MWL1 Dayton Dragons

Dragons Gameday for May 4

Published on May 4, 2012 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Friday, May 4, 2012 l Game # 28

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 (10-16) at Dayton Dragons (12-15)

RH Joe Colon (1-3, 5.09) vs. RH Daniel Tuttle (1-0, 1.54)

Today's Game : The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Lake County Captains (affiliate of the Cleveland Indians) in the last game of a three-game set. The Fort Wayne TinCaps will be in Dayton to open a four-game series on Saturday night.

Individual Notes

- Juan Silva has hit safely in five straight games, batting .588 (10 for 17).

- Juan Perez has hit safely in five straight games, batting .333 (6 for 18).

- Steve Selsky is batting .393 over his last eight games (11 for 28).

- Junior Arias is batting .306 over his last 14 games (15 for 49) with a home run and nine 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.

- Three Dragons relievers have ERA's under 2.00 (Pinckard: 0.00; Kemp: 1.35; Jensen: 1.80) and two more are close (McMyne: 2.13; Contreras: 2.31).

Team Notes

- The Dragons current five-man starting rotation has a combined ERA of 2.96 on the year (134 IP, 44 ER). The current 12-man pitching staff has a combined ERA of 2.81 (224 IP, 70 ER) (not including players no longer with the club).

- Dragons relievers have posted a 2.48 ERA over their last 15 games (61.2 IP, 17 ER).

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

- The Dragons had allowed four runs or less in nine straight games through Sunday but have now allowed at least five in three straight.

- Three members of the Dragons are rated among the Reds top 30 prospects according to Baseball America . They include outfielder Kyle Waldrop (#22), second baseman Ryan Wright (#23), and first baseman Sean Buckley (#24).

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