Sports stats



MWL1 Dayton Dragons

Dragons Notes for Friday

July 13, 2018 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Friday, July 13, 2018 l Game # 22 (90)

Fifth Third Field l Dayton, Ohio l 7:07 p.m.

TV: Dayton's CW (26) l Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE

Quad Cities River Bandits (11-9, 51-39) at Dayton Dragons (9-12, 40-49)

RH Cesar Rosado (4-2, 3.99) vs. RH Wendolyn Bautista (3-4, 3.96)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Quad Cities River Bandits (affiliate of the Houston Astros) in the last game of a three-game series. Season Series/Current Series to Date: Quad Cities 2, Dayton 0.

Recent Performances: The Dragons are 9-8 since opening the second half by losing their first four games, but they have lost five of their last seven games. Quad Cities is 9-3 since opening the second half with a 2-6 record.

Last Game: Thursday: Quad Cities 4, Dayton 3. The Dragons committed six errors (one short of the club record) including five in the first four innings, but still had a chance to win after Leandro Santana's game-tying two-run home run in the sixth. Quad Cities broke the tie with a run in the eighth, and the Dragons left runners in scoring position in the eighth and ninth. Quad Cities had chances to build a lead but the River Bandits went 0 for 16 with runners in scoring position. It has been a tough series for Dayton hitters as they have collected just seven hits and only one extra base hit while striking out 21 times against the MWL's best pitching staff.

2018 Team Notes

The Dragons 2.91 ERA in the month of July ranks third among the 16 MWL teams. Quad Cities ranks first at 1.80.

The Dragons have allowed three runs or less in 12 of their 21 second half games. Their second half ERA is 3.62 (5.31 in the first half). Outside of two high-scoring games vs. South Bend, the Dragons team ERA in the second half would be 2.89 in the other 19 games (168 IP, 54 ER). The Midwest League average team ERA in 2018 is 3.91.

The Dragons are batting just .214 in July, ranking 16th (last) in the league. They also rank last in home runs in July with three.

Over their last four series (10 games), the Dragons are hitting .130 with men in scoring position (10 for 77). Overall, the Dragons are hitting .209 over those last 10 games (67 for 320).

The Dragons had committed just 16 errors in their last 31 games entering last night's game, when they committed six errors.

Greene Day: Dragons pitcher Hunter Greene has been selected to play in the SiriusXM All-Star Futures game at Nationals Park in Washington on Sunday, July 15. Former Dragons outfielder Taylor Trammell, now with Daytona, was also selected.

2018 Individual Notes

Packy Naughton over his last three starts: 21 IP, 11 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 17 SO, 0.00 ERA. Naughton has a current streak of 22 scoreless innings, the longest of the year by a Dayton pitcher.

Hunter Greene over his last nine starts: 46.1 IP, 35 H, 15 R, 14 ER, 10 BB, 54 SO, 2.72 ERA. Greene has made 16 starts. His ERA in his first seven starts was 10.06. Greene was selected as the Cincinnati Reds Minor League Co-Pitcher of the Month for June.

Jose Garcia is batting .302 over his last 15 games. The streak has lifted Garcia's average from .196 to .219.

Jeter Downs is batting .282 with two home runs and a .402 on-base percentage in the second half.

Lorenzo Cedrola, acquired last week in a trade with Boston, is batting .381 over his last five games, going 8 for 21.

John Ghyzel leads the MWL in saves with 16. Ghyzel was the winning pitcher in the MWL All-Star Game on June 19.

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

Saturday, July 14 (7:07 p.m.): Kane County RH Jeff Bain (7-3, 2.86) at Dayton RH Patrick McGuff (no record) TV: Dayton's CW (26)

Sunday, July 15 (2:07 p.m.): Kane County RH Jhoan Duran (5-3, 4.21) at Dayton LH Packy Naugton (4-8, 4.10) TV: Dayton's CW (26)

Monday, July 16 (7:00 p.m.): Kane County RH Brian Shafer (5-5, 2.70) at Dayton RH Adrian Rodriguez (4-4, 6.83)

Check out the Dayton Dragons Statistics



Midwest League Stories from July 13, 2018


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central