MWL1 Dayton Dragons

Dragons Gameday for Wednesday, August 10

August 10, 2011 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Fifth Third Ballpark * Comstock Park, Mich.

7:00 p.m. * Game # 114 (44)

Radio: WONE-AM 980

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Dayton Dragons (28-15, 63-50) at West Michigan Whitecaps (24-20, 56-57)

RH Daniel Corcino (9-6, 3.47) vs. RH Josue Carreno (5-10, 5.30)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the West Michigan Whitecaps (affiliate of the Detroit Tigers) in the first game of a three-game series. Season Series: Dayton 5, West Michigan 5, (at West Michigan: Whitecaps 3, Dragons 0).

Streaks: Dayton has won three straight games and five of their last six.

Last Night: Dayton and Lake County were suspended by rain in Eastlake, Ohio with Dayton leading 2-0 at the end of three innings. The game will resume in Dayton on either Saturday or Sunday (announcement to be made today).

Today's Dragons Starting Pitcher: Daniel Corcino makes his 22nd start of the season tonight. He suffered the loss in his last start Friday vs. West Michigan (6 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 7 SO). 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.

Individual Notes

* Ronald Torreyes leads the classification (Midwest League and South Atlantic League; 30 teams) in second half base hits (64). In the half, he is second in the MWL batting average (.366) and tied for first in runs (39) (starting June 24). Torreyes is batting .372 since joining the club on June 17. Torreyes is batting .407 in his last 20 games and has not gone hitless in back-to-back games in 2011.

* Billy Hamilton is batting .329 over his last 34 games, raising his average from .223 to .257. He has 78 stolen bases to set the Dragons club record for single-season and career steals. He leads all of professional baseball in steals. No other Minor League player has stolen more than 76 bases in a season since 2006, when Eric Young of Asheville stole 87. Hamilton is also second in the league in runs scored for the year.

* David Vidal is batting .348 with 10 HR and 42 RBI in his last 43 games, raising his average from .267 to .301 (10th in the MWL).

* Daniel Wolford over his last 28 G: 45.1 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 0.60 ERA to lower his season ERA from 4.50 to 1.41. He has not allowed a run since June 9 (16 games, 26.1 innings).

* Blaine Howell has been unscored upon in 13 of his last 15 appearances. Over the span, he has allowed three runs in 20 innings (1.35 ERA).

* Drew Hayes has not allowed a run over his last seven outings covering 7.1 innings. His 18 saves rank second in the MWL.

* Chad Rogers has allowed no runs over his last six outings covering 11.2 innings.

Team Notes

* With 27 games to play in the second half, the Dragons have a four and one-half game cushion to earn a second-half playoff berth. The top two second half clubs among a group of Dayton, Great Lakes, West Michigan, Fort Wayne, Lake County, and South Bend will qualify.

* Dayton has held at least a share of first place for the last 42 days (since June 29). They have been in first place for all but four days of the half.

* The Dragons have held their opponent to 3 runs or less in 6 straight games and 2 runs or less in 5 of the last 6 (7 runs allowed in the last 6 games). In the Lake County series, Dayton pitchers tossed 24 innings and allowed one unearned run in three games (not including Tuesday).

* The Dragons are batting .280 in the second half (43 games) after hitting .241 in the first half (70 games). The Dragons are averaging 5.7 runs per game in the second half (4.23 in the first half). The Dragons led the league in team batting in July at .285.

* The Dragons have stolen 176 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)

Thursday (7:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Josh Smith (10-6, 2.94) at West Michigan LH Brian Flynn (4-1, 3.45)

Friday (7:00 p.m.): Dayton LH Tanner Robles (4-8, 6.16) at West Michigan RH Victor Larez (2-2, 6.14)

East Division 2nd Half Playoff Race

(Top Two Teams Qualify)

Dayton 28-15 --- West Michigan 24-20 -4.5

Great Lakes 24-20 -4.5

Fort Wayne 23-21 -5.5

South Bend 20-24 -8.5

Lake County 18-25 -10.0

Note: East Division clubs Lansing and Bowling Green are not eligible for second half playoff slots after qualifying in the first half.

Dragons Best Records after 44 Games in a Half in Recent Years

Rec. Year Half Final

30-14 2007 First Half 44-26

28-15 2011 Second Half N/A*

26-18 2008 Second Half 37-32

23-21 2006 Second Half 32-38

23-21 2007 Second Half 34-36

*pending completion of suspended game.

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