MWL1 Dayton Dragons

Dragons Gameday for May 18

Published on May 18, 2012 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Friday, May 18, 2012 l Game # 42

Bowling Green Ballpark l Bowling Green, Ky. l 8:05 p.m.

Radio: WONE-AM 980

Dayton Dragons (14-27) at Bowling Green Hot Rods (23-18)

RH Dan Jensen (1-3, 2.28) vs. LH Jake Partridge (4-0, 1.32)

Today's Game : The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Bowling Green Hot Rods (affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays) in the last game of a three-game series. Season Series : Bowling Green 2, Dayton 0.

Today's Dragons Starting Pitcher: Dan Jensen makes his third start of 2012 after 10 strong relief outings, when he went 1-2, 1.69, 1 Sv. Jensen lost his last start on Saturday vs. Lansing (3.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 0 SO). Jensen is the first local product to play for the Dragons in franchise history. He played at Centerville High School, Sinclair Community College, and the University of Cincinnati before being signed by the Reds as a 20th round draft pick in 2011. Jensen pitched at Billings last season, going 1-2, 6.39 in 13 games (two starts) with one start at Bakersfield (0-0, 1.50).

Individual Notes

- Steve Selsky is batting .316 over his last 21 games (24 for 76), raising his average from .220 to .278.

- Juan Perez is batting .314 over his last 9 games (11 for 35) to raise his average from .206 to .235. He leads the team in extra base hits.

- Yovan Gonzalez is batting .417 over his last four games (5 for 12) with a home run.

- Kyle Waldrop is batting .333 over his last six games (8 for 24) with four doubles.

- Dragons reliever Carlos Contreras over his last 11 appearances: 16.2 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 7 BB, 15 SO. Contreras is fifth among Midwest League relievers in opponent's batting average at .121 (8 for 66).

- Dragons reliever Kyle McMyne has five straight scoreless outings covering 8.2 innings. His ERA for the year is 1.27.

Team Notes

- Two Dragons relievers have ERA's under 1.90 (McMyne: 1.27; Contreras: 1.89) and three more are under 2.50 (Muhammad: 2.08; Kemp: 2.28; O'Rear: 2.45).

- The Dragons have played a high percentage of close games this season. They have lost only seven games by more than three runs (just four teams in the league have fewer losses by 4+). They are 7-7 in games decided by 4+; 7-20 in games decided by 1-3 runs. They are 3-9 in one-run games.

- The Dragons are 10-6 when scoring at least four runs.

- The Dragons are 9-4 when scoring the first run of the game; 5-22 when the opponent scores first.

- Last night, the Dragons led after the end of one inning on the road for the first time this season when they scored once in the top of the first and held Bowling Green scoreless in the bottom of the inning.

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