MWL1 Dayton Dragons

Dragons Gameday for May 3

Published on May 3, 2012 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Thursday, May 3, 2012 l Game # 27

Fifth Third Field l Dayton, Ohio l 7:07 p.m.

Radio: WONE-AM 980 l TV: WHIO 7.2 (23, 372)

Lake County Captains (9-16) at Dayton Dragons (12-14)

LH Elvis Araujo (0-4, 2.49) vs. RH Radhames Quezada (0-3, 2.88)

Today's Game : The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Lake County Captains (affiliate of the Cleveland Indians) in the second game of a three-game set.

Individual Notes

- Juan Silva has hit safely in four straight games, batting .583 (7 for 12).

- Juan Perez has hit safely in four straight games, batting .385 (5 for 13).

- Steve Selsky is batting .391 over his last seven games (9 for 23).

- Yovan Gonzalez is batting .351 over his last 11 games (13 for 37) and .311 on the year.

- Junior Arias is batting .304 over his last 13 games (14 for 46) with a home run and eight RBI.

- Dragons reliever Carlos Contreras over his last five appearances: 9.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 6 SO.

- Dragons reliever Brooks Pinckard has made four appearances with the Dragons without allowing a run (7 IP, 3 H, 0 BB).

- Dragons reliever Ryan Kemp over his last four appearances: 5.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 SO.

- Four Dragons relievers have ERA's under 2.00 (Pinckard: 0.00; Kemp 1.35; McMyne: 1.69; Jensen: 1.80).

Team Notes

- The Dragons current five-man starting rotation has a combined ERA of 3.02 on the year (128 IP, 43 ER). The current 12-man pitching staff has a combined ERA of 2.78 (214 IP, 66 ER) (not including players no longer with the club).

- Dragons relievers have posted a 2.18 ERA over their last 14 games (57.2 IP, 14 ER).

- The Dragons have scored three runs or less in seven of their last eight games. They scored seven runs (all in the same inning) on Saturday.




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