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Dragons Gameday for Wednesday, August 3

August 3, 2011 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Fifth Third Field * Dayton, Ohio

7:00 p.m. * Game # 108 (38)

Radio: WONE-AM 980

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West Michigan Whitecaps (20-17, 52-54) at Dayton Dragons (23-14, 58-49)

LH Kyle Ryan (4-8, 3.46) vs. LH Mitch Clarke (1-1, 2.00)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the West Michigan Whitecaps (affiliate of the Detroit Tigers) in the second game of a three-game series. Season Series: West Michigan 4, Dayton 3 (at Dayton: Dragons 3, Whitecaps 1).

Last Night: West Michigan defeated Dayton 9-6 in the first game of the series. The Whitecaps collected 17 hits and took a 9-2 lead to the ninth inning before the Dragons rallied to make a run in the final frame for the second straight night. Dayton scored four runs in the ninth and had the tying run at the plate with one out but came up short. On Monday, they trailed 8-0 going to the ninth and scored six runs in the inning. On Tuesday, David Vidal hit a two-run home run home run while Ronald Torreyes and Donald Lutz had two hits. Chris Berset had a two-run double in the ninth and Juan Duran added a two-run single. Nick Castellanos had three hits and three RBI for West Michigan.

Today's Dragons Starting Pitcher: Mitch Clarke makes his second start and third appearance with the Dragons tonight. Clarke pitched out of the bullpen on Friday vs. Fort Wayne, coming on to replace starting pitcher Tanner Robles after a long rain delay. Clarke took the loss in that outing (4 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO). He was promoted to Dayton from Billings on July 21 when Kyle Lotzkar went on the disabled list. Clarke appeared in five games (two starts) this season with Billings, going 1-1 with a 3.60 ERA in 20 innings. He pitched with the AZL Reds last season, going 3-1, 2.08 in 12 games (six starts). Clarke was the Reds 19th round draft pick in 2009.

Individual Notes

* Ronald Torreyes leads the Midwest League in batting average (.384) and base hits (58) in the second half (starting June 24). He ranks tied for first in runs scored with Billy Hamilton. Torreyes is batting .390 since joining the club on June 17. Torreyes is batting .474 in his last 14 games.

* Billy Hamilton is batting .336 over his last 28 games, raising his average from .223 to .255. He has 75 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 .338 with 9 HR and 38 RBI in his last 36 games, raising his average from .267 to .296.

* Chris Berset is batting .318 over his last seven games, including his first home run of the season.

* Daniel Wolford over his last 26 G: 43.1 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 0.62 ERA to lower his season ERA from 4.50 to 1.46. He has not allowed a run since June 9 (14 games, 24.1 innings).

* Blaine Howell has been unscored upon in 11 of his last 12 appearances. Over the span, he has allowed two runs in 17.1 innings.

* Drew Hayes not allowed a run over his last five outings covering five innings.

* Chad Rogers has allowed no runs over his last four outings covering nine innings.

Team Notes

* In the ninth inning of the Dragons last two games, they have combined to score 10 runs on 11 hits. They have scored two runs on five hits over the first eight innings of the two games.

* The Dragons have lost five straight games for the second time since in 2011. They have not lost six straight games this season.

* The Dragons went 19-9 in July (best record in the league).

* Dayton has held at least a share of first place for the last 35 days (since June 29).

* The Dragons are batting .281 in the second half (37 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. However, they are batting just .223 over the last seven games.

* The Dragons finished July with a team earned run average of 3.56 to rank second in the league. In August, they have allowed 17 runs in two games, posting a team ERA of 8.47.

* The Dragons have stolen 170 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 (7:07 p.m.): Dayton RH Stalin Gerson (3-1, 3.48) vs. West Michigan RH Josue Carreno (5-9, 5.10) -TV: WHIO Digital Channel 7.2

Friday (7:07 p.m.): Dayton RH Daniel Corcino (9-5, 3.41) vs. West Michigan LH Brian Flynn (3-1, 3.52) -TV: WHIO Digital Channel 7.2

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