Dragons Press Box Stats May 30

May 30, 2015

Dragons GameDay

Saturday, May 30, 2015 l Game # 50

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

TV: WHIO 7.2 l Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE

Lansing Lugnuts (29-20) at Dayton Dragons (26-23)

RH Sean Reid-Foley (1-1, 4.45) vs. RH Tejay Antone (3-3, 1.73)

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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 four-game series. Dragons-Lugnuts Season Series: Lugnuts lead, 3-1.

Strength vs. Strength: The Dragons lead the Midwest League in team pitching in May (2.60 ERA) while Lansing leads in team batting in May (.287).

Streaks: Dayton has won three of the last four games after losing five of six. Lansing is 9-3 over the last 12.

Last Game: Lansing 5, Dayton 4. Highlights: The Dragons bottom-of-the-ninth inning comeback bid fell just short when Avain Rachal grounded to shortstop with the bases loaded to end the game. The Dragons scored one in the ninth to pull to within a run. The Dragons trailed 4-1 in the sixth before rallying with two runs in the inning on a pair of RBI doubles by Avain Rachal and Jose Ortiz. Rachal and Nick Benedetto each had two hits for Dayton. The Dragons were 1 for 10 with men in scoring position. Dayton allowed two unearned runs in the loss. The game was the Dragons longest nine-inning game of the season (3:13).

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. He spent the 2013 season at TCU and had signed to play at Auburn University in 2015 before being drafted by the Reds. Last Start: Monday at West Michigan: No Decision, 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO. Notable: RH hitters are batting .181 vs. Antone while LH's are at .364.

Individual Notes

Paul Kronenfeld had a 7-game hitting streak snapped on Friday with an 0 for 2 (2 walks) night. He is batting .355 over his last eight games to raise his average from .138 to .250. Kronenfeld is 6 for 13. He had a walk-off RBI double Thursday after a big two-run homer Wednesday and three hits Tuesday.
Luis Gonzalez is batting .320 over his last 23 games, raising his average from .216 to .270.
Brennan Bernardino over his last eight outings: 11.1 IP, 2 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 12 SO.
Jake Paulson over his last six outings: 13.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 6 BB, 8 SO.

Team Notes

All five Dragons starting pitchers have ERAs under 3.00 (Antone: 1.73; Strahan: 2.82; Armstrong: 2.82; Mahle: 2.95; Varner: 2.98).
The Dragons lead the Midwest League in ERA in the month of May at 2.60. The Dragons are batting .252 as a team in May (.231 in April).
The Dragons are 20-7 when allowing no unearned runs; 4-5 when allowing one unearned run; 2-11 when allowing two or more unearned runs.
The Dragons have allowed the second most unearned runs allowed in the Midwest League this season (50).
The Dragons are 20-4 when scoring at least four runs (10-1 at home). They are 6-19 when scoring three or less.
The Dragons are 21-4 when allowing three runs or less; 5-19 when allowing four runs or more.

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

Sunday, May 31 (2:00 p.m.): Lansing RH Chase De Jong (4-4, 3.45) at Dayton LH Seth Varner (5-3, 2.98)

Monday, June 1 (7:00 p.m.): Lansing RH Jesus Tinoco (0-3, 3.20) at Dayton RH Mark Armstrong (3-1, 2.82)

Tuesday, June 2: Off Day