MWL Dayton Dragons

Dayton Dragons GameDay Notes

Published on July 27, 2022 under Midwest League (MWL)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Wednesday, July 27, 2022 l Game # 90 (24)

LMCU Ballpark l Grand Rapids, Mich. l 6:35 p.m.

Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE

Dayton Dragons (6-17, 45-44) at West Michigan Whitecaps (19-6, 50-41)

RH Miguel Medrano (1-2, 6.05) vs. RH Ty Madden (4-4, 2.92)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the West Michigan Whitecaps (affiliate of the Detroit Tigers) in the second game of a six-game series.

Season Series: Dayton 10, West Michigan 9 (At LMCU Ballpark: Dragons 4, Whitecaps 3). Current Series: West Michigan 1, Dayton 0.

Last Game: Tuesday: West Michigan 3, Dayton 2. Five Whitecaps pitchers combined to allow just four hits. Austin Hendrick's two-run home run in the sixth inning pulled the Dragons to within a run at 3-2, but Dayton did not advance a runner past first base over the remaining three innings.

Dayton is first in the MWL in home runs with 107, the most they have hit in a season since 2017 when they hit 112. The Dragons are on a pace to hit 156 on the year (130-game season). The club record is 144 in 2001 in a 139-game season.

Joe Boyle has an opponent's batting average of .089 with an earned run average of 1.94 for the year.

Christian Roa has not allowed a run over his last three starts covering 14 innings (7 H, 21 SO) to lower his ERA from 5.63 to 3.91.

Myles Gayman over his 11 appearances since May 26 has posted a 2.53 ERA (21.1 IP, 13 H, 6 R, 5 BB, 23 SO).

Donovan Benoit over his last three appearances has not allowed a run (5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 10 SO).

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

Thursday, July 28 (6:35 p.m.): Dayton RH Christian Roa (3-3, 3.91) at West Michigan RH Keider Montero (5-5, 5.32)

Friday, July 29 (6:35 p.m.): Dayton RH Thomas Farr (0-6, 5.88) at West Michigan TBA

Saturday, July 30 (6:35 p.m.): Dayton RH Joe Boyle (3-4, 1.94) at West Michigan LH Jack O'Loughlin (2-0, 3.16)

Sunday, July 31 (2:00 p.m.): Dayton TBA at West Michigan RH Carlos Guzman (5-5, 5.21)




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