Dragons GameDay for April 24
April 24, 2013 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 l Game # 19
Cooley Law School Stadium l Lansing, Mich. l 7:05 p.m.
Radio: WONE-AM 980
Dayton Dragons (6-12) at Lansing Lugnuts (5-10)
RH Drew Cisco (1-0, 1.89) vs. RH Taylor Cole (1-1, 4.61)
Today's Game : The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Lansing Lugnuts (affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays) in the rubber match of a three-game series.
Last Game : Dayton defeated Lansing 4-3 on Tuesday afternoon.
Individual Notes
- Jesse Winker has hit safely in six straight games, batting .500 with a home run, three doubles and a triple. He has at least one extra base hit in five of the six games and has raised his average from .139 to .276.
- Jeff Gelalich is batting .371 over his last 10 games. He does not have a hit in this series but does have three runs batted in.
- Junior Arias is batting .300 over his last eight games with two HR, two doubles, six RBI and seven runs.
- Brent Peterson has three 3-hit games for the Dragons this season and is batting .394 (13 for 33).
- Robert Stephenson leads the league in strikeouts, while Drew Cisco ranks third and Ismael Guillon is tied for fourth. Stephenson ranks first in the league in strikeouts per nine innings while Guillon leads the league in walks with 22 and wild pitches with six.
- Drew Cisco ranks second in the league in fewest walks per nine innings (one walk in 19 innings) and fourth in strikeouts per nine innings.
Team Notes
The Dragons have scored at least four runs in four straight games and seven of the last nine after scoring four of more in only four of their first nine games. The Dragons are third in the Midwest League in stolen bases with 25. The Dragons rank fourth among the 16 Midwest League teams in Team Fielding. They have 21 errors in 18 games. The Dragons rank 16th in Team Batting (.208), Team Slugging Percentage (.302) and Team On-Base Percentage (.274). The Dragons rank 13th in Team Pitching (4.35). Dayton pitchers rank first in strikeouts with 16 more than any other team. They have also issued the second most walks in the league.
Upcoming Probable Pitchers (All game times are Dayton time) (All games on WONE 980 AM and www.daytondragons.com )
Thursday, April 25 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Sal Romano (1-2, 1.69) vs. Peoria RH Joe Cuda (1-0, 2.57) (TV: WHIO Digital 7.2; Time Warner 23, 372)
Friday, April 26 (7:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Robert Stephenson (0-2, 6.23) vs. Peoria LH Hector Hernandez (0-1, 5.40)
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