DAYTON, Ohio (Interstat) — Mason Morris threw five innings and Kien Vu drove in three runs, helping the Dayton Dragons beat the West Michigan Whitecaps 8-1 on Friday at Day Air Ballpark.

Dayton jumped ahead in the first inning when Vu hit a two-run homer that scored Ty Doucette. West Michigan cut the lead in the third on Nolan McCarthy’s sacrifice fly. Vu struck again in the sixth with a sacrifice fly, scoring Justin Lebron, to make it 3-1. Dayton then broke open the game in the seventh. Tyson Lewis singled in one run, Kyle Henley singled in two and John Michael Faile doubled in two, with an outfield error contributing to the five-run burst.

Morris (6-6) allowed one earned run on one hit and struck out five in five innings. Victor Diaz and Jose Montero each pitched two hitless innings in relief. Maddox Long (2-1) allowed two earned runs and struck out six over six innings to take the loss. Dayton had seven hits, West Michigan one. Attendance was 7,811, and the game lasted 2:28. The Dragons improved to 67-62; the Whitecaps fell to 59-70.