Dragons Press Box Notes June 15

Dragons GameDay

Monday, June 15, 2015  l Game # 64

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

Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE

Beloit Snappers (25-38) at Dayton Dragons (33-30)

RH Heath Fillmyer (0-6, 7.15) vs. RH Wyatt Strahan (4-4, 2.90)

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Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Beloit Snappers (affiliate of the Oakland Athletics) in the last game of a three-game series. This is game six of a six-game homestand for Dayton.

The Race: The Dragons are in fifth place in the East Division. They are four games behind first place Bowling Green and three games behind second place Lansing. The top two finishers qualify for playoffs in September. There are seven games to play in the first half race. 

Inter-Divisional Play: The Dragons (and all eight East Division teams) play 12 consecutive games from June 3-15 against West Division opponents. These are the only inter-divisional games in the first half. The Dragons are 6-5 vs. West Division teams.

Last Game: Dayton 6, Beloit 4. Highlights: Paul Kronenfeld led a 12-hit Dragons attack, going 3 for 4 with a double and three RBI…Jimmy Pickens also had three hits for Dayton and Garrett Boulware added two with an RBI.

Individual Notes

• Gavin LaValley has hit safely in 14 straight games, batting .426 over the hitting streak to raise his average from .212 to .267. He is batting .500 over his last eight games. During the 14-game hitting streak, he has 15 singles, seven doubles, one triple, and nine RBI.
• Jimmy Pickens is batting .400 over his last 11 games to raise his average from .201 to .247.
• Ronald Bueno is batting .318 over his last 11 games to raise his average from .237 to .260.
• Luis Gonzalez is batting .316 with 9 RBI over his last nine games to raise his average from .259 to .267.
• Brian O'Grady is 6 for 9 (.667) with two home runs, two doubles, two singles, and a walk over his last three games.
• Brennan Bernardino over his last 12 outings: 18.2 IP, 3 R, 0 ER, 6 BB, 16 SO. He has lowered his ERA to 1.13.

Team Notes

• The Dragons are 3-2 on the 6-game homestand that ends tonight. They went 3-3 on the last road trip and 4-3 on the previous homestand.
• The Dragons are batting .343 in the current series with Beloit after hitting .186 in the previous three-game set with Wisconsin.
• By playing errorless baseball tonight, the Dragons would go a full series without an error for the first time in 2015.
• The Dragons are 11-0 at home this season when scoring the first run of the game.
• The Dragons are 23-9 when allowing no unearned runs; 6-5 when allowing one unearned run; 4-16 when allowing two or more unearned runs.

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

Tuesday, June 16 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton LH Junior Morillo (1-1, 5.40) at South Bend RH Zach Hedges (2-4, 4.64)

Wednesday, June 17 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Tejay Antone (3-6, 2.75) at South Bend RH Trevor Clifton (2-5, 4.67)

Thursday, June 18 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton LH Seth Varner (6-4, 3.14) at South Bend RH Jake Stinnett (2-2, 6.02)