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Dragons Gameday for Wednesday, June 29

Published on June 29, 2011 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Fifth Third Field

Dayton, Ohio * 7:00 p.m.

Game # 76 (6) * Radio: WONE-AM 980

Lansing Lugnuts (4-1, 42-30) at Dayton Dragons (3-2, 38-37)

LH Sean Nolin (1-1, 3.60) vs. RH Daniel Renken (2-8, 4.25)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Lansing Lugnuts (affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays) in the finale of a three-game series. Season Series: Lansing 5, Dayton 3 (at Dayton: Lansing 3, Dayton 2).

The Streak: The Dragons consecutive game sell-out streak now stands at 810 (entering tonight's game), four short of the all-time sports record. Barring rain-outs, the Dragons could tie the record held by the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA on July 2 and break the record on July 9.

Last Night: Lansing defeated Dayton 9-5 to snap the Dragons three-game winning streak. The Lugnuts scored four runs in the top of the first inning and held off several Dragons comeback bids. Dayton cut the deficit to 5-3 after six innings and 7-5 after seven, but each time, Lansing built the lead back to four. Matt Nuzzo had three hits and three RBI for Lansing.

Today's Dragons Starting Pitcher: Daniel Renken makes his 15th start of 2011 tonight. In Renken's last start last Friday at Bowling Green, he suffered the loss (5 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 SO). For the year, Renken has allowed one run in five of his 14 starts, but he has struggled over his last three starts (13 IP, 23 H, 13 ER, 7 BB, 17 SO, 5 HR after allowing only 3 HR in his first 11 starts). Renken was a late signee in 2010 by the Reds after being drafted in June in the 25th round out of Cal State Fullerton. In the spring of 2010 at CSF, Renken posted a record of 12-2 with 3.96 ERA. He tied for fifth in the nation in victories and earned Collegiate Baseball 3rd Team All-American honors while earning 1st Team All-Big West Conference for the second time in his college career. Renken led the Titans in starts and tied for the team lead in victories as Cal State Fullerton finished one victory short of qualifying for the eight-team College World Series, losing to eventual CWS runner-up UCLA in the Super Regional, two games to one. He finished his college career at CSF with a 27-10 record.

Individual Notes

* Donald Lutz is batting .444 (12 for 27) with 2 HR over his last seven games, raising his average from .238 to .262.

* Theo Bowe is batting .333 over his last 11 games, raising his average from .242 to .276.

* Ronald Torreyes has hit safely in six of the seven games he has appeared in since joining the Dragons, batting .414.

* Billy Hamilton saw his seven-game hitting streak end last night. Over his last 26 games, he is batting .305 with five doubles and four triples, raising his batting average from .195 to .237. He has 55 stolen bases to set the Dragons club record for single-season and career steals. He leads all of professional baseball in steals. Hamilton led the Reds organization in stolen bases (48) in 2010 despite playing in a "short-season" league.

* Drew Hayes over his last 23 G: 27.2 IP, 2 R, 0.65 ERA (10 straight games without allowing a run). Hayes leads Midwest League relievers in opponents' batting average (.119) and strikeouts per 9 innings (14.34).

* Daniel Wolford over his last 16 G: 27.2 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 0.98 ERA.

Team Notes

* The Dragons have won three of their last four games and they are 9-6 over their last 15 games.

* The Dragons are batting .273 in the second half after hitting .241 in the first half.

* The Dragons have eased their reliance on great pitching to win. Over their last nine games, they have won four times when the opponent scored more than two runs. Prior to these nine games, they had gone 40 games without winning when the opponent scored more than two.

* Since April 18, the Dragons have held their opponents to two runs or less in 31 out of 64 games.

* The Dragons bullpen ERA for the year is 2.90. Over the last seven games, relievers have allowed 4 earned runs in 31 innings (1.16 ERA).

* The Dragons are 34-25 in night games; 4-12 in day games.

* The Dragons have stolen 133 bases to lead all of professional baseball.

* Dayton has outscored its opponents 120-36 in their last 16 wins. Opponents have scored one run or less in 8 of the last 16 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 (7:07 p.m.): Dayton RH Kyle Lotzkar (0-1, 7.24) vs. Bowling Green LH Braulio Lara (3-6, 5.04)-TV: WHIO Digital Channel 7.2

Friday (7:07 p.m.): Dayton RH Josh Smith (7-3, 1.94) vs. Bowling Green LH Enny Romero (2-4, 4.90)--TV: WHIO Digital Channel 7.2

Saturday (7:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Daniel Corcino (8-3, 2.53) vs. Bowling Green LH C.J. Riefenhauser (5-5, 2.55)

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