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Dayton Dragons Game Notes for Tuesday

August 31, 2021 - Midwest League (MWL)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Tuesday, August 31, 2021 l Game # 103

Day Air Ballpark l Dayton, Ohio l 7:05 p.m.

Radio: 980 WONE Fox Sports

Lansing Lugnuts (48-54) at Dayton Dragons (53-49)

RH Shohei Tomioka (4-6, 5.07) vs. RH James Proctor (no record)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Lansing Lugnuts (affiliate of the Oakland Athletics) in the first game of a six-game series. 2021 Season Series: Dayton 10, Lansing 8. (At Dayton: Dragons 3, Lugnuts 3). Current Series: First game tonight.

Last Game: Sunday: Dayton 8, Fort Wayne 6. Allan Cerda had a single, double, and triple and Eric Yang added three hits including a double and two RBI. The Dragons collected 12 hits after going 12 straight games with 10 hits or less. The Dragons had 18 at-bats in the game with runners in scoring position, collecting five hits. Alex McGarry and Jack Rogers each had two hits.

Last Series vs. Fort Wayne: The Dragons went 3-3. They batted .245 and scored 26 runs (4.3 per game) while posting an ERA of 5.71 and committing six errors. They had 15 stolen bases in the series, matching their highest total in a series this year. Their 20 extra base hits tied for third most in a series.

The Dragons roster includes eight players ranked among the top-20 prospects in the Reds organization. In the recently-updated MLB.com rankings, Matt McLain is the #4 prospect in the Reds system; Mat Nelson is #10, Michael Siani is #12, Lyon Richardson is #14, Christian Roa is #15, Bryce Bonnin is #16, Ivan Johnson is #17, and Allan Cerda is #18. In the mid-season update of Reds top-10 prospects by Baseball America, McLain is #4, Nelson is #11, Bonnin is #13, Roa is #14, and Johnson is #15. Siani was listed by Baseball America as the "Best Athlete" and "Best Defensive Outfielder" in the Reds organization entering the season.

Transactions: Catcher Mat Nelson has been placed on the injured list with a sprained left thumb after being struck by a pitch on Saturday at Fort Wayne. Starting pitcher James Proctor has been promoted to Dayton from Daytona, where he went 3-0 with a 1.60 ERA in 14 games (12 starts) and was the Low-A Southeast League's Pitcher of the Month in May when he allowed just one earned run in 20 innings and threw the first five innings of a combination no-hitter.

Playoff Race: The Dragons are three games behind Cedar Rapids in the race for the #2 seed in the 2021 post-season with 18 games to play.

Division Race: The Dragons are two games behind Great Lakes and one game behind Lake County in the East Division.

Player Notes

Michael Siani is hitting .316 over his last 14 games with eight extra base hits including two home runs.

Allan Cerda has gone 9 for 21 (.429) with 5 doubles, 1 triple, and 5 RBI in five games with the Dragons since being promoted from Daytona.

Alex McGarry went 6 for 14 (.429) with two doubles in the series at Fort Wayne.

Andy Fisher over his last seven relief appearances: 11 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 4 BB, 14 SO, 0.82 ERA, 1 Sv.

Matt Gill has not allowed a run in four appearances in August covering 5 innings.

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

Wed., Sept. 1 (7:05 p.m.): Lansing RH Osvaldo Berrios (1-0, 1.50) at Dayton TBA

Thu., Sept. 2 (7:05 p.m.): Lansing RH Kyle Virbitsky (0-0, 4.50) at Dayton RH Christian Roa (1-2, 7.02)

Fri., Sept. 3 (7:05 p.m.): Lansing RH Reid Birlingmair (3-8, 4.60) at Dayton RH Bryce Bonnin (0-1, 13.50)

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