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July 10, 2021 - Midwest League (MWL)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Saturday, July 10, 2021 l Game # 58

Day Air Ballpark l Dayton, Ohio l 7:08 p.m.

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

West Michigan Whitecaps (25-31) at Dayton Dragons (34-23)

RH Kieder Montero (2-6, 4.98) vs. RH Noah Davis (2-4, 3.40)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the West Michigan Whitecaps (affiliate of the Detroit Tigers) in the fifth game of a six-game series.

2021 Season Series: Dayton 7, West Michigan 2. Current series in Dayton: Dragons 4, Whitecaps 0.

Streaks: Dayton has won five straight games. West Michigan has lost seven straight.

Last Game: Friday: Dayton 7, West Michigan 3. For the second straight game, all nine Dayton players had at least one hit. Alex McGarry had two hits and two RBI. Jacob Hurtubise and Quin Cotton also had two hits. Starting pitcher Eduardo Salazar tossed six strong innings, allowing two runs with no walks and seven strikeouts. Dayton pitchers issued just one walk in the game while striking out 11.

Season Highs from Last Game: Most Consecutive Wins: 5; Fewest Walks Allowed, Game: 1 (matched season low).

Player Notes

Francisco Urbaez is second in the league in batting average at .331. He is batting .361 over his last 32 games since May 29.

Victor Ruiz is batting .385 with eight doubles over his last 10 games to raise his average from .213 to .269.

Mariel Bautista is batting .357 over his last eight games and hit his first home run of the season on Tuesday night.

James Free is batting .291 over his last 18 games with two home runs and 11 walks.

Quin Cotton has hit safely in eight straight games, batting .306.

Team Notes

The Dragons have won five straight games, their longest winning streak of 2021 to date.

The Dragons are 18-9 over their last 27 games. Oddly, they have been outscored 135-131 during those 27 games.

Dayton is in first place, two and one-half games ahead of Lake County in the High-A Central League East Division. Dayton has maintained sole possession of first place since June 8.

The Dragons are 19-9 at home this season and are 12-4 over their last 16 home games. They are 9-1 in one-run games at home, and 11-1 when scoring first at home.

BATTING: The Dragons are hitting .326 as a team over the first four games of the current series with West Michigan. Their highest average in a series this season is .261, vs. Fort Wayne, June 15-20. The Dragons are batting .395 with runners in scoring position in the series.

Over the last week, the Dragons are batting .295 as a team, best in the league. Only five of the 12 teams are hitting higher than .225.

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

Sun., July 11 (2:08 p.m.): West Michigan RH Garrett Hill (1-0, 3.24) at Dayton LH Jacques Pucheu (3-0, 4.05) TV: Dayton's CW (26)

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