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Dragons Gameday for Tuesday, August 10

August 10, 2010 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Tuesday, August 10, 2010 * Game # 112 (43)

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

Radio: 1410 ESPN Radio WING-AM

West Michigan Whitecaps (19-24, 45-67) at Dayton Dragons (10-32, 40-71)

LH Jared Wesson (4-1, 2.45) vs. RH Ricky Bowen (2-6, 6.13)

Today's Game: The Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) host the Whitecaps (affiliate of the Detroit Tigers) in the last game of a four-game set.

Season Series: West Michigan 8, Dayton 7. (At Dayton: West Michigan 4, Dayton 2).

Streaks: Dayton: Lost 3 (Lost 24 of last 27). West Michigan: Won 5 (Won 10 of last 13).

Last Game: West Michigan defeated Dayton 8-3 to pull to within a game of a sweep of the four-game series. The Dragons led 2-0 before West Michigan scored two in the sixth and three in the seventh to take a 5-2 lead. Dragons starting pitcher Daniel Corcino pitched well in his MWL debut. Corcino did not allow a run until the sixth. His final line including six innings, five hits, two earned runs, with three walks and four strikeouts. Dayton collected nine hits. Kevyn Feiner led the way with two hits including a double and triple. Henry Rodriguez and Chase Weems had two hits.

Today's Starting Pitcher: Ricky Bowen will make his 11th start of the season tonight. Bowen suffered the loss in his last start on Thursday at Lake County (4.0 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 1 SO). He began the season in extended spring training and joined the Dragons on May 25. Bowen was selected by the Reds in the 43rd round of the 2009 draft out of Mississippi State University. After signing with the Reds last summer, Bowen logged just 14.1 innings, going 0-2, 6.28 with Billings (Pioneer League). Bowen went 2-3, 8.44 at MSU as a junior in the spring of 2009. Bowen, 22, is a native of Jasper, Alabama.

Individual Notes

* Mark Fleury has hit safely in 13 of his last 14 games and is batting .333 over his last 30 games. He batted .352 in July to tie for eighth in the league. He is batting .316 in the second half to tie for the team lead.

* Henry Rodriguez has hit safely in 41 of his last 47 games. Since June 1, he is batting .318 to raise his season average from .260 to .291. He is hitting .316 in the second half to tie for the team lead.

* Ryan LaMarre has hit in nine straight games and 13 of his last 14. He is batting .390 over his last 14 games.

* Didi Gregorius is batting .327 over his last 14 games.

* Kevyn Feiner is batting .300 with a home run over his last seven games.

* Jacob Johnson over his last four starts: 2-0, 25.1 IP, 3 ER, 1.07 ERA. Johnson since May 26: 6-2, 3.12 ERA.

* 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

* The Dragons have collected 37 hits over the first three games of this series, batting .322 as a team.

* Dragons starting pitchers over the last 19 games: 1-11, 86.0 IP, 72 R, 63 ER, 6.59 ERA.

* The Dragons have held the lead in the eighth or ninth inning in six of their 32 second half losses and were tied in the ninth inning in four other losses.

* Five times in the second half, the Dragons have held the lead with two outs in the final inning but lost the game.

* Dayton has led in 34 of their 71 losses.

* The Dragons bullpen has notched 23 saves this season but suffered 22 blown saves. The 22 blown saves lead the league. Over the first 42 games of the second half, the Dragons bullpen has been charged with seven blown saves.

* Dayton is 9-12 on the road in the second half; 1-20 at home.

* Dayton is 9-36 this season in games when they have committed more errors than their opponent.

* The Dragons have played 13 extra inning games. They are 4-2 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.

Current Home Stand: 0-3 .322 Batting Average 7.14 Earned Run Average 8 Errors in 3 Games

Last Road Trip: 2-5 .233 Batting Average 4.50 Earned Run Average 10 Errors in 7 Games

Upcoming Probable Pitchers (All game times are Dayton time)

Wednesday (7:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Jacob Johnson (6-6, 4.08) vs. Lansing LH Egan Smith (4-2, 4.58)

Thursday (7:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Clayton Shunick (0-0, 3.18) vs. Lansing RH Dave Sever (4-8, 4.65)

Friday (7:07 p.m.): Dayton RH Tim Crabbe (2-4, 4.29) vs. Lansing RH Ryan Tepera (9-6, 3.97)

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