GAME DETAILS
Saint Louis 5
Dayton 6
Saturday, April 22 | St. Louis, Mo. (Billiken Sports Center)

OVERVIEW
Carter Hanford went 2-for-3 and drove in three runs, but Dayton used a four-run fourth inning to defeat the Billikens 6-5 Saturday in an Atlantic 10 Conference matchup at the Billiken Sports Center.

SLU (22-14, 6-6 A-10) and Dayton (12-26, 2-9) will play the rubber game of the three-game set tomorrow in a 1 p.m. first pitch, an hour later than originally scheduled.

PITCHER DECISIONS
WP – Austin Cline (3-5) 7.0 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
LP – Jackson Wark (4-4) 3.0 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Save – Tyler Henry (3) 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

SLU SCORING SUMMARY
B3 – King scored on a passed ball.

B6 – Hanford homered to right field, two RBIs. (Garella)

B8 – Hanford doubled to right center, scoring Mahoney.

NOTABLE
- Hanford's three RBIs were a career high.
- Nick Reeser, Jake Garella, Alex King and Hanford all registered two hits apiece.
- Garella, SLU's leading hitter with a .338 average, has hit safely in each of the last nine games.
- With two hits today, King is now 4-for-7 with a pair of runs scored in the series against the Flyers.
- Brett Shimanovsky pitched an effective five innings of relief, allowing one run (unearned) while scattering three hits. He struck out six and didn't allow a walk.
- In the fourth inning, James Morisano appeared to hit his eighth home run of the year. However, Dayton challenged that Morisano did not touch home plate, and the umpire subsequently called him out on the play.
- In the bottom of the ninth with two outs, Devin Mahoney nearly walked it off with a two-run homer down the right field line, but the ball was just foul.

UP NEXT
The third and final game of the series is slated for tomorrow (Sunday) at 1 p.m. That is one hour later than the original noon start time.