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MWL1 Dayton Dragons

Dragons GameDay Notes for Monday

August 31, 2015 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Monday, August 31, 2015 l Game # 132 (62)

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

Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE

Lake County Captains (31-31, 67-63) at Dayton Dragons (29-32, 68-63)

RH Jordan Milbrath (6-10, 4.86) vs. RH Wyatt Strahan (8-10, 2.78)

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Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Lake County Captains (affiliate of the Cleveland Indians) in the second game of a three-game set.

Streaks: Dayton has won six of its last eight games.

Last Game: Dayton 3, Lake County 1. Highlights: Shed Long's two-run home run in the third inning gave the Dragons a 2-0 lead and Tyler Mahle worked six strong innings to earn his 13th win of the season...Brennan Bernardino recorded the final four outs for his third save...Avain Rachal and Luis Gonzalez each had two hits for Dayton...Mahle lowered his league-leading ERA to 2.39.

Individual Notes

- Shed Long had a 14-game hitting streak snapped on Friday. The hitting streak tied for the second longest in 2015 for a Dragons player. Over his last 16 games, Long is batting .313.

- Gavin LaValley is batting .367 over his last 12 games.

- Avain Rachal is batting .347 over his last 20 games and is hitting .301 in the second half.

- Luis Gonzalez is batting .333 over his last 13 games.

- Garrett Boulware is batting .314 over his last nine games.

- Tyler Mahle over his last 12 starts: 7-2, 1.48 ERA, 67 IP, 11 ER. Mahle leads the MWL in ERA by .10 points over Kane County's Brad Keller. Mahle's ERA is .10 higher than the club record of 2.29 set by Zach Ward in 2006.

- Wyatt Strahan over his last 12 starts: 77.1 IP, 24 R, 20 ER, 2.33 ERA, but with a 3-6 record (two 1-0 losses).

- Brennan Bernardino over his last nine relief appearances: 15 IP, 2 R, 1 ER.

- Joe Mantoni since returning to the Dragons on August 11: 6 relief appearances, 7 IP, 0 R.

Team Notes

Season Milestones: The Dragons need two wins in their final eight games to finish with their first full-season winning record since 2011. They need to go 6-2 the rest of the way to finish with a winning record in both halves for the first time since 2001 (39-31 in the first half). They need to win their remaining five home games to break the club record for highest home winning percentage in a season.

The Dragons team ERA of 3.38 would break the club record of 3.39 in 2011. Four Dragons starters rank in the top 10 in the MWL in ERA.

The Dragons are batting .273 as a team over their last 15 games, collecting 145 hits in 531 at-bats. The Dragons are hitting .250 in 2015.

Upcoming Probable Pitchers (All game times are Dayton time) (All games on WONE 980 AM and www.daytondragons.com)

Tuesday, September 1 (7:00 p.m.): Lake County LH Sean Brady (7-11, 3.55) at Dayton RH Tejay Antone (6-9, 2.90)

Wednesday, September 2 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Jake Paulson (7-5, 2.71) at South Bend RH James Norwood (2-3, 4.67)

Thursday, September 3 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton LH Ty Boyles (0-1, 6.55) at South Bend RH Jake Stinnett (6-6, 4.32)

Friday, September 4 (7:35 p.m.): Dayton RH Tyler Mahle (13-7, 2.39) at South Bend RH Zach Hedges (7-8, 4.25)

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