MWL1 Dayton Dragons

Dragons Gameday for Monday, July 25

Published on July 25, 2011 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Fifth Third Field * Dayton, Ohio

7:00 p.m. * Game # 100 (30)

Radio: WONE-AM 980 *

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Burlington Bees (9-20, 54-45) at Dayton Dragons (21-8, 56-43)

Blake Hassebrock (5-6, 2.43) vs. RH Daniel Corcino (9-4, 3.61)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Burlington Bees (affiliate of the Oakland Athletics) in the last game of a three-game series. Season Series: Dayton 2, Burlington 0.

Last Night: After a rain delay of three hours, one minute, the Dragons defeated Burlington 7-1 on Sunday. It was Dayton's seventh straight win. The Dragons broke open a 3-1 game with four runs in the fifth inning on the way to the win. Ronald Torreyes was 3 for 4 with a run scored and an RBI to lead a 13-hit Dayton attack. Tucker Barnhart and Theo Bowe each had two hits and a run scored. Reliever Chad Rogers tossed four scoreless innings for the win, striking out seven.

Today's Dragons Starting Pitcher: Daniel Corcino makes his 19th start of the season tonight. He earned the win in his last start last Wednesday vs. Peoria (6 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 5 SO). Over his last three starts, Corcino is 1-1, 9.64 (14 IP, 15 ER). Over the previous five starts, he was 2-0, 1.42 (31.1 IP, 6 ER). Corcino pitched one inning in the Midwest League All-Star Game on June 21 at Quad Cities, allowing one run in one inning and suffering the loss. He won six consecutive starts from April 18-May 18. Corcino is a 20-year-old native of the Dominican Republic. He entered the 2011 season rated as the #15 prospect in Reds organization by Baseball America. Corcino has drawn comparisons to fellow Dominican and former Dragon Johnny Cueto because of a fastball that can get into the mid 90 mph range and sub-six foot frame

* Donald Lutz has hit safely in 15 straight games, the longest hitting streak of the year for a Dragons player and tied for fourth longest in club history. Over the streak, he is batting .373 with three home runs.

* Dominic D'Anna is batting .352 with 4 HR and 21 RBI over his last 20 games to raise his average from .267 to .286.

* Ronald Torreyes leads the Midwest League in batting average and base hits in the second half while ranking second in runs scored (behind Billy Hamilton). Since June 24 when the second half began, Torreyes is tied for second in all of minor league baseball in base hits (former Dragon Denis Phipps of Carolina is first). Torreyes is batting .403 since joining the club on June 17.

* Billy Hamilton has hit safely and scored in his last seven games. He is batting .361 over his last 20 games. He has 74 stolen bases to set the Dragons club record for single-season and career steals. He leads all of professional baseball in steals.

* David Vidal is batting .340 with 5 HR and 28 RBI in his last 28 games, raising his average from .267 to .292.

* Daniel Wolford over his last 24 G: 40.1 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 0.67 ERA to lower his season ERA from 4.50 to 1.55. He has not allowed a run since June 9 (12 games, 21.1 innings).

Team Notes

* The Dragons have won seven straight games, giving them their longest winning streak since July 7-14, 2008. The last winning streak of eight or more was a 10-game winning streak from April 28-May 7, 2007. The club record is 13 set in 2002.

* The Dragons now lead the Midwest League in team batting on the season at .259. They took over the league lead last night (first time in '11).

* They have outscored their opponents on the current homestand 42-12 in five games. They have collected 69 hits in 40 innings in the five games, batting .388 as a team.

* Dayton has won nine of their 10 series in the second half.

* The Dragons are 17-5 in July. They are 27-12 over the last 39 games.

* Dayton has held at least a share of first place for the last 26 days (since June 29).

* The Dragons are batting .298 in the second half (29 games) after hitting .241 in the first half (70 games). The Dragons are averaging 6.21 runs per game in the second half (4.23 in the first half).

* The Dragons lead the league in team batting in July at .302. They are averaging 6.4 runs per game in July.

* The Dragons have stolen 168 bases to rank first in all of professional baseball. They have already broken the club record for a season.

* 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)

Wednesday (7:00 p.m.): Dayton LH Tanner Robles (3-7, 7.16) vs. Fort Wayne LH Mark Hardy (7-7, 2.68)

Thursday (7:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Daniel Renken (5-8, 3.34) vs. Fort Wayne RH Adys Portillo (2-9, 6.21)

Friday (7:00 p.m.): Dayton TBA vs. Fort Wayne RH Zach Cates (3-6, 4.60)

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