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Dragons Notes for Friday

June 7, 2019 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Friday, June 7, 2019 l Game # 61

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

Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE

Fort Wayne TinCaps (28-30) at Dayton Dragons (21-39)

LH Ramon Perez (1-3, 5.67) vs. RH Lyon Richardson (0-4, 4.84)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Fort Wayne TinCaps (affiliate of the San Diego Padres) in the first game of a four-game series.

Streaks: The Dragons have won a season-high four straight games and five of their last six.

Last Game: Thursday: Dayton 9, West Michigan 3. Michael Siani became the first Dragons player in 2019 to collect four hits in a game, going 4 for 5 with two RBI, three runs scored, and two stolen bases. Miles Gordon had two hits and drove in three runs, and Miguel Hernandez had three hits and an RBI. Three Dragons pitchers combined to scatter eight hits and did not allow an earned run as the Dragons completed a sweep of the three-game series at West Michigan.

Team Notes

The Dragons posted a team earned run average of 0.67 in the series with West Michigan, allowing just two earned runs in 27 innings. This was their best ERA in any series in 2019 and the first time they finished a series with an ERA of under 2.00.

The Dragons 2.22 ERA over the last 10 days ranks second in the Midwest League behind Kane County's 2.16. The Dragons total number of runs allowed during this period (29) is the fewest in the league. The Dragons have issued just 23 walks over this period, tied for the fewest in the league.

The Dragons had 13 hits with runners in scoring position in the series at West Michigan (batting .342 in those situations), the first time in 2019 they have had more than 10 hits in a series with runners in scoring position.

The Dragons stole eight bases in the three-game set at West Michigan. They had not stolen more than three bases in any series since they stole seven in a four-game set with Great Lakes, April 25-28.

Last night's win gave the Dragons their first regular season series sweep at West Michigan since July 4-16, 2010. Ironically, that road series sweep came during the Dragons 24-game home losing streak. On Wednesday, the Dragons clinched the series win, marking their first winning series in the regular season at West Michigan since they won two-of-three there, June 26-28, 2013. The Dragons won both playoff games played at West Michigan in 2017 to win that playoff series. The sweep at West Michigan was the Dragons first three-game road series sweep in any Midwest League ballpark since they swept at Burlington, May 1-3, 2018.

Individual Notes

Pabel Manzanero was named on Wednesday to the 2019 Midwest League All-Star Game in South Bend on June 18. He is batting .333 (22 for 66) over his last 17 games.

Michael Siani is batting .350 with two home runs over his last 10 games. He had four hits in West Michigan last night.

Miles Gordon has had at least one hit in each of the four games he has played for the Dragons, batting .294 with four stolen bases.

Reliever Matt Pidich over his last six games: 11.2 IP, 0 ER, 6 H, 6 BB, 13 SO.

Reliever Connor Bennett has notched saves in each of his last three appearances and is now tied for second in the MWL with six. He leads the league in appearances with 22.

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

Saturday, June 8 (7:08 p.m.): Fort Wayne LH Ryan Weathers (2-1, 3.00) at Dayton RH James Marinan (2-6, 5.13) TV: Dayton's CW (23)

Sunday, June 9 (2:08 p.m.): Fort Wayne RH Efraín Contreras (3-2, 3.35) at Dayton RH Ricky Salinas (2-3, 4.95) TV: Dayton's CW (23)

Monday, June 10 (7:00 p.m.): Fort Wayne RH Gabe Mosser (4-2, 3.50) at Dayton RH Jared Solomon (1-3, 3.60)

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