Dayton Dragons GameDay (6:05 PM DH) and Game Notes

May 4, 2022 - Midwest League (MWL)
Dayton Dragons News Release

Wednesday, May 4, 2022 l Games # 22-23

Day Air Ballpark l Dayton, Ohio l 6:05 p.m. (DH)

Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE

Lake County Captains (10-11) at Dayton Dragons (16-5)

RH Tanner Bibee (0-1, 0.00)/RH Aaron Davenport (0-1, 1.69) vs. RH Joe Boyle (1-0, 0.00)/RH Bryce Bonnin (0-0, 0.00)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Lake County Captains (affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians) in a doubleheader. These are the first two games of a six-game series. Season Series vs. Lake County: Dragons 4, Captains 2 (all six previous meetings at Lake County).

Hottest of the Hot: The Dragons winning percentage of .762 is the best in professional baseball (Major League or Minor League).

The Start: The Dragons record of 16-5 is the second best through 21 games in franchise history (the 2007 Dragons were 17-4).

Games above .500: The Dragons are 11 games above the .500 mark, a level they peaked at in 2021. The last time they were 12 games over .500 was July 3, 2017, when they were 47-35. The last time they were 13 games over .500 was June 17, 2017 when they were 41-28.

Doubleheaders: This is the Dragons fourth doubleheader of the year. They have one win and two splits, for an overall record of 4-2 in DH games.

Last Game: Tuesday: Postponed vs. Lake County. Sunday: Dayton 8, Fort Wayne 0. Andrew Abbott fired six shutout innings, striking out 10, and Nick Quintana had a home run and four RBI as the Dragons earned their fourth shutout in the six-game set.

Dragons in the Standings: Dayton is in first place in the Midwest League East Division, five and one-half games ahead of Fort Wayne.

Team Notes

The Dragons are 13-2 over their last 15 games. They have not lost consecutive games this season.

Dayton leads the league with 24 home runs. They hit four at Fort Wayne after hitting 13 vs. West Michigan.

The Dragons are 7-0 in one-run games and 10-0 in games decided by two runs or less.

Dayton has six comeback wins compared to zero by their opponent (Dayton has not lost a game this season in which they led at any time during the game).

Player Notes

Alex McGarry leads the MWL in slugging percentage (.731) and Isolated Power (extra base hits per at-bat (.442-86 points higher than #2 Jhonkensy Noel of Lake County). McGarry has six home runs and 10 extra base hits in 15 games.

Joe Boyle has made three starts covering 13 innings and has allowed just one hit and no runs with 22 strikeouts.

Andrew Abbott is second in the league in strikeouts (35). He has struck out 42.7 percent of opposing batters (35 of 82). Abbott's ERA of 0.86 is second in the league. He has allowed only two runs in 21 innings.

Evan Kravetz over his last two outings has tossed eight innings without allowing a hit or run while striking out 11.

Donovan Benoit over his last five relief appearances: 6 IP, 0 R, 3 Sv. (2 H, 3 BB, 7 SO).

Jose Torres is batting .387 with three home runs over his last eight games. Torres has only eight strikeouts in 51 plate appearances to rank first on the team and 10th in the MWL in lowest strikeout rate.

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

Thursday, May 5 (7:05 p.m.): Lake County RH Mason Hickman (0-2, 6.48) at Dayton RH James Proctor (1-1, 4.15)

Friday, May 6 (7:05 p.m.): Lake County RH Gavin Williams (1-1, 1.83) at Dayton RH Connor Phillips (1-1, 3.60)

Saturday, May 7 (7:09 p.m.): Lake County LH Doug Nikhazy (0-1, 5.73) at Dayton RH James Marinan (1-1, 8.47) TV: Dayton's CW (26)

Sunday, May 8 (1:09 p.m.): Lake County RH Tommy Mace (0-1, 6.23) at Dayton LH Andrew Abbott (3-0, 0.86) TV: Dayton's CW (26)

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