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Dayton Dragons GameDay Notes

July 16, 2022 - Midwest League (MWL)
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Saturday, July 16, 2022 l Game # 85 (19)

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

Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE

Dayton Dragons (5-13, 44-40) at Lake County Captains (10-8, 45-39)

RH Thomas Farr (0-4, 6.12) vs. RH Tommy Mace (0-4, 6.02)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Lake County Captains (affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians) in the fourth game of a five-game series. Season Series: Lake County 11, Dayton 10 (At Lake County: Captains 5, Dragons 4).

Last Game: Friday: Lake County 4, Dayton 2. The Captains built a quick 3-0 lead over the first two innings and held the Dragons to five hits. Dayton went 1 for 10 with men in scoring position. J.V. Martinez was 2 for 4 for Dayton.

Streaks: The Dragons have lost six straight games, a season high. They have gone 1-11 in July (batting .181 as a team in July; averaging 2.8 runs/game; 5.93 team ERA). They are 8-25 since starting the year 36-15.

Roster Turnover: Since April, the following six Dragons players have been promoted to Double-A Chattanooga: starting pitchers Andrew Abbott and Connor Phillips; relief pitcher Spencer Stockton; first baseman Alex McGarry; outfielder Allan Cerda; and infielder Nick Quintana. Additionally, starting pitchers Bryce Bonnin and James Proctor are out for season with shoulder injuries and outfielder Rece Hinds is out until August with a broken hamate.

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 four in OPS, RBI, batting average, hits, runs, extra base hits, and 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)

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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