Dragons Gameday for August 16

Fifth Third Field l Dayton, Ohio l 7:05 p.m.

Radio: WONE-AM 980 l TV: WHIO 7.2 (23, 372)

Lake County Captains (27-23, 58-61) at Dayton Dragons (21-28, 51-68)

LH Danny Jimenez (1-2, 4.84) vs. RH Radhames Quezada (5-7, 3.30)

Today's Game : The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Lake County Captains (affiliate of the Cleveland Indians) in the second game of a three-game series.

Individual Notes

- Joe Terry is batting .364 (16 for 44) over his last 12 games to raise his average from .247 to .266.

- Kyle Waldrop is batting .333 (26 for 78) with two home runs over his last 22 games, raising his average from .263 to .277.

- Mike Dennhardt has allowed runs in only one outing since June 29. Over his last 13 relief appearances, he has allowed three runs in 21 innings (1.29 ERA). All three runs came in the same inning.

- Carlos Gonzalez over his last nine relief appearances: 3-0, 0.46 ERA, 1 Sv, 19.2 IP, 2 R, 1 ER.

Team Notes

- The Dragons are 8-5 over their last 13 games.

- Dragons relievers have allowed only one earned run over their last 21 innings over the last five games.

Playoff Chase : The Dragons must finish first or second in the East Division in the second half (excluding Lansing and Bowling Green) to qualify for the playoffs. Entering today's games, they are five and one-half games out of the playoff slot.

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

Friday (7:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Robert Stephenson (2-0, 3.00) vs. Lake County RH Mason Radeke (5-6, 3.77)

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