MWL Dayton Dragons

Dayton Dragons Game Notes for Sunday

August 22, 2021 - Midwest League (MWL)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Sunday, August 22, 2021 l Game # 96

Day Air Ballpark l Dayton, Ohio l 2:09 p.m.

TV: Dayton's CW (26) l Radio: 980 WONE Fox Sports

Lake County Captains (51-44) Dayton Dragons (50-45)

RH Mason Hickman (6-6, 4.97) vs. RH JC Keys (3-1, 4.70)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Lake County Captains (affiliate of the Cleveland Indians) in the last game of a six-game series. 2021 Season Series: Lake County 11, Dayton 6 (At Dayton: Captains 7, Dragons 4). Current Series: Captains 3, Dragons 2.

Last Game: Saturday: Lake County 9, Dayton 2. George Valera hit a two-run home run and reached base six times while starting pitcher Daniel Espino struck out 10 over five scoreless innings, allowing just one hit. The Dragons finished with four hits including doubles by Alex McGarry and Jonathan Willems.

Current Series vs. Lake County: The Dragons are 2-3 in the six-game series. They are batting .180 as a team with 12 runs scored. They have an ERA in the series of 4.17. They have three errors through five games.

Last Series at Lansing: The Dragons went 4-2 in the six-game series at Lansing that ended Sunday, outscoring the Lugnuts 50-23. The Dragons had their best offensive series of the year at Lansing. They scored 50 runs in the set, hit 12 home runs, batted .382 with runners in scoring position, and collected 26 extra base hits, all season highs for a series. They hit .293 in the series. The team ERA was 3.74. They committed three errors in the six games.

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 are three games behind Cedar Rapids in the race for the #2 seed in the 2021 post-season.

Player Notes

Quin Cotton is hitting .346 over his last seven games, going 9 for 26 with two homers and three doubles.

James Free has six doubles in his last 11 games. He is 13 for 43 (.302) over that period beginning July 28.

Carson Spiers over his last six starts: 3-1, 2.10 ERA, 30 IP, 16 H, 7 R, 8 BB, 40 SO.

Eduardo Salazar over his last six starts: 2-2, 2.08 ERA, 34.2 IP, 22 H, 8 ER, 9 BB, 42 SO.

Andy Fisher over his last four relief appearances: 6.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 9 SO.

Team Notes

The Dragons are 11-1 in one-run games at home. They are 17-2 when scoring first at home.

Dragons pitchers have posted a 3.71 ERA in the month of August to rank third in the High-A Central League (Beloit is first at 3.06).

The Dayton bullpen over the last 16 games has tossed 67.1 innings and allowed just 21 earned runs, a 2.81 ERA.

Dragons pitchers are on pace to break the club record for most strikeouts per game. They have averaged 10.3 strikeouts per game this season (977 SO in 95 G). The club record is 9.2 per game in 2011 (1,292 SO in 140 G).

After scoring 50 runs in the six-game set at Lansing (12 home runs; .293 batting average; 382 with runners in scoring position; 26 extra base hits), the Dragons have been held to 12 runs in the first five games of the series and have gone 2 for 32 with runners in scoring position.

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

Tue., August 24 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Carson Spiers (4-2, 3.56) at Fort Wayne RH Carlos Guarate (0-5, 8.20)

Wed., August 25 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Lyon Richardson (2-5, 5.16) at Fort Wayne LH Danny Denz (0-1, 1.82)

Thu., August 26 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Eduardo Salazar (4-5, 3.49) at Fort Wayne RH Connor Lehmann (3-2, 5.24)

Fri., August 27 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Christian Roa (1-1, 6.94) at Fort Wayne RH Gabe Mosser

Sat., August 28 (6:35 p.m.): Dayton TBA at Fort Wayne LH Noel Vela

Sun., August 29 (1:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Carson Spiers at Fort Wayne RH Carlos Guarate

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