MWL1 Great Lakes Loons

Loons Slug Dragons

Published on May 19, 2012 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Great Lakes Loons News Release


DAYTON, OH - The Great Lakes Loons pounded out 14 hits and 14 runs en route to their biggest margin of victory of the season, defeating the Dayton Dragons 14-3 in front of a sold-out crowd of 9,129.

Kevin Taylor pounded his second homer of the season, a three-run shot that landed in the grass berm just to the right of straight-away center. Scott Schebler recorded four hits, including his league-leading sixth triple of the season.

Ryan O'Sullivan (3-3) threw a career-high 6 2/3 innings and notched his third win. He left having allowed just one run but was charged with a total of three after a pair of inherited runners were let in. The right-hander from California allowed just two walks and struck out six.

Taylor's home run was a part of a six-run offensive outburst in the fifth inning that drove Dayton starter Radhames Quezada (1-5) out of the game. One inning later, the Loons pushed across four scores highlighted by back-to-back triples by Schebler and Jesse Bosnik on consecutive pitches.

Just for good measure, Noel Cuevas led off the ninth with a long first-pitch solo home run to left, his second homer of the year.

All nine Loons position players in the lineup reached base.

The Loons (23-20) and Dragons (15-28) continue their three-game series with a Sunday 2pm matinee. Right-hander Gustavo Gomez (4-2 3.66 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Loons against Dragons lefty Tanner Robles (2-3, 2.89). The game will be broadcast live on ESPN 100.9-FM and online at ESPN1009.com.

The Great Lakes Loons are a sixth-year Single-A partner of the Los Angeles Dodgers and are in the middle of their 5th Anniversary Celebration, which kicked off in August 2011 and will continue throughout the 2012 season. For more information about the Loons, visit Loons.com or call 989-837-BALL.

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