DAYTON, Ohio (Interstat) — The Dayton Flyers staged a monumental comeback, erasing an early nine-run deficit to blast the Fordham Rams 17-9 in Atlantic 10 baseball Saturday at Woerner Field.

Fordham built a commanding 9-0 lead by the third inning. Dayton’s offense exploded in response, scoring in five consecutive frames. The Flyers took the lead for good with a seven-run seventh inning, highlighted by Colin Lynch’s three-run homer.

Jason Bello led Dayton, hitting two home runs and driving in three runs. Dyrenson Wouters added a homer and four RBIs. Tommy McAndrews had three hits, including a homer, for Fordham.

The victory improved Dayton to 17-12 overall. Fordham fell to 13-16.