2012 Atlantic 10 Baseball Tournament: Dayton Crowned Champion

The Dayton Flyers are your 2012 Atlantic 10 Baseball champions, after defeating the Richmond Spiders on Saturday. The Flyers won by a final score of 3-0, led by 6.1 innings of shutout ball from Parker Schrage, followed by 2.2 shutout innings from Burney Mitchem.

Flyers third baseman, Robby Sunderman had a nice game at the plate, going two for three with a double, run scored and stolen base. Brian Blasik and Bobby Glover recorded the game's only runs batted in.

For the Spiders, Alex Maffett was the losing pitcher. He went 6.2 innings, faced 27 batters – three of which he put on base via a hit by pitch – and allowed a total of nine baserunners. Jacob Mayers led the Spiders in hits with two.

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2012 Atlantic 10 Baseball Tournament: Richmond Shocks St. Louis, Dayton Wins In 13 Innings Over Saint Joseph's

The 2012 Atlantic 10 Baseball Tournament featured plenty of drama on Thursday, starting with the early game between the top-seeded St. Louis Billikens and the No. 5 Richmond Spiders. Intermittent downpours in New York City delayed the schedule noon start of the game to 3:56 p.m. ET at Houlihan Park. The Spiders came out fired up anyway, upsetting the Billikens, 6-0, on the afternoon. Zak Sterling pitched complete game shutout, allowing just four hits and striking out five.

The start time for the game between No. 2 Dayton Flyers and the No. 6 St. Joseph's Hawks was pushed back to 7:00 p.m. due to the earlier game finishing late. More rain pushed the start even further, all the way to approximately 9:40 p.m. After midnight there still wasn't a winner until Josh Jeffery finally ended the game in the 13th inning with a single down center to score Robby Sunderman and give the Flyers a 4-3 win. The Hawks led 3-2 in the bottom of the ninth, but reliever Steven Schuler gave up the game-tying run to send the game to extra innings.

Due to weather issues, the scheduled evening game between No. 3 Rhode Island and the lower-seeded loser of Thursday's earlier games (in this case, St. Joseph's) will be pushed back to Friday.

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2012 Atlantic 10 Baseball Tournament: Rain Delays Start Of Dayton Vs. St. Joseph's

The Northeast has been hit with on-and-off rain throughout the day Thursday. That rain has pushed back the start of Game 5 of the 2012 Atlantic 10 Baseball Tournament. As of 9:25 p.m. ET, the scheduled evening game between the No. 2 Dayton Flyers and No. 6 St. Joseph's Hawks has yet to begin.

Guess what? Rain delay at A-10 Champs at Houlihan Park. Rain cell moving through, hoping to start UD-SJU as soon as that cell is clear.

— Atlantic10Conference (@atlantic10) May 24, 2012

The game's start time was originally pushed back from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. after rain suspended the start of the matchup between No. 5 Richmond and No. 1 Saint Louis until 4:00 p.m. Unfortunately, the rain has yet to let up long enough to get anything going.

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Atlantic 10 Baseball Tournament 2012: Top Seeds Start Play On Thursday

The 2012 Atlantic 10 baseball tournament continues on Thursday. Joining the action for the second day of games is top seed Saint Louis University and No. 2 Dayton. Those two teams will square off against Wednesday's winners.

The Billikens start the day with a game against No. 5 Richmond. The Spiders smashed a trio of home runs to beat Massachusetts, the fourth seed, on Wednesday. Dayton takes on Saint Joseph's, the sixth seed, who upset No. 3 Rhode Island with a complete game shutout by Alex Pracher.

Rhode Island then beat Massachusetts in the elimination game on Wednesday. They will face the lower seed of the two teams that lose in the earlier games on Thursday.

The schedule for Thursday's games is as follows:

Noon: No. 1 Saint Louis Vs. No. 5 Richmond

3:30 p.m.: No. 2 Dayton Vs. No. 6 Saint Joseph's

7:00 p.m.: No. 3 Rhode Island Vs. Lower Seed of Games 4 & 5 Losers

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2012 Atlantic 10 Baseball Tournament: Richmond, Saint Joseph's And Rhode Island Advance

The 2012 Atlantic 10 baseball tournament kicked off on Wednesday, featuring an upset in the second game of the day. Saint Joseph's, the sixth seed, beat No. 3 Rhode Island in the second game of the day. Rhode Island then beat Massachusetts with a late inning rally in the elimination game to keep their tournament hopes alive.

No. 5 Richmond beat No. 4 Massachusetts in the first game of the day by a score of 9-5. Designated hitter Jacob Mayers hit a three-run shot in the first to give the Spiders and early lead. Mayers finished the game with four RBI on three hits.

In the second game of the day, Hawks pitched Alex Pracher pitched a complete game shutout in the 3-0 win. He struck out five and walked four while allowing just five hits. This was the first ever Atlantic 10 baseball tournament appearance for Saint Joseph's.

In the elimination game, Rhode Island scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth when Dan Haverstick belted a two-run homer to give them a 6-5 lead over UMass.

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Atlantic 10 Baseball Tournament 2012: Two Games Kick Off The Action On Wednesday

The 2012 Atlantic 10 Baseball Tournament gets underway Wednesday at Houlihan Park in New York City.

After a whole season of battling it out in the A-10, the campaign has come down to the final six teams vying for a conference championship.

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The top two seeds, St. Louis and Dayton respectively, have a first round bye. Meanwhile, third-seeded Rhode Island will take on the sixth seeded St. Joe's Hawks. On the other side of the tourney, it'll be the No. 4 Massachusetts Minutemen against the No. 5 Richmond Spiders.

The Billikens earned top billing in the tournament by sporting a 36-15 record including 16-7 in conference play. The Flyers of Dayton have been absolutely dominant throughout the year, going 25-7 (14-7 in the A-10) on their way to a bye.

UMass and Richmond will kick off the action at 12:00 p.m. ET with St. Joe's and Rhode Island coming soon after at 3:30 p.m. ET.

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Atlantic 10 Baseball Tournament 2012: Tournament Preview, Schedule, TV Times, And More

Top seeds Saint Louis and Dayton will be looking to take home the A-10 baseball tournament championship title after tying for first during the regular season. The double-elimination tournament runs from May 23-May 26.