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Dayton Dragons Game Notes for Friday

July 2, 2021 - Midwest League (MWL)
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Friday, July 2, 2021 l Game # 51

Jackson Field l Lansing, Mich. l 7:05 p.m.

Radio: 980 WONE Fox Sports

Dayton Dragons (29-21) at Lansing Lugnuts (23-28)

RH Lyon Richardson (2-2, 4.10) vs. RH Jack Cushing (no record)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Lansing Lugnuts (affiliate of the Oakland Athletics) in the fourth game of a six-game series.

2021 Season Series: Dayton 5, Lansing 4. Current series in Lansing: Dayton 2, Lansing 1.

12 Road Games in 13 Days: The Dragons are 5-3 on the road trip (West Michigan and Lansing), which has been shortened to 11 games due to a postponement in West Michigan that could not be made up during that series. They are averaging 4.9 runs per game and allowing 4.6. They are batting .234 (63-269) in the eight games with six home runs and five stolen bases (four came in the same game). The team ERA on the trip is 4.14 (67.1 IP, 31 ER). They have nine errors in the eight games.

Last Game: Thursday: Dayton 4, Lansing 3 (10 innings). Francisco Urbaez hit a game-tying two-run home run in the sixth and broke the tie with an RBI single in the 10th as the Dragons earned their first extra inning win of 2021. Pedro Garcia tossed the final two innings for his fifth win in relief. Alex McGarry had two hits and a walk. Dragons pitchers combined to allow just two earned runs in 10 innings.

Season Highs from Last Night: Fewest walks allowed, game: 1-matched season high. Most pitches thrown, game: 102, Spiers.

High-A Central League Playoffs: Major League Baseball has announced that leagues at the top four classifications will conduct playoffs in September. The top two teams in each league, regardless of division, will meet in a best-of-five series. Through July 1 (with 70 games to play), the Dragons would be in position to meet Quad Cities in the High-A Central League playoffs.

Player Notes

Francisco Urbaez reached the minimum number of plate appearances to qualify for the batting title on Wednesday for the first time this season. He is currently ranked second with a .317 average. Urbaez is batting .352 over his last 25 games, raising his average from .207 to .317.

James Free is batting .308 over his last 13 games since May 26, raising his average from .091 to .230.

Alex McGarry has hit safely in five straight games (9-20, .450, 3 doubles, .600 slugging percentage).

Andy Fisher over his last five appearances has tossed 11 innings, allowing just one run on seven hits with 18 strikeouts.

Pedro Garcia over his last seven outings has tossed 11 innings, allowing one earned run while going 4-0.

Team Notes

The Dragons are 13-7 (.650) over their last 20 games.

HITTING: The Dragons batted .247 as a team in June. Their top hitters for the month were Francisco Urbaez (.313, 1 HR, .818 OPS), James Free (.294, 1 HR, .889 OPS), Michael Siani (.273, 3 HR, .884 OPS), Quincy McAfee (.254, 9 2B, 3 HR, 21 RBI, .848 OPS), and Victor Ruiz (.317, 0 HR, .855 OPS).

PITCHING: The Dragons have allowed two earned runs or less in seven of their last 13 games including two shutouts. However, they have allowed at least eight runs in three of their last five games...The Dragons top starting pitcher in June was Graham Ashcraft (18 IP, 0 ER)...Their top reliever was Andy Fisher (1.59 ERA, 11.1 IP).

FIELDING: The Dragons have committed only 43 errors in 50 games, ranking first in the league in team fielding.

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

Sat., July 3 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Eduardo Salazar (1-2, 3.70) at Lansing RH Reid Birlingmair (1-4, 5.80)

Sun., July 4 (6:35 p.m.): Dayton TBA at Lansing RH Colin Peluse (2-2, 5.15)

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