Dragons GameDay for April 22
April 22, 2013 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release
Monday, April 22, 2013 l Game # 17
Cooley Law School Stadium l Lansing, Mich. l 7:05 p.m.
Radio: WONE-AM 980
Dayton Dragons (5-11) at Lansing Lugnuts (4-9)
LH Ismael Guillon (0-2, 6.75) vs. RH Javier Avendano (1-1, 4.30)
Today's Game : The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Lansing Lugnuts (affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays) in the first game of a three-game series.
Last Game : Bowling Green defeated Dayton 7-5 on Sunday to take two out of three games in the series.
Individual Notes
- Jeff Gelalich has hit safely in eight straight games (13 for 29, .448) to raise his average from .120 to .296.
- Junior Arias is batting .348 over his last six games with two HR, two doubles, five RBI and seven runs. He has 7 SB to rank third in the MWL.
- Jesse Winker has hit safely in five straight games, batting .421 with a home run, two doubles and a triple.
- Seth Mejias-Brean has hit safely in five straight games, collecting one hit in each game.
- Robert Stephenson leads the league in strikeouts, while Drew Cisco ranks third and Ismael Guillon is tied for sixth. Stephenson ranks first in the league in strikeouts per nine innings while Guillon leads the league in walks with 16 and wild pitches with six.
- Drew Cisco is second in the league in fewest walks per nine innings (one walk in 19 innings) and fifth in most strikeouts per nine innings.
Team Notes
The Dragons are tied for second in the Midwest League in stolen bases with 23. The Dragons rank fifth among the 16 Midwest League teams in Team Fielding. They have 19 errors in 16 games. The Dragons rank 16th in Team Batting (.207), Team Slugging Percentage (.295) and Team On-Base Percentage (.269). The Dragons rank 11th in Team Pitching (4.23). Dayton pitchers rank first in strikeouts with 12 more than any other team. They also rank tied for second in most walks allowed.
Upcoming Probable Pitchers (All game times are Dayton time) (All games on WONE 980 AM and www.daytondragons.com )
Tuesday, April 23 (10:35 a.m.): Dayton RH Pedro Diaz (0-0, 3.86) at Lansing LH Alonzo Gonzalez (1-1, 4.63)
Wednesday, April 24 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Drew Cisco (1-0, 1.89) at Lansing RH Taylor Cole (1-1, 4.61)
Thursday, April 25 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Sal Romano (1-2, 1.69) vs. Peoria TBA (TV: WHIO Digital 7.2; Time Warner 23, 372)
Friday, April 26 (7:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Robert Stephenson (0-2, 6.23) vs. Peoria TBA
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