Box Score

RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky University's baseball team led 2-0 and 3-2, but couldn't hold off Dayton as the Flyers came from behind for a 7-6 victory in a midweek game on Tuesday at Earle Combs Stadium.
 
EKU scored a pair in the bottom of the first to take a 2-0 lead.  Nazir Mendez brought home the first with a ground ball to first base.  Silas Shaffer drove in the second with a single to center.
 
After the Flyers tied it 2-2 in the top of the fourth, Greg Caban drove in a run on a ground ball to second in the bottom of the inning to put the Colonels back in front, 3-2.
 
Four straight 2-out singles brought in three runs in the top of the fifth for Dayton.  Adin Zorn broke a 3-3 tie with a single through the left side.  Mason Dobie made it 5-3 with a single up the middle.
 
An RBI single from Ryan MacDougall in the sixth, and an error on the same play that allowed a second run to score, put the visitors ahead 7-4.
 
The Colonels loaded the bases with no outs in the eighth, but scored only two runs on sacrifice flies from Caban and Mauri Bejarano.
 
Nunnally had a 2-for-5 game with two runs scored for the Colonels (7-34).  Caban went 1-for-3 with two RBIs.
 
MacDougall finished 3-for-4 with a walk, two runs and an RBI for the Flyers (22-21).  Zorn was 3-for-5 with two driven in.
 
EKU will take to the road for a 3-game conference series at Lipscomb starting Friday at 7 p.m. ET.