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MWL1 Dayton Dragons

Dragons Notes for Wednesday

June 12, 2019 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Wednesday, June 12, 2019 l Game # 66

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

Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE

West Michigan Whitecaps (20-45) at Dayton Dragons (26-39)

RH Robbie Welhaf (2-1, 1.33) vs. RH Lyon Richardson (1-4, 4.56)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the West Michigan Whitecaps (affiliate of the Detroit Tigers) in the second game of a three-game series. 2019 Season Series: Dayton 4, West Michigan 0 (at Dayton: Dragons 1, Whitecaps 0).

Winning Streak: The Dragons have won nine straight games, tying for the third longest winning streak in franchise history. The club record is 13 straight wins in 2002. The Dragons won 10 straight in 2007 and nine straight in 2007 and 2018. During this winning streak, the Dragons have outscored their opponents 50-28. The last three wins have come by one run.

Last Game: Tuesday: Dayton 5, West Michigan 4. The Dragons trailed 2-0 going to the bottom of the third inning but rallied for two runs in the third and three in the fourth before holding on to win. West Michigan had runners at first and second when Dragons reliever Eddy Demurias notched a game-ending strikeout. Michael Siani was 4 for 4 with a run scored, RBI, and stolen base for the Dragons. Jay Schuyler had two hits and two RBI. Juan Martinez had three hits and scored one run.

Team Notes

During the Dragons nine-game winning streak, they lead the league in team batting (.280) and are fourth in runs scored (50). They are tied for first in the league in stolen bases (21). They are tied for second in the league in doubles (16). On the mound, they rank third in team ERA (2.33) and first in both holds (7), and saves (6).

Dragons starting pitchers in 16 games since May 25 have posted an ERA of 2.90 (71.1 IP, 23 ER) to lower their full-season ERA from 5.07 to 4.72.

Dragons relievers have improved since May 1, posting an ERA of 3.38 (165 IP, 62 ER) and lowering their full-season ERA from 5.70 to 4.40.

Individual Notes

Sizzling Siani: Over his last 16 games dating back to May 24, Michael Siani is batting .414 with two home runs, 17 runs scored, and 11 stolen bases to raise his batting average 69 points from .170 to .239. The .414 batting average ranks fourth among all players at the Single-A level (five leagues, 60 teams), the 17 runs is tied for second among the same group of teams, and the 11 stolen bases is tied for second in all of affiliated professional baseball (majors and minors).

In the month of June, Siani leads all of professional baseball (majors and minors) in stolen bases with 10. In June, he is batting .447 to lead the MWL, rank tied for first among all Single-A players (five leagues, 60 teams) and rank tied for third among all players below the Triple-A level (eight leagues, 90 teams). In June, Siani leads the MWL in hits (17), runs (11) and stolen bases (10).

Randy Ventura has hit safely in seven straight games, batting .417 (10 for 24) to raise his average from .138 to .264. He is batting .370 in June to rank fourth in the Midwest League.

Reliever Matt Pidich over his last eight games: 16.2 IP, 0 ER, 9 H, 7 BB, 17 SO.

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

Thursday, June 13 (7:00 p.m.): West Michigan RH Wilkel Hernandez (4-5, 4.33) at Dayton RH James Marinan (2-6, 5.09)

Friday, June 14 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Ricky Salinas (2-3, 4.91) at Great Lakes TBA

Saturday, June 15 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton LH Connor Curlis (2-1, 2.45) at Great Lakes TBA

Sunday, June 16 (2:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Jhon De Jesus (1-5, 5.11) at Great Lakes TBA

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