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Dayton Dragons GameDay Notes

July 17, 2022 - Midwest League (MWL)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Sunday, July 17, 2022 l Game # 86 (20)

Classic Park l Eastlake, Ohio l 1:00 p.m.

Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE

Dayton Dragons (5-14, 44-41) at Lake County Captains (11-8, 46-39)

RH Joe Boyle (3-3, 1.87) vs. RH Jack Leftwich (2-0, 0.00)

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

Season Series: Lake County 12, Dayton 10 (At Lake County: Captains 6, Dragons 4). Lake County has clinched the season series.

Current Series: Captains 4, Dragons 0. In the series, the Dragons have been outscored 13-6. They are batting .172 as a team with two home runs. The team ERA in the series is 3.38 and they have committed five errors.

Last Game: Saturday: Lake County 5, Dayton 2. The Captains snapped a scoreless tie with three runs in the sixth and held a one-run lead by escaping a bases-loaded, no outs jam in the top of the eighth, then added two runs in the bottom of the eighth to close out the scoring.

Streaks: The Dragons have lost seven straight games for the first time since August of 2018. They have gone 1-12 in July (batting .188 as a team in July; averaging 2.7 runs/game; 5.90 team ERA). They are 8-26 since starting the year 36-15.

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.

Dayton is first in the MWL in home runs with 103, the most they have hit in a season since 2017 when they hit 112. The Dragons are on a pace to hit 158 on the year (131-game season). The club record is 144 in 2001 in a 139-game season.

The Dragons lead the league in batting strikeouts (their total of 980 is second most in Minor League Baseball). The club record for a season is 1,382 in 2004 (140 games). They are on pace for 1,510.

Over the last 29 games starting June 14, the Dragons have a team ERA of 6.25 (last in MWL), allowing the most home runs and most walks in the league. However, over the last nine games, the Dragons team ERA is 3.60 (sixth in the MWL).

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 10 appearances since May 26 has posted a 1.77 ERA (20.1 IP, 11 H, 4 R, 4 BB, 22 SO).

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

Friday, July 22 (7:09 p.m.): Fort Wayne TBA at Dayton TBA

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