Dragons Begin Home Series Tuesday at Fifth Third Field

Published on May 8, 2011 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release

**Game and Radio Broadcast Schedule**

- Tuesday, May 10 ¬" Dayton Dragons vs. Lake County Captains, 7:00 PM

- Wednesday, May 11 ¬" Dayton Dragons vs. Lake County Captains, 7:00 PM

- Thursday, May 12 ¬" Dayton Dragons vs. Lake County Captains, 7:00 PM

All games broadcast on WONE 980 AM and streamed via the Dragons website at www.daytondragons.com

**Dragons On TV**

- Thursday ¬â¢s game will be televised on WHIO Digital Channel 7.2. Dragons baseball will also be available on Time Warner Basic Cable Channel 23 and Digital Channel 372

- Former Reds player and Dragons manager Todd Benzinger will join Tom Nichols on the telecast on Thursday, May 12.

**For Your Entertainment**

- Tuesday, May 10

o National Anthem performed by the Gem City Chorus (Dayton, OH)

o Ohio Lottery Baseball Bingo

- Wednesday, May 11

o National Anthem performed by World of Wonder (Dayton, OH)

o Dragons MVP Night (Montgomery County)

o Ohio Lottery Baseball Bingo

- Thursday, May 12

o National Anthem performed by the Jaclyn Heffernan (Bellbrook, OH)

o Dragons MVP Night (Montgomery County)

o Ohio Lottery Baseball Bingo

**Dragons on the Field**

- The Dragons will be returning home from a three game road trip during which they faced off against the West Michigan Whitecaps in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dayton has played its best baseball this season at Fifth Third Field, going 11-5 at the downtown diamond. No other team in the Midwest League has more wins at home than the Dragons.

- Dragons shortstop Billy Hamilton leads all of professional baseball with 22 stolen bases. Dayton pitcher Josh Smith, with 43 strikeouts, leads the Midwest League.

- Dragons starting pitcher Daniel Corcino has pitched brilliantly over his last four starts, winning each of them. In those four outings, he has thrown 22 innings, allowed just four earned runs, struck out 26 batters and walked just six. He is scheduled to start on Tuesday.

- Former major leaguer Delino DeShields leads the squad as the Dragons manager in 2011. He is in his third season in the Reds organization, having served as the manager of the Billings Mustangs last year and as the hitting coach in Billings in 2009. Tony Fossas is in his third season as pitching coach, and Alex Pelaez works in his first year as the team ¬â¢s hitting coach.

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