MWL1 Dayton Dragons

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June 4, 2014 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Wednesday, June 4, 2014 ; Game # 57

Bowling Green Ballpark; Bowling Green, Ky.; 8:05 p.m.

Radio: WONE-AM 980

Dayton Dragons (29-27) at Bowling Green Hot Rods (27-30)

LH Ismael Guillon (3-0, 2.87) vs. RH Jaime Schultz (1-0, 1.20)

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Today's Game : The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Bowling Green Hot Rods (affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays) in the first game of a three-game series. Season Series: This is the first meeting of 2014 between the clubs.

Playoff Race : The Dragons are in third place, five and one-half games behind South Bend and two games behind second place West Michigan with 12 games to play in the first half. The top two teams in the division in each half qualify for post-season play.

Ahead : The Dragons 12 remaining games: 6 vs. Bowling Green (3 home, 3 road); 6 vs. Lake County (3 home, 3 road).

West Michigan 12 remaining games: 6 vs. Great Lakes (3 home, 3 road); 6 vs. South Bend (3 home, 3 road).

Notes from Lansing Series : The Dragons outscored the Lugnuts 17-1 over the first five innings in the series. Lansing outscored Dayton 17-3 over the final four innings. The Dragons batted .350 as a team in the series. Jon Matthews was 6 for 8 in the series.

Individual Notes

- Sammy Diaz has a nine-game hitting streak and is batting .402 over his last 21 games (33 for 82) to raise his average from .141 to .269.

- Sebastian Elizalde is batting .351 with four home runs over his last 20 games (26 for 74) to raise his average from .295 to .322.

- Joe Hudson is batting .346 over his last seven games (9 for 26) with a home run to raise his average from .192 to .219.

- Jon Matthews is 6 for 8 since coming off the disabled list on Saturday.

- Carlton Daal is batting .367 over his last eight games (11 for 30).

Upcoming Probable Pitchers (All game times are EDT) (All games on WONE 980 AM and WONE.com )

Thursday, June 5 (8:05 p.m.): Dayton LH Amir Garrett (0-4, 5.03) at Bowling Green LH Ben Griset (0-0, 3.60)

Friday, June 6 (8:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Nick Travieso (6-2, 3.17) at Bowling Green RH Jake Faria (3-3, 3.91)

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