2014 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON BASEBALL Week 4 (Dayton-Wright State Classic) 2014 SCHEDULE THE MATCHUPS (2014 stats) SPARTANBURG CLASSIC UD WSU BU 2/15 at Wofford W, 14-5 Record 3-6 3-8 7-2 2/16 vs. South Carolina-Upstate L, 13-2 Conf. 0-0 0-0 0-0 2/17 vs. Ball State W, 4-3 Tony Greg Elvis Head Coach MULE MIX CLASSIC Vittorio Lovelady Dominguez 2/21 at Middle Tennessee State L, 8-6 Record at school 387-401-1 3-8 110-156-1 2/22 at Lipscomb L, 12-3 WEEK FOUR Season at school 15th 1st 9th 2/23 at Belmont W, 4-1 Location . Fairborn, Ohio Average .229 .202 .319 2/25 BOWLING GREEN POSTPONED Game 1 at Wright State . Friday, March 7, 4 p.m. ET Runs/game 4.9 2.6 9.2 2/26 at Kentucky POSTPONED Venue. Nischwitz Stadium Hits/game 7.4 6.6 12.2 Live Stats. wsuraiders.com Doubles 17 17 25 AUSTIN PEAY CLASSIC Triples 0 1 2 2/28 at Austin Peay State L, 8-5 Game 2 vs. Bradley . Saturday, March 8, 1 p.m. ET HRs 2 0 5 3/1 vs Xavier L, 16-1 Venue. Nischwitz Stadium RBI 41 24 79 3/2 vs Bradley L, 11-5 Live Stats. daytonflyers.com BB/K 27/78 32/61 50/52 DAYTON/WRIGHT STATE CLASSIC Game 3 & 4 vs. Bradley, at Wright State . .Sunday, 12 p.m. & 3 p.m. Stolen Bases 13 3 28 3/7 at Wright State 6 pm Venue. Nischwitz Stadium IP 76.0 92.0 83.0 3/8 BRADLEY 11 am Live Stats. daytonflyers.com ERA 7.93 4.50 4.01 3/9 BRADLEY 11 am Facebook. facebook.com/daytonbaseball Runs allowed/g 8.6 4.9 4.9 WRIGHT STATE 3 pm Twitter . twitter.com/UDBaseball Hits allowed/g 13.2 8.1 8.2 BB/K 33/47 48/55 29/78 3/11 CINCINNATI 3 pm WEEKEND PREVIEW Fielding % .971 .957 .969 FLYER CLASSIC Errors 10 18 11 3/14 at Miami (OH) 6 pm • The University of Dayton baseball team will co-host the Dayton-Wright Double Plays 11 6 4 3/15 CANISIUS 11 am State Classic this weekend, but will play all of its games at Nischwitz 3/16 CANISIUS 11 am Stadium due to field conditions are Woerner Field. The Flyers will open up PROBABLE UD STARTERS MIAMI (OH) 3 pm the weekend with Wright State at 4 p.m. on Friday followed by a meeting IN THE FIELD (2014 stats) 3/18 at Ball State 3 pm with Bradley at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Dayton will meet both teams again on C Kuris Duggan ............................. .238, 0 HR, 5 RBI 3/19 TOLEDO 3 pm Sunday, taking on Bradley at 12 p.m. and Wright State at 3 p.m. 1B AJ Ryan .................................. .400, 0 HR, 3 RBI 3/21 RICHMOND* 3 pm • The Flyers return to Dayton for competition with a 3-6 record overall 2B Sergio Plasencia........................... .115, 0 HR, 2 RBI 3/22 RICHMOND* 1 pm and amidst a three-game losing streak. UD dropped all three games last SS Greg Rhude .............................. .167, 0 HR, 2 RBI 3/23 RICHMOND* 12 pm 3/26 BALDWIN WALLACE 3 pm weekend, including an 11-5 loss to Bradley on Sunday. Dayton is looking to 3B Robby Sunderman ........................ .214, 0 HR, 3 RBI get back on the right track with some familiar opponents this weekend. 3/28 at Fordham* 3:30 pm LF Ryan Berry ............................... .138, 0 HR, 2 RBI 3/29 at Fordham* 1 pm • Wright State is 3-8 overall and has yet to play a home game this year. The CF Alex Harris................................ .250, 0 HR, 4 RBI 3/30 at Fordham* 12 pm Raiders will open their home campaign with Bradley on Friday afternoon RF Zach Schira ............................... .286, 0 HR, 4 RBI 4/4 at UMass* 3 pm before hosting Dayton in the early evening. WSU is coming off a tough DH Aaron Huesman . .417, 2 HR, 13 RBI 4/5 at UMass * 1 pm series against No. 4 Oregon State where they went 1-3, but managed a 6-2 4/6 at UMass * 12 pm win over the fourth-ranked Beavers. Head coach Greg Lovelady is in his first PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS 4/9 at Ohio State 6:30 pm year with the Raiders. 4/11 RHODE ISLAND* 3 pm Dayton Class R/L W-L ERA G/GS K • Bradley is 7-2 this season after taking two of three this past weekend at 4/12 RHODE ISLAND* 1 pm Noah Buettgen Jr. R 1-2 7.63 3/3 13 the Austin Peay Classic. The lone losses for the Braves were to Arkansas- 4/13 RHODE ISLAND* 12 pm Joe Wahl Sr. R 0-3 13.09 3/3 8 4/15 OHIO 4 pm Little Rock and Austin Peay. Head coach Elvis Dominguez is in his ninth year Charlie Dant So. R 2-1 3.74 3/3 13 4/17 at Saint Joseph’s* 3 pm at Bradley and has his team off to a strong start in 2014. The Braves will 4/18 at Saint Joseph’s* 3 pm meet Wright State on Friday to open the weekend before taking on Dayton Wright State Class R/L W-L ERA G/GS K 4/19 at Saint Joseph’s* 1 pm on Saturday. Joey Hoelzel Sr. R 1-2 3.60 3/3 9 4/22 at Miami (OH) 6 pm 4/23 at Toledo 3 pm TBA 4/25 ST. BONAVENTURE* 3 pm WHO TO WATCH - DAYTON 4/26 ST. BONAVENTURE* 1 pm • The Dayton offense is batting .229 with a slugging percentage of .308 and Bradley Class R/L W-L ERA G/GS K 4/27 ST. BONAVENTURE* 12 pm an on-base percentage of .323. UD has 13 steals and 19 extra-base hits. Stephen Toma Jr. R 1-1 5.87 3/3 10 5/2 at Saint Louis* 6 pm • The Flyers are led by Aaron Huesman, who is batting .417 with two home Elliot Ashbeck So. R 1-0 6.75 2/1 3 5/3 at Saint Louis* 1 pm runs and 13 RBI. Zach Schira and Robby Sunderman both have four steals 5/4 at Saint Louis* 12 pm on the year while Kuris Duggan has added five RBI. 5/7 at Wright State 6:30 pm 5/9 LA SALLE* 3 pm • The UD pitching staff has a team ERA of 7.93 through nine games, to go 5/10 LA SALLE* 1 pm with 47 strikeouts. 5/11 LA SALLE* 12 pm • Getting the starts for the Flyers this weekend are Noah Buettgen (1-2, 5/13 at Akron 4 pm 7.63 ERA), Joe Wahl (0-3, 13.09 ERA), and Charlie Dant (2-1, 3.74 ERA). The ATHLETICS COMMUNICATION 5/15 GEORGE MASON* 3 pm fourth starter has yet to be determined. Baseball Contact.............................. Ross Bagienski 5/16 GEORGE MASON* 1 pm Email [email protected] 5/17 GEORGE MASON* 12 pm • In the Atlantic 10 this season, Dayton ranks seventh offensively and 11th Office . .937-229-4431 pitching-wise. The Flyers do boast the fifth-best defense in the league 5/21 A-10 Championships# TBA Cell..........................................937-269-3830 * - Atlantic 10 Conference game though with a .971 fielding percentage. Huesman is second in the A10 in Website . .DaytonFlyers.com All times Eastern, unless noted otherwise. RBI and leads the league in total bases. 2014 DAYTON BASEBALL WEEK 4 3-6, 0-0 Atlantic 10 QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY Location: ......................................Dayton, Ohio TONY VITTORIO Founded: ............................................1850 HEAD COACH /// 15th SEASON Nickname: .......................................... Flyers Enrollment:...........................................8,000 Colors: ..........................................Red & Blue 2009 A-10 COACH OF THE YEAR President: ................................Dr. Daniel J. Curran Athletics Director: .............................Tim Wabler ‘74 Athletics Department Phone: ...................937-269-5665 Under head coach Tony Vittorio’s leadership, University Vittorio surpassed the 500 career win mark during a historic Ticket Office Phone: ...........................937-269-2255 of Dayton baseball has elevated into a program which 2009 campaign in which the team also broke a number Website: . DaytonFlyers.com consistently competes for conference titles and fields of long-standing UD records including wins (38), batting players whom represent Flyer baseball at the professional average (.332), hits (665), runs scored (448) and home runs COACHING STAFF level. (77). His 500th career victory came on April 24, 2009 in a Head Coach: ....................................Tony Vittorio 5-3 come-from-behind win at Fordham. Career Record/Years: ........................611-599-1 / 21 Since arriving in 2000, Vittorio oversaw the construction of School Record/Years: ........................387-401-1 / 14 the new Time Warner Cable Stadium, won the program’s Despite the apparent evidence of recent success, Vittorio Assistant Coach: ................................Matt Talarico first conference title, coached eight MLB Draft picks – would give many reasons why those numbers represent a Assistant Coach: ............................. James Roberson including two major-league-level pitchers – and made starting point rather than a destination for a program that Baseball Office Phone: .........................937-229-4633 seven conference postseason appearances. Vittorio was had only one winning season in the decade prior to his named Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year in 2009 after guiding arrival. STADIUM Dayton to the Atlantic 10 regular season title with a Woerner Field at Time Warner Cable Stadium program-high 38 wins. “The goal of our program is to maintain a championship- Capacity: .............................................2,000 level of competition,” Vittorio said. “Our expectations are to Field Dimensions: ......................330-375-400-375-330 Dayton is looking to get back to the Atlantic 10 Tournament win championships and play in NCAA Regionals.” Surface: .............................................Grass after missing out in 2013.