
Dragons GameDay Notes for Monday
July 6, 2015 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release
Monday, July 6, 2015 l Game # 82 (12)
Bowling Green Ballpark l Bowing Green, Ky. l 8:05 p.m.
Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE
Dayton Dragons (5-6, 44-37) at Bowling Green Hot Rods (5-6, 42-39)
RH Wyatt Strahan (5-5, 3.00) vs. RH Chris Pike (7-2, 3.59)
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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 two-game set.
Streaks: Dayton: The Dragons are 13-7 over their last 20 games. Bowling Green: Since winning 10 of 12 games over the first half of June, the Hot Rods have gone 5-13 over the last 18 games.
Individual Notes
- Narciso Crook is batting .345 (10 for 29) with eight RBI in the second half.
- Jonathan Reynoso is batting .346 over his last seven games.
- Avain Rachal is batting .310 in the second half.
- Jeremy Kivel over his last four relief outings: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R. Kivel's ERA since his second outing on April 12 is 2.96.
- Tyler Mahle leads the MWL in strikeouts, is tied for second in the league in victories, and ranks third in innings pitched...Tejay Antone is fourth in the league in ERA while Wyatt Strahan ranks fourth in innings pitched.
Team Notes
The Dragons road record is 20-21 on the year. They are 9-6 over the last 15 road games.
Dragons relievers have bounced back over the last three games, going 10 innings and allowing just two unearned runs. The bullpen gave up the go-ahead run in the ninth inning in three straight games Tuesday-Thursday. In those three games, the bullpen worked seven innings and allowed 13 earned runs.
The Dragons current team ERA of 3.06 would break the club record of 3.39 from 2011. The Dragons second half ERA stands at 3.47.
Upcoming Probable Pitchers (All game times are Dayton time) (All games on WONE 980 AM and www.daytondragons.com)
Tuesday, July 7 (1:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Tejay Antone (4-6, 2.45) at Bowling Green RH Yonny Chirinos (1-0, 0.60 at Hudson Valley)
Wednesday, July 8 (7:00 p.m.): Bowling Green RH Greg Harris (5-5, 2.25) at Dayton LH Junior Morillo (1-3, 5.57)
Thursday, July 9 (7:07 p.m.): Bowling Green RH Hyrum Formo (4-3, 4.67) at Dayton RH Tyler Mahle (8-5, 2.87) TV: WHIO 7.2 (TWC 23, 372)
Midwest League Stories from July 6, 2015
- Good Games Come in Nines - Great Lakes Loons
- Fort Wayne Wins Wild One in 12 at South Bend - Fort Wayne TinCaps
- Defense & Pitching Rule the Day, BG Blanks Dayton, 1-0 - Bowling Green Hot Rods
- Chiefs Play Long Ball, Beat Bees 7-2 Monday - Peoria Chiefs
- Hot Rods Top Dragons 1-0 in Kentucky - Dayton Dragons
- Peoria Tops Bees in Series Opener - Burlington Bees
- Kernels Beat Beloit 7-5 - Cedar Rapids Kernels
- Gerber Helps 'Caps Sink Lake County - West Michigan Whitecaps
- Nightmare Fifth Dooms Lugnuts, 9-5 - Lansing Lugnuts
- Captains Can't Hold Late Lead - Lake County Captains
- Heredia Named Midwest League Pitcher of the Week - Quad Cities River Bandits
- Rain Postpones River Bandits, LumberKings on Monday - Quad Cities River Bandits
- Clinton and Quad Cities Postponed Monday Evening - Clinton LumberKings
- Dragons Place Armstrong on DL - Dayton Dragons
- Great Snappers Promos for Six Games - Beloit Sky Carp
- Coast to Coast Baseball Tryout at Parkview Field - Fort Wayne TinCaps
- TinCaps Game Notes: July 6 at South Bend (Game 80) - Fort Wayne TinCaps
- Dragons Homestand Preview, July 8-13 - Dayton Dragons
- Dragons GameDay Notes for Monday - Dayton Dragons
- Captains Dorssys Paulino Named Midwest League Player of the Week - Lake County Captains
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