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Dragons GameDay and Press Box Notes for Monday

June 9, 2014 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Monday, June 9, 2014 ; Game # 62

Classic Park; Eastlake, Ohio; 7:00 p.m.

Radio: WONE-AM 980

Dayton Dragons (32-29) at Lake County Captains (23-40)

RH Sal Romano (4-4, 3.00) vs. LH Luis Lugo (3-4, 4.96)

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

Playoff Race : The Dragons are in third place, four and one-half games behind South Bend and four games behind second place West Michigan with 7 games to play in the first half. The top two teams in the division in each half qualify for post-season play.

Ahead : The Dragons 7 remaining games: 3 vs. Bowling Green (3 home, 0 road); 4 vs. Lake County (3 home, 1 road).

West Michigan 7 remaining games: 3 vs. Great Lakes (0 home, 3 road); 4 vs. South Bend (1 home, 3 road).

South Bend 7 remaining games: 4 vs. West Michigan (3 home, 1 road); 3 vs. Lake County (3 home).

Individual Notes

- Jon Matthews is 13 for 23 (.565) with six walks in 7 games since coming off the disabled list May 31 to raise his average from .136 to .356.

- Sammy Diaz is batting .379 over his last 25 games (36 for 95) to raise his average from .141 to .267.

- Sebastian Elizalde is batting .344 with four home runs over his last 23 games (31 for 90) to raise his average from .295 to .321.

- Carlton Daal is batting .348 over his last 13 games (16 for 46) to raise his average from .306 to .315.

- Avain Rachal is batting .319 in 15 games since starting the season by going 1 for his first 34.

Team Notes

The Dragons are 3-2 on their current six-game road trip.

The Dragons are batting .313 in the month of June to rank second in the league in team batting.

The Dragons are currently three games over the .500 mark. They have not been at or below .500 since they were 3-3 on April 9.

Upcoming Probable Pitchers (All game times are EDT) (All games on WONE 980 AM and WONE.com )

Tuesday, June 10 (7:00 p.m.): Bowling Green RH German Marquez (2-3, 3.98) at Dayton LH Amir Garrett (1-4, 5.17)

Wednesday, June 11 (7:00 p.m.): Bowling Green LH Ben Griset (0-1, 3.60) at Dayton RH Nick Travieso (6-2, 3.29)

Thursday, June 12 (7:07 p.m.): Bowling Green RH Jake Faria (3-3, 3.66) at Dayton LH Nick Routt (0-0, 3.12) (TV: WHIO 7.2; TWC 23, 372)

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