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Dragons Press Box Stats May 8

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May 8, 2015

Dragons GameDay

Friday, May 8, 2015; Game # 29

Fifth Third Field; Dayton, Ohio; 7:07 p.m.

TV: WHIO 7.2 (23, 372); Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE

 

West Michigan Whitecaps (12-16) at Dayton Dragons (15-13)

LH Trent Szkutnik (2-0, 3.63) vs. RH Wyatt Strahan (3-1, 2.45)

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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. 

Streaks: Dayton has won nine of its last 13 games.   West Michigan has lost nine of its last 13 games.

Dragons-Whitecaps Season Series: Dragons lead, 4-3.

Individual Notes

  • Brian O'Grady is batting .391 over his last nine games. He has reached base 23 times in the last 10 games with 10 hits and 13 walks. He leads the league in walks with 24 and is second in steals with 13.
  • Garrett Boulware is batting .435 over his last eight games with a home run and nine RBI.
  • Ty Washington is batting .361 over his last eight games with a home run, three doubles, two triples, and eight RBI.
  • Wendell Soto is batting .375 over his last eight games, going 9 for 23 with 8 BB.
  • Seth Varner has not issued a walk this season in 28 innings (highest innings total for any pitcher in the league who is yet to allow a walk).
  • Brian Hunter has allowed just one earned run this season (10 G, 13.2 IP, 2 unearned runs, 2 saves, three wins, 0.66 ERA).
  • Jermey Kivel over his last six outings: 8.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 6 BB, 12 SO.

Team Notes

  • The Dragons have won nine of their last 13 games. During the 13 games, they are batting .261 (114 for 436) and averaging 4.8 runs/game (63 R) with a team ERA of 2.67 (118 IP, 35 ER). They have committed 17 errors.
  • After committing just three errors over an eight game stretch through Monday, the Dragons have 11 errors in the last three games.
  • Dragons opponents have scored a total of 31 runs in the Dragons 15 victories and 80 runs in the 13 Dragons losses.
  • The Dragons are 9-4 at home this season. The current six-game homestand (2-2 so far) continues through Saturday.
  • The Dragons are 9-0 this season when scoring the first run of the game. They are 13-1 when scoring at least four runs.

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

Saturday, May 9 (7:00 p.m.): West Michigan RH Fernando Perez (0-3, 3.74) at Dayton RH Tejay Antone (2-2, 2.43)

Sunday, May 10: Do Not Play