MWL1 Dayton Dragons

Dragons GameDay for August 26

August 26, 2013 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Lansing Lugnuts (affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays) in the third game of a three-game series.

Last Game: Dayton defeated Lansing 5-4 in 11 innings on Sunday.

Individual Notes

- Seth Mejias-Brean leads the Midwest League in OPS in games played since May 12 at .929. He has played in 93 games since that date, batting .342 with nine home runs and 60 RBI. He ranks second in the Midwest League in second half batting average at .348. He is batting .382 over his last 44 games since July 8. Over his last 17 games, he is 27 for 65, .415.

- Sammy Diaz is batting .375 over his last nine games, going 12 for 32.

- Zach Vincej is batting .333 (13 for 39) with two home runs over his last 11 games.

- Daniel Pigott is 8 for 18, .444 over his last four games, collecting two hits in each game.

Team Notes

The Dragons are 4-1 on their current nine-game road trip. The Dragons are 30-20 (.600) over the last 50 games. They went 17-11 in July, the second best record in the league.

Playoff Push: With seven games to play, the Dragons trail Great Lakes by two and one-half games in the race for the wildcard slot. The Dragons are four games behind first place Bowling Green.

Great Lakes' "magic number" to clinch a playoff spot is five (any combination of Great Lakes wins plus Dayton losses totaling five).

Second Half East Division Playoff Chase

Bowling Green 39-24 +1.5

Great Lakes 37-25 ---

Dayton 35-28 -2.5

West Michigan 31-30 -5.5

(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)

Wednesday, August 28 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Jackson Stephens (3-5, 3.88) at Great Lakes LH Julio Urias (2-0, 2.68)

Thursday, August 29 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Sal Romano (7-10, 4.84) at Great Lakes RH Tom Anderson (3-0, 2.14)

Friday, August 30 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton LH Ismael Guillon (6-8, 4.99) at Great Lakes LH Tom Windle (5-0, 2.77)

Check out the Dayton Dragons Statistics



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