MWL1 Dayton Dragons

Dragons Notes for Sunday

Published on July 5, 2015 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Sunday, July 5, 2015 l Game # 81 (11)

Parkview Field l Fort Wayne, Ind. l 3:05 p.m.

Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE

Dayton Dragons (5-5, 44-36) at Fort Wayne TinCaps (6-4, 38-40)

RH Mark Armstrong (3-2, 2.92) vs. RH Dinelson Lamet (2-4, 3.98)

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Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Fort Wayne TinCaps (affiliate of the San Diego Padres) in the second game of a two-game set. Dragons-TinCaps Season Series: Dragons lead, 5-4 (at Fort Wayne: Dragons lead, 3-1).

Streaks: Dayton: The Dragons are 13-6 over their last 19 games. Fort Wayne: Since holding a 12-25 record on May 20, the TinCaps have gone 26-15.

Last Game: Dayton 6, Fort Wayne 0. Highlights: Tyler Mahle tossed six scoreless innings as he combined with relievers Mike Sullivan and Conor Krauss on a four-hit shutout...Garrett Boulware led an 11-hit Dayton attack, going 3 for 5 with 2 RBI.

Individual Notes

- Gavin LaValley is batting .357 over his last 28 games to raise his average from .212 to .272.

- Jonathan Reynoso is batting .391 over his last six games. He is batting .359 for the year against left-handed pitching.

- Narciso Crook is batting .345 (10 for 29) with eight RBI in the second half.

- Avain Rachal is batting .346 in the second half.

Team Notes

Saturday's win evened the Dragons road record at 20-20 on the year. The Dragons have never had a winning record on the road at any point this season. They are 9-5 over the last 14 road games.

After going 17 straight innings without scoring, the Dragons scored two runs in the first inning last night and tallied runs in four of the first six innings of the game.

Dragons pitchers have allowed only one run in the last 18 innings and have gone 16 straight innings without surrendering a run.

Dragons relievers have bounced back with six shutout innings over the last two nights. The bullpen gave up the go-ahead run in the ninth inning in three straight games Tuesday-Thursday. In the three games, the bullpen worked seven innings and allowed 13 earned runs.

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

Monday, July 6 (8:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Wyatt Strahan (5-5, 3.00) at Bowling Green RH Chris Pike (7-2, 3.59)

Tuesday, July 7 (1:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Tejay Antone (4-6, 2.45) at Bowling Green RH Yonny Chirinos (1-0, 0.60 at Hudson Valley)

Wednesday, July 8 (7:00 p.m.): Bowling Green RH Greg Harris (5-5, 2.25) at Dayton LH Junior Morillo (1-3, 5.57)

Thursday, July 9 (7:07 p.m.): Bowling Green RH Hyrum Formo (4-3, 4.67) at Dayton RH Tyler Mahle TV: WHIO 7.2 (TWC 23, 372)

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