MWL Dayton Dragons

Dayton Dragons GameDay aNotes for Thurssday DH (5:35 Start)

Published on June 9, 2022 under Midwest League (MWL)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Thursday, June 9, 2022 l Games # 52-53 (DH)

Day Air Ballpark l Dayton, Ohio l 5:35 p.m.

Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE

Great Lakes Loons (28-24) at Dayton Dragons (36-15)

RH Ben Casparius (0-0, 6.00)/RH Nick Nastrini (0-2, 5.52) vs. LH Evan Kravetz (3-0, 4.74)/RH Thomas Farr (0-1, 5.40)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) host the Great Lakes Loons (affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers) in a make-up doubleheader at Day Air Ballpark in the heart of the Water Street District. These are the second and third games of a six-game series.

Season Series vs. Great Lakes: Dayton 1, Great Lakes 0.

Streaks: The Dragons have won five in a row, one short of their season high for consecutive wins. They are 11-3 over their last 14 games. Dayton has lost two consecutive games only twice this season.

Best Ever: The Dragons record of 36-15 is the best in franchise history through the first 51 games of a season. The previous best over the first 51 games was 33-18 in 2007.

Dragons in the Standings: Dayton is in first place in the MWL East Division, eight and one-half games ahead of Great Lakes and Lake County with 15 games to play in the first half season. The final day of the first half is June 23. The Dragons "magic number" is seven to eliminate Great Lakes and seven to eliminate Lake County.

Last Game: Wednesday: Postponed.

Team Notes

The Dragons 36-15 (.706) record is second best of all Minor League Baseball (Myrtle Beach of the Carolina League is 37-15).

The Dragons have reached a 2022 high-point of 21 games over .500. The last time they were 21 games over .500 came at the end of the 2011 season, when they were 26 games over at 83-57.

The Dragons are 11-3 in one-run games; 19-5 in games decided by two or less.

The Dragons have completed nine series, winning eight and splitting one.

Player Notes

Elly De La Cruz has a 13-game hitting streak, batting .375 with five home runs and 12 extra base hits. De La Cruz is now tied for second in the MWL in extra base hits (26), second in slugging percentage (.602), tied for fourth in home runs (11), and tied for second in RBI (37).

Alex McGarry leads the Midwest League in slugging percentage (.625). He is tied for fourth in extra base hits (24) while ranking tied for fourth in home runs (11) and tied for second in runs batted in (37)...McGarry connected on his 10th homer on May 12. Since daily records became available in 2005, the earliest that a previous Dayton hitter had reached 10 home runs was May 21 (2008, Brandon Waring). Next earliest is May 28 (Jay Bruce in 2006; Juan Francisco in 2007).

Alex McGarry has 24 extra base hits in 38 games, an average of .63 extra base hits per game. Elly De La Cruz has 26 extra base hits in 44 games (.59 per game). Over the Dragons history, the top two ranked hitters in extra base hits per game (minimum 50 games) are Nick Senzel (.57 per game in 2016) and Jay Bruce (.54 per game in 2006).

Joe Boyle leads the MWL in earned run average (0.84) and opponent's batting average (.075).

Connor Phillips leads the MWL in strikeouts with 72. Since April 28, Phillips has made six starts, posting a 1.54 ERA (35 IP, 18 H, 8 R, 6 ER, 11 BB, 51 SO).

Garrett Wolforth is batting .412 in five games on the homestand, going 7 for 17 with two home runs, a double, and a triple.

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

Friday, June 10 (7:05 p.m.): Great Lakes LH Lael Lockhart (1-0, 2.29) at Dayton RH Connor Phillips (3-2, 2.57)

Saturday, June 11 (7:09 p.m.): Great Lakes RH Kyle Hurt (4-1, 3.04) at Dayton RH Christian Roa (1-1, 3.94)

Sunday, June 12 (1:09 p.m.): Great Lakes RH Kendall Williams (1-3, 3.56) at Dayton RH James Proctor (4-2, 4.54)

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