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Dayton Dragons Game Notes for Friday

July 23, 2021 - Midwest League (MWL)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Friday, July 23, 2021 l Game # 69

Parkview Field l Fort Wayne, Ind. l 7:05 p.m.

Radio: 980 WONE Fox Sports

Dayton Dragons (37-31) at Fort Wayne TinCaps (32-37)

RH Noah Davis (3-5, 3.23) vs. RH Moises Lugo (1-3, 3.83)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Fort Wayne TinCaps (affiliate of the San Diego Padres) in the fourth game of a six-game series.

2021 Season Series: Dayton 5, Fort Wayne 4. Current Series: Fort Wayne 2, Dayton 1.

Last Game: Thursday: Fort Wayne 3, Dayton 1. The TinCaps scored two runs in the first inning and they held up for the win. Dayton was 1 for 9 with men in scoring position over the first three innings and 2 for 13 on the night. They had the tying run on base with no outs in the ninth but left the bases loaded. The Dragons had 10 hits in the game, all singles. Quin Cotton was 4 for 5 and Juan Martinez went 3 for 4.

Season Highs from Last Game: Most Hits, Game (Individual Dragons Batter): Cotton, 4 (matched team season high); Most Strikeouts, Game (Individual Dragons Pitcher): Salazar, 10 (matched team season high).

Trouble in the Middle: On Thursday, the Dragons #3 and #4 hitters went a combined 0 for 9 with 6 strikeouts. For the year, the Dragons #3 hitter has an OPS of .604, last in the league. The Dragons #4 hitter has an OPS of .633, also last in the league, and more than 100 points lower than 10 of the other 11 clubs.

High-A Central League Playoffs: Major League Baseball has announced that leagues at three classifications, including the High-A Central League, will conduct playoffs in September. The top two teams in each league, regardless of division, will meet in a best-of-five series.

Playoff Race: The Dragons currently trail Great Lakes and Cedar Rapids by one-half game in the race for the #2 seed in the 2021 post-season format.

Player Notes

Francisco Urbaez went 0 for 4 with a walk last night to snap his 15-game hitting streak. This was the longest Dragons hitting streak since Jose (Garcia) Barrero hit safely in 17 straight from August 14-September 2, 2018. Urbaez is batting .377 (23 for 61) with seven doubles over his last 16 games. Urbaez is second in the league in batting average at .332. He is batting .354 over his last 43 games since May 29.

Victor Ruiz is batting .329 with nine doubles over his last 20 games to raise his average from .213 to .269.

Mariel Bautista is batting .324 over his last 11 games including his first home run of the season.

Jacob Hurtubise is batting .400 over his last seven games (8 for 20) with three stolen bases.

Alex McGarry over his last five games is 7 for 19 (.368).

Miguel Hernandez is 7 for 15 (.467) over his last four games.

Reliever Braxton Roxby over his last four appearances: 5.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 11 SO.

Reliever Matt Gill over his last five appearances: 2-0, 9.2 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 10 SO, 1.86 ERA.

Team Notes

BATTING: The Dragons are batting .257 as a team in the current series with Fort Wayne. They hit .276 during the 12-game homestand that ended Sunday. Their previous highest average in any series this season was .261, vs. Fort Wayne, June 15-20. They hit .324 as a team with men in scoring position on the homestand.

July: The Dragons are batting .259 in the month of July to rank third in the league, but they rank just ninth in runs per game at 4.21. The team ERA in July is 5.56, 12th (last) in the league. Francisco Urbaez leads the team in batting in July at .361 with a .966 OPS.

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

Sat., July 24 (6:35 p.m.): Dayton LH Jacques Pucheu (3-1, 4.50) at Fort Wayne LH Erik Sabrowski (2-0, 1.88)

Sun., July 25 (1:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Carson Spiers (2-1, 4.20) at Fort Wayne RH Carlos Guarate (0-1, 3.60)

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