RedHawks Best Flyers 14-4 in Seven Innings

Tuesday, March 24

Dayton, Ohio

3 p.m.

Miami University

15-8

Dayton

14-10

Miami (Ohio)

Dayton

RedHawks Best Flyers 14-4 in Seven Innings

3/24/2026 6:41:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

DAYTON, Ohio – The RedHawks snapped a three-game losing streak Tuesday in dominant fashion, taking down Dayton 14-4 via the run rule in seven innings. Tommy Harrison and Diego Cruz continued to add to their dominant slugging stats, putting up three hits each. Miami improves to 15-8 on the season with the win while Dayton falls to 14-10 with the loss.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Marcus Dierks led off for Miami with an infield single in the first and advanced as Ryan Novak walked on a 15-pitch at bat. Each runner advanced on a fly ball and Dierks scored Miami's first run of the day on a wild pitch.
The Flyers answered with two runs in the bottom of the first, scoring on three singles.
Novak added three RBIs in the second inning, clearing the bases with a single to score Ignacio Gonzalez, Cruz and Dierks.
Miami let up a solo homer in the bottom of the third, allowing Dayton to pull within one run at 4-3.
Harrison added an insurance run in the fifth, extending the lead to 5-3 with a double to right field. Evan Appelwick, who had singled, came home to score the run.
The RedHawks extended their lead to 7-3 in the sixth. Dominic Krupinski walked and Hayden Christiansen and Cruz put up back-to-back singles, loading the bases. A fielder's choice and a wild pitch brought in one run apiece.
Miami blew the game open with seven runs in the seventh inning, taking a commanding 14-3 lead. Harrison, Carson Raether, and Gonzalez each came aboard, loading the bases with no outs, and an error scored one run. Mason Breidenbach then hit a bases-clearing triple to right-center. A single by Cruz, another error by Dayton, and a single by Harrison scored the final three RedHawk runs of the inning.
Dayton put two runners on in the bottom of the ninth and scored one run on a single, but Miami caught another runner in a rundown to end the inning. This enacted the run rule to secure a 14-4 win for Miami.

MIAMI GAME NOTES:

Harrison went 3-for-4 with a run and two RBIs.
Breidenbach went 1-for-1 with a run, three RBIs, and a triple.
Cruz went 3-for-4 with three runs.
Troy Benko pitched 3.1 innings, holding the Flyers hitless and runless with two strikeouts.

UP NEXT:
Miami continues their road stretch with a three-game series against Kent State this weekend. Game one is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Friday, March 27.

Miami Drops 6-4 Game Three to NIU

Sunday, March 22

Miami Loses Game Two Versus Huskies 5-1

Saturday, March 21

RedHawks Fall to Huskies in Extras After Walk-Off Slam

Friday, March 20

RedHawks Down Flyers 13-7

Wednesday, March 18

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Kent State

Mar 27 (Fri)

3 p.m.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Geiser, Jack (1-1)

L: Peyton Malecha (0-1)

Miami (Ohio)

Batting:

2B: Harrison, Tommy 1

3B: Breidenbach, Mason 1

RBI: Dierks, Marcus 1 ; Novak, Ryan 1 ; Harrison, Tommy 2 ; Breidenbach, Mason 3

Base Running:

RUNS: Dierks, Marcus 3 ; Appelwick, Evan 1 ; Harrison, Tommy 1 ; Raether, Carson 1 ; Gonzalez, Ignacio 1 ; Krupinski, Dominic 2 ; Christiansen, Hayden 1 ; Breidenbach, Mason 1 ; Cruz, Diego 3