vs. Illinois $ 4 p.m. 18 (Wed) at Eastern Michigan 3 p.m. Scouting the Rattlers 20 (Fri) at George Mason * 3 p.m. 21 (Sat) at George Mason * 2 p.m. • Florida A&M enters this matchup with a 1-5 record, dropping five straight 22 (Sun) at George Mason * 1 p.m. 24 (Tue) at Bowling Green 3:05 p.m. contests since an opening day victory over South Florida. The Rattlers 25 (Wed) Eastern Kentucky 3 p.m. dropped two against Mercer before Eastern Illinois took all three games in 27 (Fri) Davidson * 3 p.m. 28 (Sat) Davidson * 1 p.m. Tallahassee. 29 (Sun) Davidson * 12 p.m. 31 (Tue) at Butler 4 p.m. • This is the second of four programs that made the 2019 NCAA Baseball Championship field after the Flyers split with UNCW during opening weekend. APRIL 1 (Wed) Purdue Fort Wayne 3 p.m. The Rattlers won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship and fell 3 (Fri) at Rhode Island * 3 p.m. 4 (Sat) at Rhode Island * 1 p.m. to Georgia Tech and Coastal Carolina in the Atlanta Regional. 5 (Sun) at Rhode Island * 11 a.m. 7 (Tue) Xavier 3 p.m. • Jared Weber has paced Florida A&M this season, leading the team with a .360 8 (Wed) at Toledo 3 p.m. batting average through six games. He along with two other position players 10 (Fri) Saint Louis * 3 p.m. 11 (Sat) Saint Louis * 1 p.m. (Tucker Rayburn and Octavien Moyer) were selected to the 2020 Preseason 12 (Sun) Saint Louis * 12 p.m. 14 (Tue) at Eastern Kentucky 6 p.m. All-MEAC First Team. 15 (Wed) at Ohio State 6:35 p.m. • Kyle Coleman is set to start Friday for Florida A&M and was selected as the 17 (Fri) St. Bonaventure * 3 p.m 18 (Sat) St. Bonaventure * 1 p.m. lone representative of the Rattlers pitching staff for the Preseason All-Meac 19 (Sun) St. Bonaventure * 12 p.m 21 (Tue) at Xavier 3 p.m. First Team. Out of the bullpen, Chandellor Benton, Morgan Mendez, and 22 (Wed) Toledo 3 p.m. Jeremiah McCollum have been steady forces, allowing just three runs total in 24 (Fri) at Saint Joseph’s * 3 p.m. 25 (Sat) at Saint Joseph’s * 2 p.m. 13.1 innings. 26 (Sun) at Saint Joseph’s * 11 a.m. 28 (Tue) Bowling Green 3 p.m. • The Rattlers were picked to finish second in the MEAC, receiving three first- place votes in the process after finishing 22-25 overall in 2019. MAY 1 (Fri) VCU * 3 p.m. 2 (Sat) VCU * 1 p.m. Memphis Blues 3 (Sun) VCU * 12 p.m. 8 (Fri) at Massachusetts * 3 p.m. • Dayton left Memphis 0-3 after a tough weekend against the Tigers. 9 (Sat) at Massachusetts * 1 p.m. 10 (Sun) at Massachusetts * 11 a.m. • The Flyers were outscored 19-6 over three games, the final of which ended 12 (Tue) at Purdue Fort Wayne 3 p.m. after seven innings due to rain. 20-23 Atlantic 10 Championships TBD • Hunter Wolfe and Ben Olson each got Dayton off to a good start during the first Hosted by VCU two contests. The two allowed just two hits and one unearned runs combined over 11 innings on the mound. & Seahawk Classic (Brooks Field @ UNC Wilmington) • The Flyers also tallied just one extra base hit in three games, a Marcos Pujols $ at Prasco Park (Mason, Ohio) home run in the final game of the series. * Atlantic 10 Conference Match • On the bases the Flyers did have success, stealing four bases without being Home Games in BOLD Times are ET and Subject to Change caught stealing once. Atlantic 10 Championships: 2012 A-10 Tournament Appearances: 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2019 < GAME NOTES CONTINUED Between the Foul Lines FLYER QUICK FACTS Team Record Avg. HR SB ERA SO BA/A Location:..................................Dayton, Ohio Dayton 3-4 .262 3 10 4.27 70 .215 Field: ....Woerner Field at DP&L Stadium Florida A&M 1-5 .196 2 3 3.50 42 .285 Conference:.................................Atlantic 10 Colors:......................................Red and Blue All-Time Series Head Coach:............................Jayson King vs. Florida A&M Alma Mater:...........Framington State ‘93 Career Record:................728-395-4 (23) Dayton:0 Florida A&M:0 Record at UD:.......................53-57-2 (3rd) Last Matchup: 2019 Record:....................................32-26-1 This is the first matchup 2019 A-10 Record:.................................16-8 between the two schools Website:...................................DaytonFlyers.com UD STATISTICAL LEADERS Lone Wolfe Batting Average:.......Mariano Ricciardi (.400) • Senior pitcher Hunter Wolfe earned recognition after his dominant Hits: ........................................... Mariano Ricciardi (8) performance on Opening Day against Bryant. The lefty went 7 innings giving Home Runs:....................................Nolan Watson/ up just one run on two hits and striking out 14, including the first 8 hitters he Alex Brickman/Marcos Pujols (1) faced. Runs Batted In:.... ................................Riley Tirotta/ Benjamin Blackwell/Alex Brickman (6) • He was named the Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 17 for his efforts. It Stolen Bases:...............Benjamin Blackwell (5) marked the second time in his Dayton tenure he has earned the honor with the Wins:...............................................................Hunter Wolfe/ other coming last February. Cole Pletka/Dylan Keller (1) • Wolfe also earned national honors as Perfect Game’s Rawlings Sports Pitcher Strikeouts:..................................Hunter Wolfe (15) of the Week as well as being one of Collegiate Baseball’s National Players of ERA:............................................Hunter Wolfe (0.75) the Week. Saves: ...............................................Jared Howell (1) • Wolfe has allowed just three hits through 12 innings thus far and sits second in the Atlantic 10 with a .077 batting average against. Winning in Wilmington • The Flyers opened the season 3-1 after taking three out of four games against Bryant and UNCW in Wilmington, N.C. • Dayton outscored the two schools 32-16, outhitting them 42-25. On the mound, Flyer pitchers struck out 51 hitters and held opponents to hitting .207. • The team opened the weekend with a 9-2 victory over Bryant before falling FLYERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA 10-9 to UNCW to end play on Friday. Dayton came back to sweep the Bulldogs TWITTER - @DaytonBaseball on Saturday 5-3 and ended the weekend on a high note, avenging the loss to UNCW with a 9-2 victory on Sunday. FACEBOOK - Daytonbaseball • Mariano Ricciardi led the way picking up eight hits and posting a .471 average INSTAGRAM -Daytonflyersbaseball in the first four games while Alex Brickman and Nolan Watson each homered. - YouTube.com/ • Five pitchers did not allow a run for the Flyers in the first weekend, led by YOUTUBE Justin Longbrake, who struck out six hitters over 3.1 hittless innings.. GoUofDFlyers 2019 in Review • In head coach Jayson King’s second year in Dayton the Flyers greatly improved over the year prior. The team finished with 11 more wins overall than they did in 2018 and won six more conference games. • This led to them qualifying for its first A-10 Championship since 2014, where ATLANTIC 10 PRESEASON POLL they took the first two games over Rhode Island and Davidson before falling to Team Points 2019 Record Fordham.