MWL1 Dayton Dragons

Dragons Gameday for April 13

Published on April 13, 2012 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Friday, April 13, 2012 * Game # 8

Coveleski Stadium * South Bend, Ind. * 7:35 p.m.

Radio: WONE-AM 980

Dayton Dragons (2-5) at South Bend Silver Hawks (4-3)

LH Tanner Robles (0-0, 1.50) vs. LH John Pedrotty (0-0, 3.38)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the South Bend Silver Hawks (affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks) in the second game of a four-game series. Streaks: Dayton has lost five straight games.

Last Game: Dayton lost to South Bend 1-0 in 10 innings on Thursday in the first game of the series. Ender Inciarte's two-out, infield single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th brought in the winning run. The game featured dominant pitching as each team had just two hits through the first nine innings. Dayton starter Radhames Quezada went the first six innings, allowing just two hits and one walk with five strikeouts. South Bend did not advance a runner past first base until the 10th inning. Dayton's two hits were both singles (Kyle Waldrop in the fifth; Jefry Sierra in the sixth).

Today's Dragons Starting Pitcher: Tanner Robles is a 23-year-old native of Murray, Utah who is in his second season with the Dragons and his third year in the Reds organization. He was drafted in the ninth round in 2010 out of Oregon State University. Robles makes his second start of the 2012 season tonight. In his first start Saturday vs. West Michigan, he was outstanding but was not involved in the decision (6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 SO). Robles made 21 appearances (20 starts) for the Dragons last season, going 7-9, 5.40. He went 3-6, 7.09 in the first half, and 4-3, 3.40 in the second half. Tanner was 33-0 during his high school career and was a two-time Utah high school player of the year.

Manager/Coaches: Delino DeShields is in his second season with the Dragons and fourth year in the Reds organization. He served as the manager of the Billings Mustangs in the Pioneer League in 2010 and was the hitting coach in Billings in 2009. As a player, DeShields spent 13 years in the Major Leagues from 1990-2002 with the Expos, Dodgers, Orioles, Cardinals, and Cubs. He finished in the top three in the league in stolen bases six times and is 46th on the all-time career list with 463. DeShields hit .290 or higher five times. He was the 12th selection of the first round of the June draft in 1987 by Montreal. DeShields finished second in the National League Rookie of the Year voting in 1990...Pitching coach Tom Browning is in his first season with the Dragons and sixth year as a pitching coach in the Reds organization. Browning threw the only perfect game in Reds history on September 16, 1988. He won 20 games for the Reds in 1985 pitched in the 1991 All-Star Game. He was inducted into the Reds Hall-of-Fame in 2006...Hitting coach Alex Pelaez is in his second season with the Dragons and third year as a minor league coach with the Reds. He helped the Dragons to a club record team batting average in 2011 when the team led the league in runs scored. Pelaez played professionally for eight seasons from 1998-2005. He played in the big leagues in 2002 with San Diego.

Individual Notes

* Dragons starting pitcher Radhames Quezada has allowed just five hits and one run in 10 innings. The only run came in his first inning of the season. Quezada was clocked as high as 96 mph in his last start on Thursday at South Bend, working six scoreless innings.

* Dragons reliever Ryan Kemp has allowed only one hit and no runs in five innings. He has walked two and struck out five.

* Theo Bowe has stolen six bases for the Dragons despite collecting just two hits so far this season. Bowe is tied for the league lead in steals.

* Ryan Wright, Steve Selsky, and Sean Buckley have started all seven Dragons games and played all 66 innings of the season.

* Dan Jensen, a right-handed relief pitcher, becomes the first Montgomery County native to play for the Dragons in their history. Jensen is from the Dayton suburb of Centerville. He has made three appearances out of the Dayton bullpen and allowed one unearned run.

Team Notes

* The Dragons will try to snap a five-game losing streak tonight that has followed a two-game winning streak to start the season.

* The Dragons are mired in a team batting slump. After hitting .274 as a team in the season-opening three-game set vs. West Michigan, they have hit just .135 over the last four games (17 for 126). They have collected three hits or less in three of the four games. The slump has dropped the team batting average for the year to .198.

* Dragons starting pitchers have allowed one run or less in four of the team's seven games this season.

* Dragons opponents are 8 for 63 (.127) with three walks when leading off an inning this season.

* Two of the seven Dragons games have gone to extra innings this season and another was decided in the bottom of the ninth inning.

* Three members of the Dragons Opening Night roster are rated among the Reds top 30 prospects according to Baseball America. They include outfielder Kyle Waldrop (#22), second baseman Ryan Wright (#23), and first baseman Sean Buckley (#24).

* Four members of the Dragons roster played in Dayton in 2011, including outfielders Theo Bowe and Jefry Sierra, both of whom started all three Dragons playoff games last year. The others are starting pitchers Tanner Robles and Stalin Gerson.

* The Dragons roster represents the following NCAA Division I conferences: Big Ten, Big 12, Big East, Conference USA, PAC 12, Atlantic 10, Big West, and the Atlantic Sun.

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

Saturday (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Stalin Gerson (0-1, 8.31) at South Bend RH Jesse Darrah (1-0, 0.00)

Sunday (2:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Carlos Gonzalez (0-1, 6.35) at South Bend RH J.R. Bradley (0-1, 21.60)

Monday (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Justice French (1-1, 3.60) at Fort Wayne TBA

Tuesday (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Radhames Quezada (0-0, 0.90) at Fort Wayne TBA

Wednesday (11:05 a.m.): Dayton LH Tanner Robles at Fort Wayne TBA

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