MWL1 Dayton Dragons

Dragons Gameday for May 19

Published on May 19, 2012 under 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. Season Series: This is the first meeting of 2012 between the Dragons and Loons.

Last Game: Dayton defeated Bowling Green 3-2 on Friday night to salvage a win in the three-game series. The Dragons took advantage of four errors by the Hot Rods including a costly throwing error in the seventh that allowed the tying and go-ahead runs to score. Dayton starting pitcher Dan Jensen earned the win, working six innings and allowing two runs on four hits with two walks and four strikeouts. Carlos Contreras worked two perfect innings after Jensen and Kyle McMyne tossed a scoreless ninth for his first save. Dayton had 7 hits. Ryan Wright was 2 for 5. Juan Silva walked three times.

Individual Notes

* Steve Selsky is batting .313 over his last 22 games (25 for 80), raising his average from .220 to .277.

* Juan Perez has hit safely in four straight games and is batting .316 over his last 10 games (12 for 38) to raise his average from .206 to .237. He leads the team in extra base hits.

* Dragons reliever Carlos Contreras over his last 12 appearances: 18.2 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 7 BB, 18 SO. Contreras is second among Midwest League relievers in opponent's batting average at .111 (8 for 72).

* Dragons reliever Kyle McMyne has six straight scoreless outings covering 9.2 innings. His ERA for the year is 1.21.

Team Notes

* The Dragons have just one error in their last five games combined after committing at least one error in 13 straight games.

* The Dragons have played a high percentage of close games this season. Thirteen games have been decided by one run; 20 by two runs or less, and 28 by three runs or less. 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+; 8-20 in games decided by 1-3 runs. They are 4-9 in one-run games.

* Two Dragons relievers have ERA's under 1.75 (McMyne: 1.21; Contreras: 1.71) and three more are under 2.50 (Muhammad: 2.08; Kemp: 2.28; O'Rear: 2.45).

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