Dragons GameDay

Wednesday, July 30, 2014; Game # 106 (38)

Cooley Law School Stadium; Lansing, Mich.; 12:05 p.m.

Radio: WONE-AM 980

 

Dayton Dragons (17-20, 53-52) at Lansing Lugnuts (18-19, 50-56)

RH Nick Travieso (9-5, 3.71) vs. RH Brad Allen (3-3, 3.65)

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Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Lansing Lugnuts (affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays) in the second game of a three-game series. 

Individual Notes

• Phillip Ervin is batting .326 over his last 12 games (14 for 43) with two doubles, a triple, and a home run.
• Joe Hudson is batting .293 over his last 13 games.
• Nolan Becker has allowed just two earned runs over his last 16 outings (22.2 IP, 13 H, 7 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 26 SO, 0.79 ERA).
• Alejandro Chacin in the month of July: 11 G: 14.1 IP, 10 H, 1 R, 6 BB, 23 SO, 0.63 ERA, 8 Sv.
• Nick Howard has allowed just one run and two hits in 5.2 innings to begin his professional career, retiring 17 of 19 batters he has faced.
• Tony Amezcua over his last five relief appearances: 11.2 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 7 SO.

Team Notes

• Since July 16, the Dragons are 7-6.   They have scored 41 runs in their seven wins (5.9 runs per game), but they have scored just 10 runs in their six losses (1.7 runs per game).
• The Dragons have committed just six errors in their last nine games.

Upcoming Probable Pitchers (All game times are EDT) (All games on WONE 980 AM and WONE.com)

Thursday, July 31 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Jackson Stephens (2-3, 4.60) at Lansing RH Jeremy Gabryszwski (6-3, 4.14)

Friday, August 1 (7:00 p.m.): South Bend RH Sean Furney (7-5, 4.20) at Dayton LH Amir Garrett (4-6, 3.75)

Saturday, August 2 (7:07 p.m.): South Bend RH Brent Jones (2-1, 1.84) at Dayton RH Sal Romano (7-9, 3.71)

Sunday, August 3 (2:00 p.m.): South Bend RH John Omahen (4-6, 3.72) at Dayton RH Dan Langfield (2-2, 4.10)