MWL1 Dayton Dragons

Dragons Open Series in Clinton with 6-1 Win

Published on July 8, 2009 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Clinton, Iowa-Matt Fairel tossed six and two-thirds strong innings and Byron Wiley led a 14-hit attack as the Dayton Dragons defeated the Clinton LumberKings 6-1 on Wednesday night in the opener to a three-game series.

Wiley had three hits and a walk to continue his torrid pace of the last two weeks. Over his last 15 games, Wiley is batting .411 with seven home runs and 22 runs batted in.

Fairel (6-4) earned the win, retiring 12 of 13 batters over the middle innings. He allowed seven hits and one run while walking one and striking out four. Scott Gaffney pitched the final two and one-third innings to notch his fourth save.

Dayton scored in the top of the first inning to take an early lead. Andrew Means singled to center, went to second on a wild pick-off throw, advanced to third on Byron Wiley's double, and scored on a short sacrifice fly to center by Carlos Mendez.

Each team scored once in the third before the Dragons got back on the board in the fourth. Kevin Coddington singled with one out, went to second on a ground out, and scored on Miguel Rojas' two-out hit to left to make it 3-1.

Dayton's Josh Fellhauer led off the fifth with a single to right and went to third on Wiley's one-out single to right. With two out, Tony Brown lined a single to center to bring in Fellhauer and make it 4-1.

The Dragons scored again in the seventh when Fellhauer doubled, went to third on a wild pitch, and scored on Means' single to give Dayton a 5-1 lead.

Coddington and Mike Konstanty belted back-to-back doubles in the eighth to produce a run and close out the scoring.

In addition to Wiley's three hits, Fellhauer, Means, Coddington, and Rojas each had two.

The Dragons (5-8, 33-50) play at Clinton (5-8, 45-38) again Thursday at 8:00 p.m. in the second game of a three-game series. Curtis Partch (4-7, 5.47) will start for the Dragons.

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