MWL Dayton Dragons

Dayton Dragons GameDay Notes for Friday

Published on June 4, 2021 under Midwest League (MWL)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Friday, June 4, 2021 l Games # 28

Classic Park l Eastlake, Ohio l 7:00 p.m.

Radio: 980 WONE Fox Sports

Dayton Dragons (15-12) at Lake County Captains (13-14)

RH Noah Davis (0-3, 4.01) vs. RH Tanner Burns (0-2, 4.08)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Lake County Captains (affiliate of the Cleveland Indians) in the fourth game of a six-game series.

2021 Season Series: Lake County 2, Dayton 1.

Last Game: Thursday: Game 1: Lake County 6, Dayton 3. Game 2: Lake County 1, Dayton 0. Will Brennan keyed the Captains doubleheader sweep, belting a tie-breaking three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth of the first game, and then ending the second game with a walk-off RBI double. Francisco Urbaez led the Dragons offense on the night, going 2 for 5 with a home run. Dragons second game starting pitcher Eduardo Salazar fired six scoreless innings, allowing just one hit.

Player Notes

Jacob Hurtubise over his last 15 games is 17 for 50 (.340) to raise his average from .200 to .293. He leads the High-A Central League in On-Base Percentage (.456). He is tied for 10th in the league in batting average and tied for sixth in runs scored. Hurtubise has 16 stolen bases on the year to rank fourth in the league and tied for seventh in all of Minor League Baseball (120 teams), four behind the national leader. He has stolen 11 bases in the last 11 games.

Francisco Urbaez over his last nine games is 12 for 29 (.414) with two home runs.

Reliever Braxton Roxby has not allowed a run in 11.1 innings, surrendering just three hits and six walks. He has struck out 18 of 47 batters faced.

Reliever Francis Peguero has allowed only one run in eight innings, allowing just five hits and two walks.

Dragons starting pitcher Lyon Richardson has posted a 1.33 ERA in his five starts, allowing just three earned runs in 20.1 innings.

Team Notes

Dayton begins the day in second place, one and one-half games behind West Michigan in the Central League East Division.

Dayton has held at least a share of first place after 20 of the 27 games they have played this season. The have not been lower than second place in the standings and have not been more than their current one and one-half games out of first at any time this season.

HITTING: After averaging 2.8 runs per game over the last 12 games entering the Quad Cities series on May 25 (17 runs in each six-game series vs. Lansing and South Bend), the Dragons have scored 53 runs in their last nine games, averaging 5.9 runs per game. The Dragons averaged 6.7 runs per game in their first series of the year vs. Great Lakes.

The Dragons are second in the league in stolen bases with 51 and fifth in all of Minor League Baseball (120 teams). They are on a pace for 226 in a 120 game season (the pace for a 140 game season would be 264). The club record for steals in a season is 228 in 2011 (140 games), when Billy Hamilton stole 103. They stole 120 bases in 140 games in 2019.

PITCHING: Dragons pitchers have allowed an opponent batting average of .212 (best in the league).

FIELDING: The Dragons committed have committed only 23 errors in 27 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)

Sat., June 5 (7:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Graham Ashcraft (2-1, 4.35) at Lake County TBA

Sun., June 6 (1:30 p.m.): Dayton RH Spencer Stockton (2-0, 4.37) at Lake County RH Mason Hickman (1-2, 3.45)

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