
Dragons Notes for Monday
August 26, 2019 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release
Monday, August 26, 2019 l Game # 63 (133)
Classic Park l Eastlake, Ohio l 7:00 p.m.
Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE
Dayton Dragons (27-35, 55-77) at Lake County Captains (30-32, 70-61)
RH Jordan Johnson (no record) vs. RH Alex Royalty (5-8, 4.47)
Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Lake County Captains (affiliate of the Cleveland Indians) in the third game of a four-game series.
Last Game: Sunday: Lake County 3, Dayton 2. The Captains broke a 2-2 tie with one run in the bottom of the eighth inning. Dayton jumped ahead 2-0 in the second inning on a two-run home run by Cameron Warren but they had just one hit and no runs after the second. Lake County scored single runs in the third, fourth, and eighth for the win.
Team Notes
The Dragons are batting .301 as a team over their last nine games (91 for 302).
Dragons pitchers have posted a 2.21 ERA over the last 12 games, allowing 26 earned runs in 106 innings. They have gone 6-6 in those 12 games.
Individual Notes
Miguel Hernandez over his last 10 games is 14 for 34 (.412) with six doubles and triple. He is batting .329 in August (22 G).
Morgan Lofstrom over his last 13 games is batting .378 with one home run and nine runs batted in. He is batting .367 in August (15 G).
Juan Martinez has a 10-game hitting streak, going 12 for 39 (.308) with two home runs. The longest hitting streak of the season by a Dayton player is 11 by Randy Ventura.
Michael Siani over his last eight games is 13 for 34 (.382) with a home run. Since May 24, Siani is batting .290 (seventh in the MWL).
Randy Ventura over his last eight games is 11 for 35, batting .314. He has a five-game hitting streak.
Cameron Warren is batting .357 over his last seven games, going 10 for 28.
Adrian Rodriguez in the month of August has posted an ERA of 0.71 in five games (four starts) (25.1 IP, 2 ER). His ERA leads the MWL and the Reds organization for the month among qualified pitchers.
Connor Curlis in the month of August has posted an ERA of 1.16 in four starts (23.1 IP, 3 ER).
Clate Schmidt in the month of August has posted an ERA of 2.14 in seven games (two starts) (21 IP, 5 ER).
Matt Pidich over his last 29 games: 1.46 ERA, 49.1 IP, 30 H, 16 R, 8 ER, 14 BB, 55 SO.
Eddy Demurias over his last five games: 0.00 ERA, 10 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 8 SO.
Upcoming Probable Pitchers (Game times are Dayton time) (All games on WONE 980 AM and www.daytondragons.com)
Tuesday, August 27 (12:00 noon): Dayton RH Eduardo Salazar (6-3, 4.05) at Lake County RH Shane McCarthy (4-3, 4.11)
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