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DAYTON – On March 21, the Dayton-Waitsburg baseball team opened their season in the wind, rain and cold, with a 12-2 home win over non-league opponent Riverside.

DW started the first inning with a bang, with Jacob Dunn striking out two and catcher Kyle Gradwohl making a throw-out at second base, as the first three batters were retired for Riverside.

On the offensive side, DW scored early in the game, taking advantage of several Riverside errors, ending the first inning with six runs scored.

"Dunn and Gradwohl threw great for their first outing of the season," said Dayton Coach Shane Loper of their combined one-hitter. "Rodelo (Riverside left-hander) had good speed and breaking ball, and very good pick off move, but Dayton-Waitsburg put the ball in play quite a bit."

DW had aggressive base-running and advanced their runners quickly, scoring three in both the fourth and fifth innings, to end the game after five innings with the 10-run rule.

For DW, Chris Philbrook and Cade Branson had doubles, and Josh Hartwell had two singles. Ashton Loper, Junior Helm and Branson had two RBIs each.

"Overall, (I'm) very happy with our first outing of the year, considering it's a newly melded-together team, still very young age-wise (many freshman and sophomores). And we have only been able to practice on the dirt twice up to this point, due to weather forcing us to stay indoors," said Coach Loper.

Riverside – 0   2   0    0    0 – 2 runs  1 hit  6 errors

DW –  6    0    0    3    3 – 12 runs  7  hits   1 error

Win:    J. Dunn (5 Ks)

Lose:   Rodelo (1 K)

Save:   K. Gradwohl (4 Ks)

Hits:

Riverside: Ramirez (Double)

DW:   J. Hartwell (2) singles, C. Filbrook Double, J. Dunn Single, C. Branson Double, M. Conrad Single, N. Dougherty Single

RBIs: Calyillo (1), C. Philbrook (1), A. Loper (2), J. Dunn (1), J. Helms (2), J Dieu (1), B. Miller (1), C. Branson (2)