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Dragons Gameday for Wednesday, May 11

May 11, 2011 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Dragons GameDay

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 * Game # 34

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

Radio: WONE-AM 980

Lake County Captains (16-17) at Dayton Dragons (16-17)

RH Cole Cook (1-3, 4.66) vs. RH Daniel Tuttle (2-0, 5.19)

Today's Game: The Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Captains (affiliate of the Cleveland Indians) in game two of a three-game set. Season Series: Lake County 3, Dayton 2. (At Dayton: Dragons 1, Captains 0).

Streaks: Dayton has won 11 of their last 13 home games. Overall, they have lost 8 of their last 10 after winning 12 of 13.

Last Night: Dayton defeated Lake County 4-2 in the first game of the series. Daniel Corcino tossed five and two-thirds scoreless innings to win his fifth straight start. David Vidal hit a home run and had two RBI and Tucker Barnhart had a two-run single for the Dragons. All nine Dragons players in the lineup had at least one hit. Billy Hamilton was the only player with two. He also stole a base.

Today's Dragons Starting Pitcher: Daniel Tuttle makes his sixth start of the season tonight. In his last start Friday vs. South Bend, he was not involved in the decision (4.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 4 SO, 3 HB). Tuttle is listed as 31st best prospect in Reds organization by Baseball America entering 2011 season. He spent 2010 season with Billings (5-3, 4.32, 13 GS). Tuttle was a fifth round draft pick by the Reds in 2009 out of Randleman (N.C.) High School. Prior to being drafted by the Reds, he pitched in the Aflac All-American Game at Dodger Stadium (the nation's premier high school baseball all-star game). Tuttle was rated as the # 3 high school prospect in the state of North Carolina entering the 2009 draft by Perfect Game USA. Tuttle was an outstanding two-way player in high school who had committed to North Carolina State as a shortstop/pitcher before signing with Reds.

Manager/Coaches: Delino DeShields is in his first season with the Dragons and third year in the Reds organization. He served as the manager of the Billings Mustangs in the Pioneer League last season, leading the club to a record of 38-37. As a player, DeShields spent 13 years in the Major Leagues from 1990-2002 with the Expos, Dodgers, Orioles, Cardinals, and Cubs. He finished in the top three in the league in stolen bases six times and is 46th on the all-time career list with 463. DeShields hit .290 or higher five times. DeShields finished second in the National League Rookie of the Year voting in 1990...Pitching coach Tony Fossas is in his third season with the Dragons and third year in the Reds organization. Fossas pitched in the Major Leagues from 1988-1999 as a relief pitcher, appearing in 567 big league games with Boston, St. Louis, and five other clubs...Hitting coach Alex Pelaez is in his first season with the Dragons. He served as the hitting coach with Billings last season. Pelaez played professionally for eight seasons from 1998-2005 (big leagues in 2002 with the Padres).

Individual Notes

* Billy Hamilton has 24 stolen bases to lead all of professional baseball. Hamilton led the Reds organization in stolen bases (48) in 2010 despite playing in a "short-season" league.

* Dominic D'Anna has maintained a batting average of .300 or higher for all but one day of the 2011 season. D'Anna is batting .692 with men in scoring position and two outs (9 for 13). He is 5 for 11 with a home run over his last three games.

* David Vidal has hit safely in seven straight games, batting .320 with three home runs over the streak.

* Drew Hayes has allowed only one hit and no runs over his last seven appearances covering 8.2 innings with three walks and 14 strikeouts. Hayes has limited opposing batters to a .116 average to rank fifth among Midwest League relievers.

Team Notes

* The Dragons started the year by going 2-8 in their first 10 games, then went 12-1 over the next 13, and have gone 2-8 over the next 10. The Dragons are 11-2 over their last 13 home games.

* After going 8 for 67, .119 with men in scoring position over their previous nine games, the Dragons were 3 for 10 (.300) in those situations last night. They were 2 for 26 in the West Michigan series and 3 for 26 in the previous series vs. South Bend.

* Dayton is 12-5 at home this season; 4-12 on the road.

* The Dragons have stolen 60 bases. They are second in professional baseball, trailing Fresno of the Pacific Coast League (67).

* In the Dragons 33 games this season, the team with the lead at the end of seven innings has gone 32-0 (one game tied after seven). There has not been a game in which a team trailing after seven innings came back to win the game (note: for seven-inning games, end of fifth). The team leading at the end of the fifth inning in all games has gone 27-2 with four games tied after five.

* Four members of the Dragons Opening Night 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 Daniel Corcino (#15) and outfielder Juan Duran (#28). Additionally, starting pitcher Daniel Tuttle was named as the #31 prospect in the magazine's special supplement.

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 LH Tanner Robles (2-3, 5.73) vs. Lake County RH Steven Wright (0-0, 2.75) -TV (WHIO Digital Channel 7.2)

Friday (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Daniel Renken (1-4, 3.78) at Fort Wayne RH Matt Branham (2-3, 3.91)

Saturday (5:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Josh Smith (2-3, 1.93) at Fort Wayne RH Adys Portillo (0-5, 9.64)

Sunday (3:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Daniel Corcino (5-2, 3.31) at Fort Wayne LH Andrew Werner (1-3, 3.44)


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