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Dragons Gameday for April 14

April 14, 2012 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Saturday, April 14, 2012 l Game # 9

Coveleski Stadium l South Bend, Ind. l 7:05 p.m.

Radio: WONE-AM 980

Dayton Dragons (3-5) at South Bend Silver Hawks (4-4)

RH Stalin Gerson (0-1, 8.31) vs. RH Jesse Darrah (1-0, 0.00)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the South Bend Silver Hawks (affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks) in the third game of a four-game series. The Dragons play three games at Fort Wayne following this series, then return to Dayton to meet Quad Cities.

Last Game: Dayton snapped a five-game losing streak with a 6-4 victory over South Bend on Friday. The Dragons took a 3-1 lead to the bottom of the eighth, saw South Bend score three to take a 4-3 lead, before Dayton answered with three of their own in the top of the ninth to hold on for the win. Juan Perez drove in the tying run with a double and scored the tie-breaking run on a wild pitch for Dayton. The three-run ninth marked the Dragons biggest inning of the year to date. They finished with 10 hits including two each for Sean Buckley and Nick O'Shea. Ryan Wright was on base four times with a double, two walks, and a hit batsman. Junior Arias had a hit and two runs batted in. Dayton starting pitcher Tanner Robles was very effective, allowing one run in six innings on three hits with three walks and two strikeouts. Kyle McMyne earned the win, recording the final four outs.

Today's Dragons Starting Pitcher: Stalin Gerson returns for his second season with the Dragons and makes his second start of 2012 tonight. Gerson was the losing pitcher in Monday's game vs. Lansing in Dayton (4.1 IP, 10 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 SO, 3 HR). Gerson is a 23-year-old native of the Dominican Republic. He made 14 appearances (12 starts) with the Dragons last season, going 6-2, 3.41. He also made two starts with Billings. Gerson was the Reds Minor League Pitcher of the Month in June of 2011 as he posted a record of 3-0 with a 0.78 ERA.

Manager/Coaches: Delino DeShields is in his second season with the Dragons and fourth year in the Reds organization. He served as the manager of the Billings Mustangs in the Pioneer League in 2010 and was the hitting coach in Billings in 2009. As a player, DeShields spent 13 years in the Major Leagues from 1990-2002 with the Expos, Dodgers, Orioles, Cardinals, and Cubs. He finished in the top three in the league in stolen bases six times and is 46th on the all-time career list with 463. DeShields hit .290 or higher five times. He was the 12th selection of the first round of the June draft in 1987 by Montreal. DeShields finished second in the National League Rookie of the Year voting in 1990...Pitching coach Tom Browning is in his first season with the Dragons and sixth year as a pitching coach in the Reds organization. Browning threw the only perfect game in Reds history on September 16, 1988. He won 20 games for the Reds in 1985 pitched in the 1991 All-Star Game. He was inducted into the Reds Hall-of-Fame in 2006...Hitting coach Alex Pelaez is in his second season with the Dragons and third year as a minor league coach with the Reds. He helped the Dragons to a club record team batting average in 2011 when the team led the league in runs scored. Pelaez played professionally for eight seasons from 1998-2005. He played in the big leagues in 2002 with San Diego.

Individual Notes

- Dragons starting pitcher Tanner Robles has gone six innings in each of his two starts, allowing just one run in each game. He is tied for the league lead in innings pitched. Robles has left both games with leads of at least two runs but has not gotten a decision.

- Dragons starting pitcher Radhames Quezada has allowed just five hits and one run in 10 innings. The only run came in his first inning of the season. Quezada was clocked as high as 96 mph in his last start on Thursday at South Bend, working six scoreless innings.

- Dragons reliever Ryan Kemp has allowed only one hit and no runs in five innings. He has walked two and struck out five.

- Dragons reliever Kyle McMyne has worked four and one-third scoreless innings, striking out six and walking one with three hits allowed.

- Theo Bowe has stolen six bases for the Dragons despite collecting just two hits so far this season. Bowe is tied for the league lead in steals.

- Dan Jensen, a right-handed relief pitcher, becomes the first Montgomery County native to play for the Dragons in their history. Jensen is from the Dayton suburb of Centerville. He has made three appearances out of the Dayton bullpen

and allowed one unearned run.

Team Notes

* Last night's Dragons win marked only the third time in the league this season (64 MWL games) in which a team trailing at the end of the eighth inning rallied to win. The Dragons also enjoyed a win on April 6 when they led after eight innings, but trailed after eight and one-half, and battled back in the bottom of the ninth to come from behind and win. The Dragons 2011 club that went 83-57 won only four games all season in which they trailed at the end of the eighth inning.

* The Dragons collected 10 hits last night to raise their team batting average on the year from .198 to .211. They scored a season-high six runs.

* Dragons starting pitchers have allowed one run or less in five of the team's eight games this season.

* Three members of the Dragons are rated among the Reds top 30 prospects according to Baseball America. They include outfielder Kyle Waldrop (#22), second baseman Ryan Wright (#23), and first baseman Sean Buckley (#24).

* Five current Dragons played in Dayton in 2011, including outfielders Theo Bowe and Jefry Sierra, both of whom started all three Dragons playoff games last year. The others are starting pitchers Tanner Robles and Stalin Gerson and infielder Brandon Dailey.

* The Dragons roster represents the following NCAA Division I conferences: Big Ten, Big 12, Big East, Conference USA, PAC 12, Atlantic 10, Big West, and the Atlantic Sun.

Upcoming Probable Pitchers (All game times are Dayton time) (All games on WONE 980 AM and www.daytondragons.com)

Sunday (2:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Carlos Gonzalez (0-1, 6.35) at South Bend RH J.R. Bradley (0-1, 21.60)

Monday (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Justice French (1-1, 3.60) at Fort Wayne LH Frank Garces (0-0, 0.82)

Tuesday (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Radhames Quezada (0-0, 0.90) at Fort Wayne RH Adys Portillo (1-0, 0.84)

Wednesday (11:05 a.m.): Dayton LH Tanner Robles (0-0, 1.50) at Fort Wayne RH Joe Ross (0-1, 9.95)

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