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Dragons Gameday for Wednesday, May 18

May 18, 2011 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Wednesday, May 18, 2011 * Games # 38-39

Fifth Third Field * Dayton, Ohio * 6:00 p.m.

Radio: WONE-AM 980

Great Lakes Loons (23-14) at Dayton Dragons (19-18), Doubleheader

Game 1: RH Derek Cone vs. (1-2, 3.93) RH Daniel Corcino (5-2, 3.31)

Game 2: RH Tim Sexton (2-2, 3.86) vs. RH Daniel Tuttle (3-0, 4.22)

Today's Game: The Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Loons (affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers) in a doubleheader.

Season Series: Dayton 2, Great Lakes 1. Streaks: Dayton has won four of the last five games overall and 13 of the last 15 at home.

Last Game: Last night's game was postponed due to rain. Both teams were rained-out Sunday and had a scheduled off-day on Monday.

Today's First Game Dragons Starting Pitcher: Daniel Corcino makes his eighth start in game one. Corcino was the winning pitcher Tuesday, May 12 vs. Lake County (5.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 SO) and has won his last five starts (27.2 IP, 4 ER, 1.30 ERA). Corcino is a 20-year-old native of the Dominican Republic who 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. He began the '10 season with Billings and made nine starts, going 1-3, 3.40. He joined the Dragons on August 6 and made six starts with Dayton, going 1-1, 4.31.

Today's Second Game Dragons Starting Pitcher: Daniel Tuttle makes his seventh start of the season tonight. In his last start last Wednesday vs. Lake County, Tuttle earned the win (6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 SO). 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: 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 in 2010, 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.

Individual Notes

* 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 has hit in seven straight games, going 9 for 26, .346 with a home run.

* Billy Hamilton has 24 stolen bases to lead all of professional baseball (three more than three players with 21 including former Dragon Andrew Means of Bakersfield). Hamilton led the Reds organization in stolen bases (48) in 2010 despite playing in a "short-season" league.

* Juan Duran is batting .306 over his last 11 games, raising his average from .203 to .242.

* Drew Hayes has allowed only one hit and no runs over his last nine appearances covering 10.2 innings with three walks and 18 strikeouts. On the year, Hayes has limited opposing batters to a .102 average (5 for 49) to rank second among Midwest League relievers.

Team Notes

* The Dragons started the year by going 2-8 in their first 10 G, then 12-1 over the next 13, then 1-8 over the next 9, and 4-1 over the last five.

* Dayton is 14-5 at home this season; 5-13 on the road. They have won 13 of the last 15 at home. The Dragons are batting .254 at home, .207 on the road. The team ERA is 2.47 at home; 4.59 on the road.

* Dayton pitchers have allowed just nine runs (eight earned) in the last five games (45.1 IP, 8 ER, 1.59 ERA).

* Dayton has the league's best record when leading after five innings (16-1) and when leading after eight innings (18-0).

* The Dragons are 17 for 103, .165 with men in scoring position over the last 14 games.

* The Dragons have stolen 65 bases. They are second in professional baseball, trailing Fresno of the Pacific Coast League.

* In the Dragons 37 games this season, the team with the lead at the end of seven innings has gone 34-1 (two games tied after seven). Last Thursday night's Dayton win was the first time 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 29-3 with five 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, 5.40) vs. Great Lakes LH Ryan Christenson (4-1, 3.47)-TV (WHIO Digital Channel 7.2)

Friday (7:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Daniel Renken (1-4, 3.43) vs. Lake County RH Michael Goodnight (3-3, 2.93) -TV (WHIO Digital Channel 7.2)

Saturday (7:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Josh Smith (3-3, 1.91) vs. Lake County LH Mike Rayl (4-0, 2.29) -TV (WHIO Digital Channel 7.2)

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