MWL1 Dayton Dragons

Dragons Take Ninth Win in Last 10 Games

Published on July 10, 2011 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Dayton, Ohio-David Vidal drilled a two-run home run to left field as the Dayton Dragons came from behind to defeat the South Bend Silver Hawks 6-2 on Sunday afternoon. A crowd of 8,360 saw the Dragons win for the ninth time in the last 10 games and improve their second half record to 13-4.

The Dragons took the lead in the bottom of the fourth inning when Yorman Rodriguez reached on an infield single, stole second, and scored on Vidal's single to left to make it 1-0.

South Bend battled back to get the lead in the fifth. Roberto Ortiz was hit by a pitch with one out and Jhoan Pimentel followed with a single. With two outs, Ender Inciarte doubled off the glove of Dayton left fielder Jaren Matthews to bring in both runners as South Bend jumped ahead 2-1.

In the Dayton sixth, Donald Lutz reached on an error with one out and Vidal followed by blasting a 3-2 pitch into the seats beyond the left field fence, his 10th homer of the year. Vidal's homer gave Dayton a 3-2 lead.

In the eighth, Dayton added three big insurance runs. With the bases loaded and two outs, Jefry Sierra lined a two-run single to right to make it 5-2. Another run scored on an error as Dayton took a 6-2 lead to the ninth.

Blaine Howell, the fourth Dayton pitcher of the game, tossed a 1-2-3 ninth inning to close out a perfect day for the Dragons relief corps. Howell, Luca Panerati, and Daniel Wolford combined to retire all nine batters they faced with six strikeouts.

Dayton starting pitcher Kyle Lotzkar (1-1) fired six strong innings, allowing just three hits and two runs with two walks and five strikeouts to earn the win.

The Dragons picked up 12 hits. Billy Hamilton was 3 for 5 with two stolen bases to lead the way. Hamilton now has 64 steals on the year. Vidal was 2 for 3 with three runs batted in. Rodriguez also had two hits.

The Dragons (13-4, 48-39) host the Silver Hawks (5-12, 39-47) on Monday at 7:00 p.m. in the last game of a three-game series. Josh Smith (8-3, 2.21) will start for Dayton.

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