Dragons Score Four in 7th, Rally Past Lugs
June 7, 2024 - Midwest League (MWL)
Lansing Lugnuts News Release
DAYTON, Mich. - The Dayton Dragons (28-27) rallied from 3-0 and 5-3 deficits to best the Lansing Lugnuts (28-27) for a third straight game, 7-5, on Friday night at Day Air Ballpark.
Lugnuts catcher Cole Conn slugged a three-run homer in the loss, which dropped Lansing four games out of first place in the East Division with 11 games remaining in the first half.
The switch-hitting Conn had hit a three-run homer from the left side of the plate in Tuesday's series-opening win. On Friday, he broke a scoreless tie in the fourth inning with a drive from the right side into the Dragon's Lair in left.
But in the bottom of the fifth inning, Jay Allen II concluded a battle of an at-bat with a two-run homer to left-center off starter Grant Judkins. Two batters later, Sal Stewart homered to left off reliever Garrett Irvin to tie the game at 3-3.
The Nuts responded quickly, taking a two-run lead in the sixth on a Casey Yamauchi RBI single and Henry Bolte sacrifice fly.
But the Dragons tallied four runs off Jake Garland in the bottom of the seventh, aided by a pair of errors committed by first baseman Will Simpson, to take their first lead of the game.
Joseph Menefee blanked the Lugnuts in the eighth and John Murphy pitched around a two-out single from Euribiel Ángeles in the ninth to secure the win.
Both Ángeles and second baseman Colby Halter finished with a pair of hits in defeat.
Right-hander Mitch Myers gets the ball for Lansing on Saturday at 7:05 p.m., taking on Dayton right-hander Jose Franco.
The Nuts play Dayton through Sunday, returning home June 11-16 for a six-game series with Cedar Rapids. For tickets and further information, visit milb.com/lansing or call (517) 485-4500.
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