MWL1 Dayton Dragons

Dragons GameDay for August 14

August 14, 2013 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Great Lakes Loons (affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers) in the first game of a three-game series.

Last Game: The Dragons lost at Fort Wayne 8-5 on Monday as the TinCaps took two-out-of-three in the series.

Individual Notes

- Seth Mejias-Brean leads the Midwest League in OPS in games played since May 12 at .943. He has played in 81 games since that date, batting .340 with nine home runs and 55 RBI. He ranks second in the Midwest League in second half batting average at .346. He is batting .393 over his last 32 games since July 8. He is 10 for 17, .588 over his last five games.

- Sammy Diaz has hit safely in five straight games, going 11 for 24, .458.

Team Notes

The Dragons are 10-3 over their last 13 home games with 10 comeback wins. They are 27-33 at home this season (16-9 in the second half). The Dragons are 22-16 (.579) over the last 38 games. They went 17-11 in July, the second best record in the league. The Dragons are 5-7 in August. The August team batting average (.256) ranks sixth in the MWL; the August team ERA (4.72) ranks 14th. The Dragons have committed just five errors in their last 12 games and rank second in the league in team fielding.

Playoff Push: With 19 games to play, the Dragons trail Bowling Green by two games in the race for the wildcard slot. They would lose the tie-breaker to Bowling Green. The Dragons are four and one-half games behind second half #1 seed Great Lakes.

Second Half East Division Playoff Chase

Great Lakes 31-19 +2.5

Bowling Green 29-22 ---

Dayton 27-24 -2.0

Lake County 25-25 -3.5

West Michigan 24-24 -3.5

Lansing 19-32 -10.0

(Top Two Teams Advance to Playoffs)

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

Thursday, August 15 (7:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Nick Travieso (6-3, 5.19) vs. Great Lakes LH Miguel Sulbaran (6-4, 3.01)

Friday, August 16 (7:07 p.m.): Dayton LH Amir Garrett (0-2, 6.30) vs. Great Lakes RH Brandon Martinez (1-3, 4.45) (TV: WHIO 7.2; TWC 23, 372)

Check out the Dayton Dragons Statistics



Midwest League Stories from August 14, 2013


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central