MWL Dayton Dragons

Dayton Dragons GameDay Notes for Saturday

Published on June 5, 2021 under Midwest League (MWL)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Saturday, June 5, 2021 l Games # 29

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

Radio: 980 WONE Fox Sports

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

RH Graham Ashcraft (2-1, 4.35) vs. RH Kevin Coulter (2-0, 6.91)

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

2021 Season Series: Lake County 3, Dayton 1.

Last Game: Friday: Lake County 8, Dayton 4. The Captains led 2-0 going to the bottom of the sixth inning before extending their lead over the next three innings to 8-0. The Dragons offense came alive in the top of the ninth as they collected three extra base hits and scored four runs. Dayton set team season highs for most doubles in a game (5) and most extra base hits in a game (6). Michael Siani had a double and a triple to lead a 10-hit attack.

Player Notes

Jacob Hurtubise is third in the High-A Central League in On-Base Percentage (.420) despite going 3 for 21 over his last six games. He is tied for seventh 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 12 games.

Francisco Urbaez over his last 10 games is 13 for 33 (.394) 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

The Dragons have lost three straight games for the second time this season. They have not lost four straight games in 2021. The three-game losing streak comes on the heels of winning five out of the previous seven games.

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 28 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 57 runs in their last 10 games, averaging 5.7 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 sixth in all of Minor League Baseball (120 teams). They are on a pace for 218 in a 120 game season (the pace for a 140 game season would be 255). 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 .216 (second best in the league, two points behind West Michigan).

FIELDING: The Dragons committed have committed only 23 errors in 28 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)

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)

Tue., June 8 (7:05 p.m.): Great Lakes TBA at Dayton RH Lyon Richardson (1-1, 1.33)

Wed., June 9 (7:05 p.m.): Great Lakes TBA at Dayton RH Eduardo Salazar (1-1, 2.27)

Thu., June 10 (7:05 p.m.): Great Lakes TBA at Dayton RH Noah Davis (0-4, 4.15)

Fri., June 11 (7:05 p.m.): Great Lakes TBA at Dayton RH Graham Ashcraft

Sat., June 12 (7:05 p.m.): Great Lakes TBA at Dayton RH Spencer Stockton

Sun., June 13 (2:05 p.m.): Great Lakes TBA at Dayton RH Lyon Richardson

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