MWL Dayton Dragons

Dayton Dragons GameDa Notes

Published on June 20, 2021 under Midwest League (MWL)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Sunday, June 20, 2021 l Game # 42

Day Air Ballpark l Dayton, Ohio l 2:05 p.m.

Radio: 980 WONE Fox Sports

Fort Wayne TinCaps (17-23) at Dayton Dragons (24-17)

LH Ethan Elliott (2-1, 1.94) vs. RH Eduardo Salazar (1-1, 3.24)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Fort Wayne TinCaps (affiliate of the San Diego Padres) in the last game of a six-game series. The Dragons are 8-3 on the current 12-game homestand.

2021 Season Series: Dayton 4, Fort Wayne 1.

Last Game: Saturday: Game 1: Fort Wayne 7, Dayton 4. Game 2: Dayton 7, Fort Wayne 1. Lyon Richardson struck out 10 and retired the last 18 batters in a complete game performance in game two to lift the Dragons to a split. Jonathan Willems had the big hit of the game, a tie-breaking two-run single in the sixth that opened the door to a six-run inning for the Dragons. Jacob Hurtubise had three hits in the second game and went 4 for 6 in the doubleheader.

Player Notes

Jacob Hurtubise among Central League Leaders

On-Base Pct: 1st .456

Batting Avg: 4th .310

Stolen Bases: 4th 23

Runs: T-3rd 32

Walks: T-6th 25

Jacob Hurtubise has a five-game hitting streak, batting .500 (8 for 16) during the streak.

Michael Siani has hit in five straight games, going 5 for 11, .455.

Miguel Hernandez had a 10-game hitting streak snapped Thursday night. He is batting .364 over his last 12 games, raising his average from .232 to .278. Over his last seven games, Hernandez is 11 for 23 (.478).

Francisco Urbaez over his last 17 games is 22 for 60 (.367). Over those games, he has raised his batting average from .207 to .315.

Jonathan Willems is batting .364 over his last eight games.

James Free is batting .308 over his last eight games.

Reliever Braxton Roxby has allowed only one run in 16 innings (0.56 ERA), surrendering just four hits and 11 walks. He has struck out 28. Opponents have combined to hit just .077 (4 for 52) against Roxby on the year.

Reliever Francis Peguero has allowed only one run in 12.1 innings (0.73 ERA), allowing just seven hits and two walks.

Graham Ashcraft over his last four starts has allowed just one unearned run in 23 innings, lowering his ERA from 5.74 to 2.33. Ashcraft is third in the league in both ERA and strikeouts and tied for first in victories (4).

Noah Davis over his last two starts has allowed just one run in 10 innings. He leads the league in opponent's batting average at .177.

Andy Fisher over his last three appearances has tossed six scoreless innings, allowing just two hits with nine strikeouts.

Team Notes

Dayton is in first place, two games ahead of Lake County in the High-A Central League East Division.

Dayton has held at least a share of first place after 31 of the 41 games they have played this season. They have not been lower than second place in the standings and have not been more than one and one-half games out of first at any time this season.

The Dragons are seven games over the .500 mark for the second time this season. Prior to 2021, they last reached that mark on July 8, 2017, when they were 47-40. They have not been eight games over .500 this season.

The Dragons 12-5 over their last 17 home games. Their home record is 15-8. They have come from behind in nine of the 15 wins.

HITTING: The Dragons are batting .286 through five of the six games in the current series with Fort Wayne. Their highest mark in a series this season is .254...The Dragons are tied for second in the league and tied for 9th in Minor League Baseball (120 teams) in stolen bases with 69.

PITCHING: The Dragons team ERA in the current series with Fort Wayne is 2.41 through five of the six games. Their best ERA in a series this season is 2.88, at Great Lakes in the first week of the season.

FIELDING: The Dragons have committed only 33 errors in 41 games, ranking first in the league in team fielding.

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

Tue., June 22 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Noah Davis (1-4, 3.35) at West Michigan TBA

Wed., June 23 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Graham Ashcraft (4-1, 2.33) at West Michigan TBA

Thu., June 24 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Carson Spiers (1-0, 4.76) at West Michigan TBA

Fri., June 25 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Lyon Richardson (2-2, 4.32) at West Michigan TBA

Sat., June 26 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Eduardo Salazar at West Michigan TBA

Sun., June 27 (2:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Noah Davis at West Michigan TBA

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