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Dayton Dragons GameDay Notes for Friday

July 15, 2022 - Midwest League (MWL)
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Friday, July 15, 2022 l Game # 84 (18)

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

Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE

Dayton Dragons (5-12, 44-39) at Lake County Captains (9-8, 44-39)

LH Evan Kravetz (4-3, 4.13) vs. LH Jaime Arias (1-2, 4.18)

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

Season Series: Dayton 10, Lake County 10 (At Lake County: Dragons 4, Captains 4). Current Series: Captains 2, Dragons 0.

Last Game: Thursday: Lake County 3, Dayton 2. The Dragons took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on a two-run home run by Ruben Ibarra and held that lead until Lake County's Johnathan Rodriguez hit a two-out, three-run home run in the seventh to close out the scoring. Dayton starting pitcher Christian Roa tossed five scoreless innings, stranding nine runners as Lake County went 0 for 7 with men in scoring position against him.

All About De La Cruz: Elly De La Cruz (seventh youngest position player in the league with at least 160 AB) has become just the third player in Dragons history to hit 20 home runs and steal 20 bases in a season, joining Wily Mo Pena (2001) and Jose Siri (2017). De La Cruz did it in his first 71 games of the 2022 season, and he is the only player in professional baseball to have reached 20/20 so far this season...De La Cruz ranks second in Dragons history in extra base hits per game (minimum 50 games) with 0.55, trailing only Nick Senzel (0.57) in 2016. Third on the list is Jay Bruce (0.54) in 2006...De La Cruz is currently the third player in Dragons history to hit 20 home runs in a season while batting at least .300, joining Austin Kearns (2000) and Donald Lutz (2011)...De La Cruz was named Midwest League Player of the Week for the week ending July 10. For the week, De La Cruz batted .421 with five home runs and three stolen bases...De La Cruz has hit five home runs in his last six games...Twice within a three-day period (July 7 and July 9), De La Cruz hit a home run from both sides of the plate in the same game. No other Dayton player had done it once since Henry Rodriguez on April 12, 2010...Over his last 39 games (since May 25), De La Cruz is batting .333 with 14 home runs and 29 RBI. His slugging percentage since May 25 (.706) is second in Minor League Baseball. For the year, De La Cruz leads the MWL in slugging percentage and is tied for the league lead in home runs while ranking in the top three in OPS, RBI, batting average, hits, runs, and extra base hits. He is fourth in stolen bases.

Joe Boyle has an opponent's batting average of .082 on the year, which would lead all Minor League Baseball, but he is five innings short of the minimum number to qualify. His earned run average is 1.87.

Myles Gayman over his nine appearances since May 26 has posted a 1.89 ERA (19 IP, 10 H, 4 R, 4 BB, 21 SO).

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

Saturday, July 16 (7:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Thomas Farr (0-4, 6.12) at Lake County RH Tommy Mace (0-4, 6.02)

Sunday, July 17 (1:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Joe Boyle (3-3, 1.87) at Lake County RH Jack Leftwich (2-0, 0.00)

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