The Background Story...Dayton Flyer pitcher Masashi Sakamota watches the ball fly out of the park as UK's Tristan Pompey receives congratulations in the background. The Wildcats went deep eight times in Sunday's win in Spartanburg. Read more from Hal McCoy in today's feature.
Not Such Hospitable Hosts...USC-Upstate's Pat Raiff scores in the bottom of the eight inning to rain on UD's admirable comeback bid on Saturday. Read more in today's latest Press Pros feature from Hal McCoy.
The Flyers didn't play as well as they had hoped,but they played well enough to feel good about a year's improvement within the program. All in all, it wasn't a bad opening day.
An eight-hour bus ride, ear-splitting movies on the bus, and they ran out of eggs for breakfast. But no one on this trip would trade college baseball for anything. Read about the Flyers' opener on Press Pros.