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Dayton Dragons GameDay Notes for Thursday (Doubleheader, 5:35 PM)

July 7, 2022 - Midwest League (MWL)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the West Michigan Whitecaps (affiliate of the Detroit Tigers) at Day Air Ballpark in the heart of the Water Street District. The teams will play a doubleheader tonight in the second and third games of a six-game series.

Season Series: Dayton 9, West Michigan 4 (At Dayton: Dragons 5, Whitecaps 2). Current Series: West Michigan 1, Dayton 0.

Last Game: Wednesday: Postponed, rain.

What's Next: The 66-game second half is underway. The Dragons could qualify for the playoffs in one of two ways: 1) By winning the second half East Division title; 2) By finishing with the next best full-season record in the East Division (behind Great Lakes) should Great Lakes win the second half division title. If the same team wins both halves, the team with the next best full-season record qualifies as the second half representative.

Team Notes

Dayton is first in the MWL in home runs with 94 and first in slugging percentage at .418. However, the Dragons lead the league in strikeouts (their total of 886 is second most in Minor League Baseball).

The Dragons roster includes 11 players selected in the first five rounds of the draft and nine of the Reds top 27 prospects (MLB.com).

Player Notes

Daniel Vellojin hit four home runs in the five games he played in on the road trip. He has played in 13 games since joining the Dragons, batting .349 with a 1.155 OPS. Since June 19 (Vellojin's first game with Dayton), he ranks tied for first in the MWL in home runs, fifth in on-base percentage, fourth in batting average, fifth in slugging percentage, and third in OPS.

Elly De La Cruz (seventh youngest position player in the league with at least 120 AB) over his last 34 games (since May 25) is batting .321 with nine home runs and 24 RBI. De La Cruz ranks in the top five in the MWL in nine major categories: OPS, slugging percentage, home runs, RBI, batting average, hits, runs, extra base hits, and stolen bases.

Austin Hendrick over his last seven games has three home runs, two doubles, eight RBI.

J.V. Martinez over his last nine games is batting .357 (10 for 28) with two home runs and three doubles.

Joe Boyle has an earned run average of 1.72 and opponent's batting average of .089 on the year. The opponent batting average would lead all Minor League Baseball, but he is three innings short of the minimum number to qualify.

Myles Gayman over his eight appearances since May 26 has posted a 2.12 ERA (17 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 3 BB, 17 SO).

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

Friday, July 8 (7:05 p.m.): West Michigan RH Ty Madden (3-4, 2.81) at Dayton LH Evan Kravetz (4-2, 4.40)

Saturday, July 9 (7:09 p.m.): West Michigan RH Keider Montero (4-4, 5.77) at Dayton RH Thomas Farr (0-4, 6.40)

Sunday, July 10 (1:09 p.m.): West Michigan LH Brant Hurter (1-0, 4.08) at Dayton RH Joe Boyle (3-2, 1.72)

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