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Dragons Game Notes for August 29

August 29, 2009 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Lansing Lugnuts (25-35, 51-78) at Dayton Dragons (26-34, 54-76)

RH Chris Holguin (1-3, 5.09) vs. RH J.C. Sulbaran (3-5, 5.20)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) host the Lansing Lugnuts (affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays) in the second game of a four-game series.

Season Series: Dayton 11, Lansing 6 (At Dayton: Lansing 3, Dayton 2).

Dayton in This Series: 0-1 (Team Batting Average: .188; Team ERA: 2.00).

The Race: Dayton will qualify for the playoffs by finishing in the top two among the four teams battling for an Eastern Division 2nd Half playoff berth. Entering tonight's games, Dayton is three games behind South Bend for the #2 seed in the second half race with nine games to play.

Last Game: Lansing defeated Dayton 5 to 1 in the first game of the series on Friday night. Lansing starting pitcher Joel Carreno earned the win with seven strong innings, allowing just four hits and one run with three walks and nine strikeouts. Tony Brown and Miguel Rojas each had two hits for Dayton. The Dragons committed four errors leading to three unearned runs. Dragons pitchers Justin Walker and Shea Snowden combined to issue no walks while striking out 11 in the game.

Today's Starting Pitcher: J.C. Sulbaran (pronounced SOOL-ber-wrong) makes his 20th professional start tonight for Dayton. His last start was Monday at South Bend and he suffered the loss (6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 SO). Over his last 12 starts, Sulbaran has allowed 48 runs in 44.1 innings including 14 unearned runs. His ERA over those 12 starts is 7.11. Sulbaran threw one scoreless inning in the All-Star Futures Game in St. Louis and earned the save. Sulbaran started the season in extended spring training in Sarasota due to a blister problem on his right (pitching) hand. Sulbaran has pitched in some big international games. He appeared in two games for Team Netherlands in the 2009 World Baseball Classic and started a game for the Netherlands in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing against Cuba. Sulbaran moved from the island of Curacao in the Caribbean to the Miami area with his family at age 16 to further baseball career. He was honored as the Miami-area pitcher of the year in 2008, going 11-0, 1.40. He fell to the 30th round of the 2008 draft due to his commitment to the University of Florida. He was rated by Baseball America as the 20th best prospect in Reds organization prior to 2009 season.

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