MWL1 Dayton Dragons

Cisco, Dragons Win 5-2 over Fort Wayne

Published on July 27, 2013 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Dayton, Ohio-Dayton starting pitcher Drew Cisco allowed just one unearned run over five strong innings as the Dragons defeated the Fort Wayne TinCaps 5-2 in the opener of a three-game series. The Dragons improved to 19-16 in the second half and pulled to within four games of first place Bowling Green. The Dragons are three games out of the wildcard slot.

Cisco (4-5) allowed three hits and two walks with two strikeouts to earn the win. Michael Lorenzen pitched a perfect ninth inning to earn his first professional save.

Dayton trailed 1-0 when they scored three runs in the second inning. Seth Mejias-Brean, Jeff Gelalich, and Tanner Rahier provided three consecutive singles to load the bases. Mejias-Brean scored on a wild pitch, and Zach Vincej singled to right field to drive in Gelalich. Rahier scored on an error to make it 3-1.

Fort Wayne scored one in the sixth to pull to within a run at 3-2, but the Dragons responded with two runs in the seventh, taking advantage of two Fort Wayne errors and a wild pitch that brought in a run to push the lead to 5-2 and close out the scoring.

The Dragons finished with eight hits. Daniel Pigott had a double and a triple while Beau Amaral had two singles. Mejias-Brean was 1 for 3 to extend his hitting streak to 11 straight games, matching Rahier and Junior Arias for the 2013 season high for the Dragons.

The Dragons host the TinCaps in game two of the three-game set on Sunday at 2:05 p.m. Sal Romano (6-8, 5.14) will start for Dayton against Fort Wayne's Bryan Rodriguez (2-4, 3.31). The game will be televised on WHIO Digital Channel 7.2 and Time Warner Cable channels 23 and 372. All Dragons games can be heard on WONE Radio (980 AM) and via the internet at daytondragons.com and wone.com.

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