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Dragons Notes for Wednesday

May 16, 2018 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Wednesday, May 16, 2018 l Game # 36

Cooley Law School Stadium l Lansing, Mich. l 7:05 p.m.

Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE

Dayton Dragons (18-17) at Lansing Lugnuts (25-13)

LH Packy Naughton (3-2, 3.92) vs. RH Yennsy Diaz (3-1, 2.27)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Lansing Lugnuts (affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays) in the third game of a four-game series. Season Series to Date: Lansing 6, Dayton 0.

Streaks: The Dragons have lost the last five games after winning nine of the previous 10. Lansing has won seven straight games.

Standings: The Dragons are in fourth place, five and one-half games behind first place Lansing, and three games behind second place Bowling Green.

2018 Team Notes

The Dragons have been the streakiest team in professional baseball in 2018. They started the year with a three-game losing streak, won the next nine games, lost the next eight, won nine of 10, and have lost the last five.

The Dragons have hit .308 as a team with 10 extra base hits in this series after posting their lowest batting average in a series (.172) and their lowest batting average with men in scoring position in a series (.111, 2 for 18) in the previous three-game set with Peoria.

The Dragons team ERA in their 18 wins is 3.62 (164 IP, 66 ER). The ERA in the 17 losses is 6.81 (145.1 IP, 110 ER).

2018 Individual Notes

Hendrik Clementina over his last 11 games: 14 for 37 (.378) with six home runs, one triple, 15 RBI, and nine walks. Clementina is hitting .359 on the year with a .756 slugging percentage. He is tied for first in the MWL in home runs with eight and tied for third in RBI with 26 despite being three plate appearances short of qualifying for the batting lead. He would rank fourth in the league in batting average and first in slugging percentage (by 106 points).

Miles Gordon over his last seven games: 11 for 27, .407.

John Sansone has a six-game hitting streak, batting .292 with one home run and 7 RBI.

Michael Beltre has a four-game hitting streak, batting .444 (8 for 18).

Cory Thompson has allowed earned runs in just one of his 15 relief appearances, posting a 1.40 ERA.

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

Thursday, May 17 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Wendolyn Bautista (2-1, 6.06) at Lansing RH Graham Spraker (0-1, 2.55)

Friday, May 18 (7:00 p.m. DH): Great Lakes RH Wills Montgomerie (0-1, 1.45) and RH Riley Ottesen (0-3, 8.18) at Dayton RH Hunter Greene (0-2, 9.88) and RH Tyler Mondile (0-3, 9.19)

Saturday, May 19 (7:07 p.m.): Great Lakes RH Andre Jackson (0-0, 5.40) at Dayton RH Andrew Jordan (0-0, 0.00)

Sunday, May 20 (2:07 p.m.): Great Lakes RH Edwin Uceta (1-1, 3.86) at Dayton RH Adrian Rodriguez (1-0, 5.27)

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