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DAYTON, Ohio – Eastern Kentucky takes to the road to face Dayton on Wednesday.
 
The game time has changed to 4 p.m.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
-  Eastern Kentucky is 14-8-1 all-time against Dayton.
 
-  The two teams met earlier this season in Richmond with the Colonels winning 11-3.  Charlie Ludwick hit a 2-run home run and finished 2-for-5 with three runs and a pair of RBIs.  Niko Leontarakis started and earned the win, allowing one run on five hits in six innings of work.  He walked one and struck out six.
 
THE COLONELS
-  EKU is 21-8 overall and 8-1 in the ASUN Conference.  The Colonels are riding an eight-game winning streak, including a weekend sweep of Jacksonville State.

-  Eastern Kentucky has matched its total number of wins from all of last season.  The Colonels have nine road wins so far this season.  They had five all of last year.
 
-  Kendal Ewell leads the team and is third in the ASUN with a .394 batting average.  He is eighth in the league in RBIs (28) and ninth in runs (27).
 
-  Will Brian leads the country with 11 saves this season.  He is 1-0 with a 1.02 ERA and 24 strikeouts in 17 and two thirds innings.
 
-  EKU leads the ASUN Conference in fielding percentage (.980) and has the 16th-best fielding percentage in Division I baseball.
 
-  Freshman left-hander Isaac Milburn will start on the mound for the Colonels.  He is 1-1 this season with a 5.32 ERA over 22 innings.  Last week against Kentucky, Milburn allowed three runs on four hits, walked four and struck out three.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
-  Dayton is 11-13 and 1-2 in the Atlantic 10 Conference.  The Flyers went on the road and beat Northern Kentucky, 16-3, on Tuesday.
 
-  Jose Martinez was 2-for-4 with a walk, a 3-run home run, two runs and four RBIs against NKU.  Jay Curtis had three hits, scored twice and drove in two.

-  Center fielder Jose Martinez was 2-for-4 with a walk, a 3-run home run, two runs and four RBIs against NKU.  Catcher Jay Curtis had three hits, scored twice and drove in two.
 
-  Curtis leads the team with a .319 average.  First baseman Marcos Pujols has a team-high six home runs and 20 RBIs.
 
-  The Flyers have committed 54 errors this season, 33 more than their opponents.
 
-  Eli Majick has been strong out of the bullpen for Dayton.  He has made 12 relief appearances and is 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA.  In 12 and two-thirds innings he has struck out 12 batters and walked five.
 
-  Left-hander Cody Whitten will start for Dayton.  He is 1-0 this year with a 7.71 ERA over six relief outings.  He has walked 10 in nine and one-third innings of work.  In his last outing, Whitten gave up four runs on two hits and three walks, in one and two-thirds innings at Tulane on March 25.