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Dragons Gameday for Wednesday, July 13

Published on July 13, 2011 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Dragons GameDay

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Modern Woodmen Park * Davenport, Iowa

8:00 p.m. * Game # 89 (19)

Radio: WONE-AM 980

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Dayton Dragons (13-5, 48-40) at Quad Cities River Bandits (10-8, 50-37)

RH Stalin Gerson (3-0, 0.75) vs. LH Ryan Copeland (0-1, 3.94)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Quad Cities River Bandits (affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals) in the first game of a three-game series. Season Series: This is the first meeting of the year between the two clubs.

Last Game: Dayton lost to South Bend on Monday, 3-2, in a game shortened by rain to five and one-half innings. The Dragons led 2-0 after the last fully-completed inning (fifth). South Bend scored three runs in the top of the sixth inning and the game was stopped before the Dragons could come to bat in the bottom of the inning. The game could not be resumed. The game, by rule, became a suspended game when the Dragons did not get the chance to bat in the bottom of the sixth. The two teams do not play again in 2011, so the game cannot be completed. Midwest League President George Spelius has declared South Bend the winner after consultation with Minor League Baseball officials and interpretation of league rules.

Today's Dragons Starting Pitcher: Stalin Gerson makes his fifth start for the Dragons and his seventh start overall in the Reds organization in 2011 tonight. He has not allowed more than one run in any of the six starts in 2011. He faced Fort Wayne in his last start on Friday and earned the win (6.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO). Gerson joined the Dragons from extended spring training for two starts (1-0, 0.82) and then was assigned to Billings, where he earned Pioneer League Pitcher of the Week (2-0, 0.75). He returned to the Dragons at the start of July. Gerson pitched last season with Billings of the Pioneer League and posted a record of 3-4 with a 4.88 earned run average in 15 starts. He walked only 18 and struck out 52 in 75.2 innings. Gerson was signed by the Reds as an international free agent prior to the 2008 season and spent two years in the Dominican Summer League.

Individual Notes

* Billy Hamilton has hit safely in nine straight games (15 for 39, .385). He has 66 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 .354 with 4 HR and 19 RBI in his last 18 games, raising his average from .267 to .289.

* Ronald Torreyes has played in 20 games with the Dragons and kept his average above .350 for all but one day.

* Jefry Sierra is batting .341 over his last 12 games, raising his average from .206 to .229.

* Juan Duran is batting .300 with 4 HR and 18 RBI over his last 27 games, raising his average from .229 to .261.

* Tucker Barnhart is batting .325 over his last 12 games to raise his average from .271 to .282.

* Drew Hayes over his last 28 G: 33.1 IP, 2 R, 0.54 ERA (15 straight games without allowing a run covering 15.2 innings).

* Daniel Wolford over his last 20 G: 32.2 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 0.83 ERA.

Team Notes

* The Dragons have won nine of their last 11 games and are 19-9 over their last 28 games and have won 6 straight sets to start the second half.

* Dayton has held sole possession of first place for the last nine days and held at least a share of first for the last 13 days.

* The Dragons are 5-7 vs. West Division teams (3-3 on the road).

* The Dragons have gone 17-9 over their last 26 road games after going 5-13 over their first 18. Their road record is now 22-22.

* The Dragons are batting .277 in the second half (18 games) after hitting .241 in the first half (70 games).

* The Dragons bullpen ERA for the year is 2.84.

* The Dragons have stolen 149 bases to rank first in all of professional baseball.

* Dayton has outscored its opponents 182-61 in their last 26 wins. Opponents have scored one run or less in 12 of the last 26 Dragons wins.

* 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 (8:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Daniel Corcino (8-4, 3.12) at Quad Cities RH Seth Blair (5-3, 4.23)

Friday (8:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Daniel Renken (4-8, 3.75) at Quad Cities RH Trevor Rosenthal (3-7, 3.57)

Saturday (7:35 p.m.): Dayton RH Kyle Lotzkar (1-1, 5.74) at Cedar Rapids RH P.J. Jang (0-1, 3.68)

Sunday (3:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Josh Smith (8-4, 2.36) at Cedar Rapids RH Brian Diemer (7-6, 3.25)

Monday, July 18 (1:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Stalin Gerson at Cedar Rapids LH Max Russell

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