MWL Dayton Dragons

Dayton Dragons GameDay Notes for Thursday (7:05 PM Game)

Published on August 4, 2022 under Midwest League (MWL)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Thursday, August 4, 2022 l Game # 97 (31)

Day Air Ballpark l Dayton, Ohio l 7:05 p.m.

Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE

Peoria Chiefs (14-18, 42-56) at Dayton Dragons (10-20, 49-47)

RH Wilfredo Pereira (6-4, 3.86) vs. RH Thomas Farr (0-6, 5.74)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) host the Peoria Chiefs (affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals) at Day Air Ballpark in the heart of the Water Street District. This is the third game of a six-game series. Season Series: Dayton 1, Peoria 1.

Last Game: Wednesday: Dayton 14, Peoria 5. The Dragons matched a season-high for runs in a game while belting four home runs. Noelvi Marte hit two homers in just his second game with the Dragons. Austin Hendrick had a home run and four RBI. Brian Rey had four hits and scored four times. Garrett Wolforth also had a home run. The Dragons were 5 for 12 with runners in scoring position.

Welcome Aboard: On Wednesday, the Dragons received left-handed starting pitcher Steven Hajjar, who was acquired from the Twins in the trade involving major league pitcher Tyler Mahle. Hajjar was the Twins second round draft pick in 2021 out of the University of Michigan. On Tuesday, the Dragons received blue-chip prospect Noelvi Marte, who was acquired from the Mariners in the trade involving MLB all-star Luis Castillo. MLB.com has slotted Marte as the Reds #1 prospect, while Baseball America has him ranked #2, behind Elly De La Cruz. Last week, the Dragons received starting pitcher Chase Petty from Single-A Daytona. Petty was acquired in spring training from the Twins for MLB all-star Sonny Gray. Petty was the Twins first round draft pick in 2021.

The Dragons have scored 42 runs over their last six games (7.0 runs per game). They averaged 3.2 runs per game in July. Their team batting average of .199 in July was the second lowest in the minors. With runners in scoring position in July, the Dragons batted .167 (26 for 156).

The Dayton bullpen has allowed only two runs over the last four games covering 23.2 innings.

Dayton has hit 116 home runs, the most they have hit in a season since 2008 when they hit 120. The Dragons are on a pace to hit 157 on the year (130-game season). The club record is 144 in 2001 in a 139-game season.

Brian Rey has played in seven games with the Dragons, batting .357 with a home run and six runs batted in.

Tyler Callihan over his last eight games is batting .310 (9 for 29) with three doubles.

Joe Boyle has an opponent's batting average of .098 with an earned run average of 1.97 for the year.

Donovan Benoit over his last four appearances has not allowed a run (7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 11 SO).

Myles Gayman over his 13 appearances since May 26 has posted a 2.30 ERA (27.1 IP, 18 H, 7 R, 6 BB, 29 SO).

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

Friday, August 5 (7:05 p.m.): Peoria RH Zane Mills (2-5, 5.02) at Dayton RH Joe Boyle (3-4, 1.97)

Saturday, August 6 (7:09 p.m.): Peoria RH Austin Love (5-10, 6.21) at Dayton RH Chase Petty (0-1, 18.00) TV: Dayton's CW (26)

Sunday, August 7 (1:09 p.m.): Peoria RH Dionys Rodriguez (3-10, 4.65) at Dayton RH Miguel Medrano (1-4, 7.18) TV: Dayton's CW (26)

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