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April 27, 2009 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Monday, April 27, 2009 Game # 17

Coveleski Regional Stadium l South Bend, Ind. l 6:30 p.m.

Radio: 1410 ESPN Radio WING-AM

Dayton Dragons (3-13) at South Bend Silver Hawks (7-9)

RH Josh Ravin (1-1, 2.40) vs. RH Trevor Harden (2-1, 3.18)

Today's Game: The Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Silver Hawks (affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks) in the third game of a four game series.

2008 Season Series: South Bend 9, Dayton 2. South Bend won two of three in South Bend.

Last Game: Dayton 8, South Bend 1. The Dragons established season highs in runs, hits (14), home runs (2) and margin of victory as they won their first road game of the season. Tyler Stovall hit a three-run home run in the second inning and added an RBI single in the eighth while Matt Fairel tossed his second straight outstanding game to earn his first professional victory. Fairel allowed a run in the first but shut down South Bend over the rest of his outing (7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 SO). Cody Puckett hit a two-run homer and Humberto Sosa had two doubles and a single for Dayton. Lance Janke tossed two perfect innings to close out the game.

Today's Starting Pitcher: Josh Ravin makes his fourth start of the season tonight. In his last start Wednesday vs. Great Lakes, he was not involved in the decision (5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO). Ravin was the Reds fifth round draft pick in the 2006 draft out of national power Chatsworth High School. Ravin made 14 starts for the Dragons in 2008, going 2-8, 7.15. In three previous seasons of professional baseball, Ravin went 3-15, 7.03. He allowed only 143 hits in 145 innings but walked 123. Ravin is 21 years old and a native of Tarzana, California.

Skipper: Todd Benzinger makes his professional baseball managerial debut in 2009. Benzinger enjoyed a nine-year major league playing career from 1987-1995 with the Reds, Red Sox, Royals, Dodgers, and Giants. Todd is a former first baseman who recorded the final putout of the 1990 World Series with the Reds to complete their four-game sweep of the Oakland A's. Benzinger is a native of the Cincinnati area and currently resides in West Chester, Ohio. He has enjoyed a highly-successful career coaching girls' high school basketball since 1999.

Individual Notes

- Byron Wiley is 10 for 22, .455 over his last seven games and has driven in six runs in his last three games.

- Kevin Coddington is 10 for 25, .400 over his last seven games.

- Frank Pfister is 5 for 14, .357 over his last four games.

- Carlos Mendez is 5 for 11, .455 in the three games he has played since joining the club on Friday.

- Dave Sappelt is tied for third in the league in hits with 19 and tied for second in stolen bases with seven.

- Cody Puckett is tied for second in the league in home runs with three.

- Matt Fairel is second in the league in strikeouts with 24 and leads the league in innings pitched with 20.2.

Team Notes

- The Dragons hope for a win tonight to notch wins in consecutive games for the first time this season.

- The Dragons are batting .263 as a team over their last eight games after batting .222 over their first eight games.

- Dragons starting pitchers are a combined 2-8, 6.04. The #1 and #2 starters (Fairel, Ravin) and spot starter Lance Janke have a combined ERA of 2.43 as starters. The 3, 4, and 5 starters in the rotation are a combined 0-7, 10.58. They have allowed 43 runs in 32.1 innings.

- Six of the Dragons' 13 losses have come by one run. However, five losses have come by at least six runs including three losses by at least 10 runs.

- The Dragons have led by at least two runs in six of their 13 losses.

- The Dragons current roster includes seven players who have previously played for the club. They are pitchers Curtis Partch, Andrew Bowman, Aguido Gonzalez, Josh Ravin, and Mace Thurman; infielder Humberto Sosa, and outfielder Brandon Menchaca.

- The Dragons roster includes 19 players who played last season with the Billings Mustangs, the Reds Rookie-level affiliate. The Billings team posted a record of 42-32 and won both the first half and second half North Division titles in the Pioneer League.

Upcoming Probable Pitchers (All game times are Dayton time)

Tuesday (6:30 p.m.): Dayton RH Curtis Partch (0-2, 8.03) at South Bend LH Wade Miley (0-0, 4.11)

Wednesday (7:30 p.m.): Dayton RH Oscar Castro (0-1, 7.50) at Beloit TBA

Thursday (7:30 p.m.): Dayton RH Leonardo Astorga (0-3, 18.90) at Beloit TBA

Friday (7:30 p.m.): Dayton LH Matt Fairel (1-1, 2.61) at Beloit TBA

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