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Dayton Dragons Homestand Preview for May 8 - May 14

Published on May 7, 2014 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Game and Radio Broadcast Schedule

Thursday, May 8 - Dayton Dragons (Reds) vs. Fort Wayne Tincaps (San Diego Padres), 7:07 PM

Friday, May 9 - Dayton Dragons (Reds) vs. Fort Wayne Tincaps (San Diego Padres), 7:07 PM

Saturday, May 10 - Dayton Dragons (Reds) vs. Fort Wayne Tincaps (San Diego Padres), 7:07 PM

Monday, May 12 - Dayton Dragons (Reds) vs. South Bend Silver Hawks (Arizona Diamondbacks), 7:00 PM

Tuesday, May 13 - Dayton Dragons (Reds) vs. South Bend Silver Hawks (Arizona Diamondbacks), 7:00 PM

Wednesday, May 13 - Dayton Dragons (Reds) vs. South Bend Silver Hawks (Arizona Diamondbacks), 7:00 PM

All games broadcast on WONE 980 AM and streamed via the Dragons website at www.daytondragons.com. Broadcasts are also available on the Dragons app for Apple and Android devices.

Dragons On TV

Thursday, Friday and Saturday's games will be televised on WHIO Digital Channel 7.2. It is available on Time Warner Basic Cable Channel 23 and Digital Channel 372.

WHIO TV Sports Director Mike Hartsock will join Tom Nichols for color commentary on Thursday.

Former Reds second baseman Ron Oester, who will be inducted later this summer in the Reds Hall-of-Fame, will join Tom Nichols for color commentary on Friday.

Former Reds infielder and southwest Ohio native Chris Sexton will join Tom Nichols for color commentary on Saturday.

For Your Entertainment

Thursday, May 8

National Anthem performed by National Trail Elementary School Choir (New Paris, OH)

Dragons MVP Night at the Ballpark for grade school participants

Friday, May 9

National Anthem performed by Oakview Elementary School Choir (Kettering, OH)

Local Girl Scout troops are invited to spend the night camping out at Fifth Third Field

Saturday, May 10

National Anthem performed by Craig Dill (Lebanon, OH)

The Dragons are celebrating their 1,000th consecutive sold out game

As part of the Great American Cleanup initiative, the Dayton Dragons and the Montgomery County Environmental Services will host a cleanup event on May 10th from 9 - 11 a.m. at 624 Xenia Avenue in Dayton (East End Community Services)

Rumpke is bringing two garbage trucks to the plaza prior to the game for kids to take pictures

Monday, May 12

National Anthem performed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints (Beavercreek, OH)

Tuesday, May 13

National Anthem performed by Dayton Celebration Choir (Englewood, OH)

Frisch's Kids Club members who selected May 13 as their ticket date will get autographs from the 2014 Dragons team, and will get to participate in an on field parade before the game. Every member will get a Dragons team poster to have signed.

Heidelberg Distributing is holding a beer sampling for Yuengling Sumre Wheat before the game begins

Wednesday, May 14

National Anthem performed by Cline Elementary (Centerville, OH)

There will be a Click it or Ticket Event on the plaza before the game with police cruisers.

Dragons On The Field

The Dragons have six players on Baseball America's Top 30 Reds Prospects list. Phillip Ervin is the highest rated player on the club, checking in as the 3rd best prospect in the farm system. Ervin was also rated as the best hitter for average among all Reds farmhands and had a tremendous debut in Billings. Nick Travieso (#8) is the only other top 10 prospect, but left-handed pitchers Ismael Guillon (#12) and Amir Garrett (#18) will both play key roles on the pitching staff. Sal Romano (#25) is one of the youngest players on the roster this season, while Sebastian Elizalde (#26) is 22 years old, but will make his affiliated-ball debut in 2014.

The Dragons return home after a 6-game road trip in Lake County and Great Lakes. Since beginning the season with a 16-7 record, the Dragons dropped five straight games before taking the series finale in Lake County and winning the opening game of the series at Great Lakes to maintain a slight hold on first place in the East Division. As of this writing, the Dragons are 4-0 against the Great Lakes Loons this season.

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