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Dragons Gameday for April 22

April 22, 2012 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Sunday, April 22, 2012 * Game # 17

Fifth Third Field * Dayton, Ohio * 4:00 p.m.

Radio: WONE-AM 980

Cedar Rapids Kernels (8-8) at Dayton Dragons (8-8)

LH Eswarlin Jimenez (0-1, 9.95) vs. RH Radhames Quezada (0-1, 2.57)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Cedar Rapids Kernels (affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels) in the first game of a three-game set. Streaks: Dragons have won six of their last nine games.

Last Game: Dayton defeated Quad Cities 5-1 to win two-out-of-three in the series. Justice French earned the win to improve to 3-1 on the year, allowing the only run on a solo home run to David Medina. French gave up seven hits and one walk with six strikeouts in five and two-thirds innings. Ryan Kemp pitched out of a bases loaded situation in the sixth to preserve a two-run lead. Carlos Contreras worked the final two innings for his first save. The Dragons had eight hits. Robert Maddox and Jefry Sierra each had RBI singles. Ryan Wright was 2 for 4.

Today's Dragons Starting Pitcher: Radhames Quezada makes his fourth start of the season today. Quezada suffered the loss in his last start on Tuesday at Fort Wayne (4 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO). All three runs against him in that game came on a three-run homer by Fort Wayne's Zach Kometani, snapping a streak of 12 straight scoreless innings for Quezada. He is a 21-year-old native of the Dominican Republic who is in his fifth year in the Reds organization. He signed with the Reds as a 17-year-old international free agent in 2007. Quezada played at Billings in 2011, going 2-3, 3.83 in 10 starts. His ERA would have ranked second in the league had he not finished a few innings short of the minimum number to qualify.

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

* Kyle Waldrop over his last 10 games: 12 for 29 (.414), four doubles, two triples, six RBI after starting the year by going 1 for his first 14. He is now batting .302.

* Yovan Gonzalez has hit safely in six straight games, going 10 for 22 (.455) with two home runs and a double. He is hitting .367 on the year.

* Ryan Wright is batting .351 (13 for 37) over his last eight games to raise his average to .297.

* Junior Arias has hit in four straight games, going 6 for 15, .400, with a home run and five RBI.

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

* 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 six appearances out of the Dayton bullpen and allowed two unearned runs in 11 innings.

* Dragons reliever Carlos Contreras over his last three appearances: 6.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 SO.

Team Notes

* The Dragons are 6-3 over their last nine games and have won their last two sets, taking two of three at Fort Wayne and vs. Quad Cities.

* The Dragons have reached the .500 mark for the first time since they were 2-2 after the game on April 9.

* The Dragons are batting .281 as a team over the last six games, raising their team batting average from .216 to .242.

* 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).

* Six 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, Stalin Gerson, and Daniel Tuttle and infielder Brandon Dailey.

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

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

Monday (7:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Daniel Tuttle (no record) vs. Cedar Rapids LH Ryan Crowley (1-1, 3.07)

Tuesday (7:00 p.m.): Dayton LH Tanner Robles (1-0, 3.06) vs. Cedar Rapids RH Jairo Diaz (1-1, 5.87)

Wednesday (7:35 p.m.): Dayton RH Stalin Gerson (1-1, 3.78) at Wisconsin RH Andy Moye (1-0, 0.82)

Thursday (7:35 p.m.): Dayton RH Justice French (3-1, 2.91) at Wisconsin RH Matt Miller or RH Kevin Shackelford

Friday (8:00 p.m. at Miller Park, Milwaukee): Dayton RH Radhames Quezada vs. Wisconsin RH Drew Gagnon

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