MWL1 Dayton Dragons

Dragons Gameday for Monday, June 28

Published on June 28, 2010 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Monday, June 28, 2010 * Game # 73 (4)

Fifth Third Field * Dayton, Ohio * 7:00 p.m.

Radio: 1410 ESPN Radio WING-AM

Fort Wayne TinCaps (1-2, 37-36) at Dayton Dragons (0-3, 30-42)

LH Nick Greenwood (4-3, 3.96) vs. LH Justin Walker (1-8, 4.88)

Today's Game: The Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) host the TinCaps (affiliate of the San Diego Padres) in the first game of a three-game set. Season Series: Dayton 5, Fort Wayne 4. Dayton has won all three meetings at Fifth Third Field.

Streaks: Dayton: Lost 4. Fort Wayne: Won 1 (7-4 over last 11 games).

Last Game: Lansing pushed across the winning run on a bases loaded walk with no one out in the 11th inning to defeat the Dragons 5-4 and sweep the three-game series. The Lugnuts survived a game-tying grand slam home run with two outs in the top of the ninth inning by Dayton's Cameron Satterwhite. They also survived a Dragons rally in the top of the 11th as Dayton advanced the tie-breaking run to third with no outs but could not get him in. Dayton committed four errors and trailed 4-0 going to the ninth before Satterwhite tied the game. Dragons reliever Mike Konstanty gave the club a career-high four innings of relief before tiring in the 11th. The Lugnuts winning rally came when the first four batters reached safely in the 11th despite only one ball being put in play, a misplayed sacrifice bunt.

Today's Starting Pitcher: Justin Walker makes his 11th start of the season tonight after beginning the year in the Dayton bullpen. In his last start on June 17 at Fort Wayne, he was not involved in the decision (6.0 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 SO). Walker has gone six innings in eight of his 10 starts and leads the club in quality starts with four. He has posted a 2.00 ERA in three starts in June, allowing four earned runs in 18 innings, but is 0-1. Walker split 2009 season between Dayton and Billings, going a combined 1-5, 3.65. He worked 56.2 innings, allowing 59 hits with 10 walks and 54 strikeouts. He walked just seven batters in 65 innings of college baseball in 2008 with Lamar University, going 2-2, 4.85 in 19 games (seven starts). He posted a combined record of 18-1 over his junior and senior seasons at Nederland High School in Nederland, Texas.

Individual Notes

* Cameron Satterwhite has hit in 13 straight games, going 24 for 52, .462. He is batting .412 over his last 22 games and is now batting .373 since joining the Dragons. Since May 21 when Satterwhite joined the Dragons, he is second in the league in batting average, first in extra base hits, first in doubles, and fourth in slugging percentage. He is hitting .405 for the month of June, which ranks first in the league. His 13-game hitting streak is the longest current hitting streak in the league and tied for the fourth longest in the league in 2010.

* Ryan LaMarre has hit in eight straight games, going 11 for 31 with a home run, .355.

* Chris Richburg is batting .345 over his last eight games.

* Tim Crabbe over his last four games: 17 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 8 BB, 20 SO. Crabbe leads the league in ERA in June at 0.00.

* The Dragons roster includes two players who are ranked among the Reds top 30 prospects by Baseball America. They are shortstop Didi Gregorius (#15) and pitcher J.C. Sulbaran (#25).

Team Notes

* Seven of the last 10 Dragons games have been decided by one run (three wins, four losses) and two by two runs (win, loss). Three of the last five games have gone to extra innings.

* Dayton is batting .277 in June to rank first in the Eastern Division and fourth in the Midwest League. However, they are batting just .233 over the last six games.

* The Dragons have stolen 22 bases in 21 games in June after stealing 36 bases in 51 games in April-May.

* Dayton is 6-25 this season in games when they have committed more errors than their opponent.

* Dayton starting pitchers this season: 16-26, 4.18 ERA. Dayton bullpen: 14-16, 3.15 ERA.

* Dayton relievers have allowed 29 runs in 43 innings over the last 10 games. In the month of June, the bullpen ERA is 4.55. The bullpen ERA in April-May was 2.57.

* The Dragons are 9-3 in one-run games at home; 5-14 in one-run games on the road.

* The Dragons have played 11 extra inning games. They are 4-0 at home; 0-7 on the road.

* The Dragons have seven "walk-off" wins this season, three more than they had in all of 2009.

Last Road Trip (ending Sunday): 0-3 .229 Batting Average 4.08 Earned Run Average 7 Errors in 3 Games

Last Home Stand (6/18-6/20): 2-1 .238 Batting Average 2.90 Earned Run Average 3 Errors in 3 Games

Upcoming Probable Pitchers (All game times are Dayton time)

Tuesday (7:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Ricky Bowen (1-1, 5.48) vs. Fort Wayne RH Jerry Sullivan (5-3, 3.72)

Wednesday (7:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Tim Crabbe (1-0, 1.25) vs. Fort Wayne LH Mike Watt (3-4, 3.52)

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