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Dayton Dragons Game Notes for Wednesday

July 21, 2021 - Midwest League (MWL)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Wednesday, July 21, 2021 l Game # 67

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

Radio: 980 WONE Fox Sports

Dayton Dragons (37-29) at Fort Wayne TinCaps (30-37)

RH Lyon Richardson (2-4, 5.83) vs. LH Danny Denz (0-1, 4.91)

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

2021 Season Series: Dayton 5, Fort Wayne 2 (first six games played in Dayton, June 15-20)

Last Game: Tuesday: Dayton 4, Fort Wayne 1. Dayton starting pitcher Carson Spiers allowed just two base runners over five scoreless innings to earn the win. Spiers struck out seven and faced only one batter over the minimum, retiring the last 10 in order. Jose Tello hit a home run while James Free and Jacob Hurtubise each had two hits. Season Highs from Last Game: Longest Hitting Streak: Urbaez, 14.

Playoff Race: The Dragons currently hold a one-half game lead over both Lake County and Cedar Rapids in the race for the #2 seed in the 2021 post-season format.

Player Notes

Francisco Urbaez is second in the league in batting average at .335. He is batting .360 over his last 41 games since May 29 and has a 14-game hitting streak, batting .396 (21 for 53) with six doubles during the streak. The hitting streak is the longest of 2021 for a Dayton player.

Victor Ruiz is batting .338 with nine doubles over his last 18 games to raise his average from .213 to .270.

Mariel Bautista is batting .323 over his last nine games including his first home run of the season.

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

Alex McGarry is 6 for 12 (.500) over his last three games.

Miguel Hernandez is 5 for 11 (.455) over his last three 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 four appearances: 2-0, 7.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 9 SO.

Team Notes

The Dragons have won their last three games on the heels of a season-high six-game losing streak.

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

Thur., July 22 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Eduardo Salazar (2-3, 4.26) at Fort Wayne RH Anderson Espinoza (0-1, 5.87)

Fri., July 23 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Noah Davis (3-5, 3.23) at Fort Wayne RH Moises Lugo (1-3, 3.83)

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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