Baseball Recap: Dayton Victorious

Dayton let Elizabeth stack four runs on them in the fourth inning on Thursday but luckily Dayton prevailed anyway. The Bulldogs skirted past the Minutemen 8-7. This was a revenge game for the Bulldogs: when they faced off against the Minutemen back in April, they had to take a 2-1 defeat.

Patrick Ferguson

Hits (Career)

05/01/25 vs Elizabeth	4
05/02/24 vs Oratory Prep	3
04/29/25 vs Johnson	2
04/22/25 @ Union Catholic	2
05/20/24 @ Brearley	2

Patrick Ferguson was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He tossed four innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits. He also tossed a walk, which is notable because Dayton is 2-1 when he allows at most one walk, but 3-7 otherwise. Ferguson was also stellar in the batter's box, going a perfect 4-for-4 with two runs, one double, and one RBI. Those four hits gave him a new career-high.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Nate Goldman, who went 3-for-4 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in April. The team also got some help courtesy of Frank Dasti, who went 1-for-3 with two runs, one double, and one RBI.

Dayton has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.0 runs over those games. As for Elizabeth, their loss dropped their record down to 13-4.

We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Dayton is set to take on their familiar foe Brearley at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Meanwhile, Elizabeth will challenge rival Oratory Prep at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Minutemen 3.1, the Rams 4) so any runs scored will be well earned.