Dragons Press Box Notes May 20

Dragons GameDay

Wednesday, May 20, 2015  l Game # 40

Fifth Third Field l Dayton, Ohio l 7:00 p.m.

Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE

Great Lakes Loons (16-20) at Dayton Dragons (22-17)

RH Grant Holmes (2-0, 3.58) vs. RH Tejay Antone (3-2, 2.25)

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Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Great Lakes Loons (affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers) in the third game of a four-game series. 

Welcome: Hall-of-Fame shortstop Barry Larkin is in Dayton for the first three games of the current series as a special instructor.

Streaks: Dayton is 16-8 over the last 24 games.  Dragons-Loons Season Series: Dragons lead, 6-3.

Today's Dragons Starting Pitcher: Tejay Antone is a 21-year-old native of Mansfield, Texas. He was the Reds fifth round draft pick in 2014 out of Weatherford College in Texas. Last Start: Friday at Lake County: No decision, 4.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO. Notable: RH hitters are batting .191 vs. Antone while LH's are at .375.     

Individual Notes

• Luis Gonzalez has a 14-game hitting streak (longest for Dragons since Ryan Wright had a 17-gamer in 2012). He is batting .344 over the streak, raising his average from .216 to .268.
• Brian O'Grady has a 13-game hitting streak and has hit safely in 17 of his last 18 games. He is batting .333 over the 18 games.   
• Jonathan Reynoso is batting .345 with two home runs over his last 15 games.

Team Notes

• The Dragons are 16-8 their last 24 games. During the 24 games, they are batting .259 (211 for 814) and averaging 4.5 runs/game (109 R) with a team ERA of 2.49 (216.2 IP, 60 ER). They have committed 30 errors in the 24 games.
• The Dragons lead the Midwest League in ERA in the month of May at 2.55. The Dragons are batting .261 as a team in May (.231 in April).
• The Dragons are 16-5 when allowing no unearned runs; 4-4 when allowing one unearned run; 2-8 when allowing two or more unearned runs.
• The Dragons are 13-2 this season when scoring the first run of the game. They are 16-3 when scoring at least four runs (8-0 at home). 
• The Dragons have come from behind to win in 11 of their 22 victories this season (all deficits were no more than two runs).
• The Dragons have not lost any game this season in which they held a lead of three runs or more at any point in the game. They have not won a game in which they trailed by three or more at any point during the game. 

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

Thursday, May 21 (7:07 p.m.): Great Lakes RH Travis Oaks (2-4, 4.32) at Dayton LH Seth Varner (4-2, 3.05)

 

Friday, May 22 (7:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Mark Armstrong (2-1, 3.00) at West Michigan RH Fernando Perez (0-5, 4.11)

Saturday, May 23 (7:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Tyler Mahle (3-3, 3.28) at West Michigan RH Ross Seaton (5-1, 2.72)

Sunday, May 24 (1:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Wyatt Strahan (4-2, 2.27) at West Michigan RH Jeff Thompson (1-4, 5.29)

Monday, May 25 (1:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Tejay Antone at West Michigan RH Spencer Turnbull (3-1, 3.21)