MWL1 Dayton Dragons

Dragons Gameday for Friday, July 15

Published on July 15, 2011 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Friday, July 15, 2011

Modern Woodmen Park * Davenport, Iowa

8:00 p.m. * Game # 91 (21)

Radio: WONE-AM 980

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Dayton Dragons (14-6, 49-41) at Quad Cities River Bandits (11-9, 51-38)

RH Daniel Renken (4-8, 3.75) vs. RH Trevor Rosenthal (3-7, 3.57)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Quad Cities River Bandits (affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals) in the last game of a three-game series. Season Series: Dayton 1, Quad Cities 1.

Last Night: Dayton defeated Quad Cities 12-8 to even the series at one win apiece. Tucker Barnhart's RBI single in the top of the ninth inning broke an 8-8 tie, and Ronald Torreyes added a two-run double later in the inning. The game went back and forth several times with four lead changes and ties at 4-4, 6-6, and 8-8. The Dragons finished with 15 hits including three by both Torreyes and Yorman Rodriguez, who belted a two-run home run and drove in four runs. Barnhart drove in three runs and David Vidal added two doubles. The Dragons walked a season-high nine times.

Today's Dragons Starting Pitcher: Midwest League strikeouts leader Daniel Renken makes his team-leading 18th start of 2011 tonight. In Renken's last start Saturday vs. South Bend, he earned the victory (6.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 SO). On June 29 vs. Lansing, Renken tied a Midwest League record set in 1966 when he struck out 10 consecutive batters beginning with the final batter of the first inning and continuing through the fourth. He also tied Josh Hall's club record set in 2001 for strikeouts in a game with 14. For the year, Renken has allowed one run or less in seven of his 17 starts. Renken was a late signee in 2010 by the Reds after being drafted in June in the 25th round out of Cal State Fullerton. In the spring of 2010 at CSF, Renken posted a record of 12-2 with 3.96 ERA. He tied for fifth in the nation in victories and earned Collegiate Baseball 3rd Team All-American honors while earning 1st Team All-Big West Conference for the second time in his college career. Renken led the Titans in starts and tied for the team lead in victories as Cal State Fullerton finished one victory short of qualifying for the eight-team College World Series, losing to eventual CWS runner-up UCLA in the Super Regional, two games to one. He finished his college career at CSF with a 27-10 record. Renken is afflicted with Type I Diabetes and pitches with an insulin pump that monitors his blood sugar at all times.

Individual Notes

* Billy Hamilton has hit safely in 11 straight games (19 for 49, .388). He has 67 stolen bases to set the Dragons club record for single-season and career steals. He leads all of professional baseball in steals.

* Yorman Rodriguez is batting .405 over his last 11 games to raise his average from .232 to .258.

* David Vidal is batting .342 with 4 HR and 19 RBI in his last 20 games, raising his average from .267 to .288.

* Ronald Torreyes has played in 22 games with the Dragons and kept his average above .349 for all but one day.

* Donald Lutz has hit safely in eight straight games, batting .310 over the course of the hitting streak.

* Drew Hayes over his last 29 G: 35 IP, 2 R, 0.51 ERA (16 straight games without allowing a run covering 17.1 innings).

* Daniel Wolford over his last 21 G: 34.2 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 0.78 ERA to lower his season ERA from 4.50 to 1.74.

Team Notes

* The Dragons have won 10 of their last 13 games. They are 20-10 over the last 30 games and have won 6 straight sets to start the half. They will need to beat Quad Cities tonight to win this series.

* Dayton has held sole possession of first place for the last 11 days and held at least a share of first for the last 15 days.

* The Dragons have gone 18-10 over their last 28 road games after going 5-13 over their first 18. Their road record is now 23-23.

* The Dragons are batting .281 in the second half (20 games) after hitting .241 in the first half (70 games). The Dragons .279 team batting average in July is tied for the league lead. The Dragons are averaging 5.65 runs per game in the second half (4.23 in the first half).

* The Dragons have committed just three errors in their last 11 games.

* The Dragons have stolen 152 bases to rank first in all of professional baseball.

* The Dragons have thrown out 50 percent of opposing base stealers to lead the league. Only one other team is above 38 percent.

* Six members of the Dragons roster are rated among the Reds top 30 prospects according to Baseball America. They include shortstop Billy Hamilton (#2), outfielder Yorman Rodriguez (#5), starting pitcher Kyle Lotzkar (#10), starting pitcher Daniel Corcino (#15), second baseman Ronald Torreyes (#22) and outfielder Juan Duran (#28).

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

Saturday (7:35 p.m.): Dayton RH Kyle Lotzkar (1-1, 5.74) at Cedar Rapids RH P.J. Jang (0-1, 3.68)

Sunday, July 17 (3:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Josh Smith (8-4, 2.36) at Cedar Rapids RH Brian Diemer (7-6, 3.25)

Monday, July 18 (1:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Stalin Gerson (3-1, 1.93) at Cedar Rapids LH Max Russell (5-9, 3.35)

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