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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – On Friday afternoon, the Wofford baseball team was defeated 5-4 in ten innings by Dayton at Russell C. King Field. The Terriers had a 4-3 lead after six inning, but the Flyers scored once in the eighth to tie the game and plated the winning run in the tenth inning.

Wofford is now 4-5, while Dayton is 3-3-1. The Terriers were led by Josh Hyman with three hits and Brandon Yarusi with eight strikeouts. The Flyers had three hits from A.J. Ryan. Each team committed four errors in the contest.

Both teams were retired in order in the first inning. In the top of the second, Mark Podlas hit a triple off the wall in right center and scored on a throwing error for a 1-0 lead. Each team left one runner on base in the third inning.

After Dayton left one runner on base in the top of the fifth inning, Wofford led off the bottom of the fifth with a single by Matthew Ramsay. He stole second and moved to third on a single by Luke Feisal. Ramsay scored to tie the game on a ground out.

Dayton regained the lead in the top of the sixth when Robby Sunderman reached on an error that scored a run and an RBI single from Jared Broughton made it a 3-1 contest. The Terriers responded in the bottom of the sixth when Matthew Kaskow and Josh Hyman singled. Seth Neely reached on an error to score one run and a single by Matthew Ramsay drove in Hyman. A sacrifice fly by Luke Feisal scored Neely to give Wofford a 4-3 lead.

In the top of the eighth, Dayton tied the game at four when a single by A.J. Ryan drove in a run. Wofford left two runners on base in the bottom of the eighth and the bottom of the ninth, sending the contest to extra innings. The Flyers had runners at second and third when a pinch hit ground out by Ryan Berry scored a run for a 5-4 lead. Wofford was able to get the tying run to third base in the bottom of the tenth before a strikeout ended the game.

Wofford starter Brandon Yarusi worked six innings and allowed three runs on seven hits with eight strikeouts. Matthew Milburn went an inning and gave up one run on one hit with a strikeout. J.D. Osborne threw two-thirds of an inning with one hit allowed. Eric Eck (0-1) went the final 2.1 innings and gave up one run on two hits with two strikeouts.

Dayton starter Parker Schrage went six innings with four runs scored on seven hits with six strikeouts. Denton Sagerman (2-0) threw three innings and did not allow a run on three hits with one strikeout. Nick Weybright earned his first save of the season by striking out three in the tenth inning.

The Terriers host Marshall on Saturday for a doubleheader at 2:00 p.m. before wrapping up the weekend with another contest against Dayton at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday.