MWL1 Dayton Dragons

Dragons GameDay for April 22

April 22, 2014 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Four Winds Field, South Bend, Ind., 6:05 p.m.

Doubleheader; Radio: WONE-AM 980

Dayton Dragons (11-4) at South Bend Silver Hawks (9-7)

RH Sal Romano (2-0, 2.00) vs. RH Aaron Blair (0-1, 4.08); LH Ismael Guillon (1-0, 1.65) vs. RH Brad Allen (2-0, 4.96)

Today's Game : The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the South Bend Silver Hawks (affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks) in a make-up doubleheader. These are the first two games of a four-game series and the Dragons seven-game road trip.

Streaks: The Dragons have won nine of their last 10 games. South Bend has won five straight games.

Last Game: The two clubs were postponed by rain last night.

Individual Notes

- Who's Hot : Tanner Rahier is 4 for 8 over his last two games with two doubles and a home run...Joe Hudson went 5 for 15, .333 on the homestand including the game-winning RBI on Saturday...Sebastian Elizalde is 11 for 29, .379 over his last seven games with a home run, triple and three doubles...Beau Amaral is batting .353 over his last seven games, going 12 for 34 with a home run, two doubles, and two triples...Carlton Daal is batting .333 over his last 10 games, going 12 for 36...Layne Somsen has not allowed a run in five relief appearances (8.2 IP, 4 H, 15 K)...Zack Weiss has not allowed a run over five relief outings (11.1 IP, 4 H, 2 BB, 13 K)...Alejandro Chacin (9.2 IP) and Evan Mitchell (7 IP) have allowed unearned runs but no earned runs.

Team Notes

The Dragons have won two straight and nine of their last 10 games. They have won four straight series (two sweeps, two-out-of-three twice). The Dragons team ERA of 2.32 ranks first in the league in team pitching. Dragons opponents have scored no runs or one run in six of the 15 games played and two runs in three others.

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

Wednesday, April 23 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton LH Amir Garrett (0-2, 7.36) at South Bend RH Adam Miller (1-0, 1.42)

Thursday, April 24 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Nick Travieso (2-0, 1.59) at South Bend RH Bradin Shipley (1-0, 0.00)

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