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Dragons keep rolling at Fifth Third Field with 5-2 win

August 6, 2006 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Dayton, OH - The Dayton Dragons (23-20, 58-55) continue to use Fifth Third Field as a great home field advantage as the club improved to 31-25 at home overall and 14-7 since the all-star break. The Dragons won for the seventh time in the teams last nine games, with a 5-2 win over the Burlington Bees Sunday afternoon in front of 8,214 fans at Fifth Third Field.

The Bees and Dragons traded runs in the second inning, as the Bees put the first tally on the board off Dragons starter Daniel Guerrero (WP, 3-3). Jeff Howell picked up his fifth consecutive hit in the series leading off the inning with a single. Howell, who has scored all five of the Burlington runs in the series thus far, scored on a RBI double to right center from Carlos Arroyo to give the visitors a 1-0 advantage. Habelito Hernandez answered in the bottom half of the inning with a solo homer off Burlington starter Chris Nicoll (LP, 4-8) to tie the ball game at 1-1.

Guerrero finished his afternoon trailing on the scoreboard as the Bees picked up an unearned run in the fourth on two singles an error and a bases loaded walk. The right hander tossed 5.0 innings scattering five hits with three K's and the free pass. Only on of the two Bees runs off Guerrero went as earned.

The Dragons took the advantage for good in the bottom of the fifth inning off Nicoll with three unearned runs. With one down, Burlington catcher Brady Everett misplayed a foul pop off the bat of Chris Denove for an error. With the "new life" the Dragons catcher worked a walk. Gerardo Cabrera single to left and Mike DeJesus laid down a bunt single to load the bases. After Mike Griffin lined out to third for the second out of the inning, Nicoll balked home the tying run, moving the Dragons runners up 90 feet. Jay Bruce delivered a two out, single to right, scoring both Cabrera and DeJesus and the Dragons led 4-2.

Cabrera would add an insurance run in the bottom of the seventh inning with his first homer at Fifth Third Field and third on the season, a solo shot to left off Rayner Oliveros (ND) to put Dayton up 5-2.

Logan Ondrusek (ND) and Bo Lanier (SV, 8) would shut out the Bees the rest of the way. Ondrusek tossed 2.2 innings of three hit, four strikeout baseball and Lanier finished up the final 1.1 innings to pick up his eighth save of the season.

The Dragons and Bees continue the four game series Monday night at Fifth Third Field with a 7 p.m. first pitch. LHP Travis Wood (9-2, 3.91 ERA) will get the start for Dayton, while Burlington counters with RHP Erik Cordier (1-1, 2.63 ERA). 1410 ESPN Radio WING AM will carry the game live beginning with the Dragons pre game show at 6:30 PM. All Dragons games in 2006 can also be heard live on the internet at www.daytondragons.com.

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