Dragons GameDay for April 21
April 21, 2016 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release
Thursday, April 21, 2016 l Game #15
Fifth Third Ballpark l Comstock Park, Mich. l 6:35 p.m.
Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE
Dayton Dragons (3-11) at West Michigan Whitecaps (6-7)
LH Ty Boyles (0-1, 6.75) vs. RH Fernando Perez (1-0, 0.90)
Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the West Michigan Whitecaps (affiliate of the Detroit Tigers) in the first game of a four-game series.
Last Game: Wednesday: Great Lakes 5, Dayton 3. Great Lakes took advantage of several Dragons mistakes to score four runs in the eighth inning, overcoming a 3-1 deficit, to defeat the Dragons 5-3. The Loons won two-of-three in the series. Dayton led most of the game after breaking a 1-1 tie with two runs in the fourth inning, getting a pair of two-out, run-scoring singles from Tyler Stephenson and Brantley Bell.
Individual Notes
- Shane Mardirosian is batting .323 (10 for 31) over his last nine games.
- Reliever Manuel Aybar has three straight scoreless outings covering 4.2 innings with eight strikeouts.
- Reliever Austin Orewiler has allowed just one unearned run over his last three outings covering eight innings.
Upcoming Probable Pitchers (Game times are Dayton time) (All games on WONE 980 AM andwww.daytondragons.com)
Friday, April 22 (6:35 p.m.): Dayton RH Tanner Rainey (0-2, 5.11) at West Michigan LH Matt Hall (1-0, 0.84)
Saturday, April 23 (4:00 p.m.): Dayton LH Jacob Constante (0-2, 5.91) at West Michigan RH Beau Burrows (0-1, 4.15)
Sunday, April 24 (1:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Jose Lopez (2-1, 6.60) at West Michigan LH Eudis Idrogo (1-1, 5.59)
Midwest League Stories from April 21, 2016
- Chiefs Shutout Wisconsin Thursday Night - Peoria Chiefs
- Welz Homers in Bees 4-2 Loss to Beloit - Burlington Bees
- Rattlers shutout in Peoria - Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
- Fort Wayne Falters in Series Opener - Fort Wayne TinCaps
- Rally 'Caps Fight Back for 6-5 Win - West Michigan Whitecaps
- Solo Shots Steal Show - Great Lakes Loons
- Perdomo Dominates in 6-4 Lugnuts Victory - Lansing Lugnuts
- Homers Lead Loons Past Hot Rods - Bowling Green Hot Rods
- Whitecaps Erase 5-0 Deficit to Top Dragons 6-5 - Dayton Dragons
- Carlos Baerga Meet & Greet Scheduled for July 3 - Lake County Captains
- Kernels, LumberKings Rained out Thursday - Cedar Rapids Kernels
- Tonight's Game vs Cedar Rapids Postponed - Clinton LumberKings
- TinCaps Game Notes: April 21 at South Bend (Game 15) - Fort Wayne TinCaps
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