MWL Dayton Dragons

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

July 6, 2023 - Midwest League (MWL)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Thursday, July 6, 2023lGame # 12 (78)

Day Air Ballparkl Dayton, Ohio l7:05 p.m.

Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE

Great Lakes Loons (7-4, 52-24) at Dayton Dragons (6-5, 39-38)

LH Maddux Bruns (0-1, 2.93) vs. RH Thomas Farr (1-4, 4.23)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) host the Great Lakes Loons (affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers) at Day Air Ballpark in the heart of the Water Street District. This is the third game of a six-game series.

Last Game: Wednesday: Great Lakes 4, Dayton 2. Chris Newell hit a two-run home run in the eighth inning to break a 2-2 tie. Austin Hendrick had a first inning home run for Dayton, his third in his last seven games, and Jack Rogers had a game-tying RBI single in the seventh.

Current Series (July 4-9 vs. Great Lakes): Dayton is 0-2 in the series.

Dayton team statistics in the series: .177 batting average; 3.5 runs/game; 1 home run; 0 stolen bases; 5.00 ERA; 0 errors.

Team Notes

The Dragons have held a lead in each of their five losses in the second half.

The Dragons are in second place, two games behind Fort Wayne. To reach the playoffs, the Dragons must win the division title in the second half (or finish second in the second half if Great Lakes wins the second half division title).

The Dragons are 22-15 over their last 37 games (since May 24).

The Dragons team ERA since April 30 is 3.34, best in the Midwest League and fourth in full season Minor League Baseball (120 teams). They are 32-25 since April 30.

Player Notes

Austin Callahan has an 11-game hitting streak, going 16 for 44 (.364) with six doubles, one home run, and nine RBI. For the season, he leads the MWL in doubles and extra base hits.

Justice Thompson in his last 25 games (since June 1) is hitting .301 with three home runs to raise his average from .214 to .250.

Jack Rogers in his last 23 games is batting .317 with one home run, seven doubles, and two triples to raise his batting average from .203 to .249.

Dragons starting pitcher Julian Aguiar leads the MWL in ERA (2.10) and is first in opponent batting average (.177). He was named MWL Pitcher of the Month and Cincinnati Reds Minor League Pitcher of the Month for May (22 IP, 1 ER).

Jose Acuña has a 2.35 ERA that would rank second in the MWL behind Aguiar, but Acuña is 0.1 innings short of the minimum to qualify.

Starting pitcher Chase Petty has an ERA of 1.53 in 35.1 innings (nine starts). He missed the first month of the season.

Owen Holt over his last 8 G: 15.2 IP, 3 R, 1 R, 0.57 ERA (since May 28).

Braxton Roxby over his last 15 G (since May 14): 2-0, 4 Sv, 22 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 1.23 ERA. Roxby over his last 6 G: 8.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB (since June 15).

The Dragons top hitters in June were Justice Thompson (.306, 3 HR), Edwin Arroyo (.299, 3 HR), Jack Rogers (.311, 8 doubles), and Austin Callahan (.281, 4 HR, team-leading 19 RBI).

The Dragons top pitchers in June were Owen Holt (3-0, 0.63 ERA), Jake Gozzo (0.79 ERA, 2 Sv, 1 W), Chase Petty (1.69 ERA in 16 innings, and Braxton Roxby (1.80 ERA, 2-0, 2 Sv).

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

Friday, July 7 (7:10 pm): Great Lakes RH Kendall Williams (0-1, 2.77) at Dayton RH Chris McElvain (0-0, 1.00) TV: Dayton's CW (26)

Saturday, July 8 (7:10 pm): Great Lakes RH Yon Castro (4-1, 2.14) at Dayton RH Julian Aguiar (3-1, 2.10) TV: Dayton's CW (26)

Sunday, July 9 (1:05 pm): Great Lakes LH Justin Wrobleski (4-3, 3.06) at Dayton RH Jose Acuña (5-0, 2.35)

Check out the Dayton Dragons Statistics



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