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Dragons Press Box Notes July 13

By
July 13, 2015

Dragons GameDay

Monday, July 13, 2015  l Game # 89 (19)

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

Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE

Lansing Lugnuts (9-9, 51-37) at Dayton Dragons (9-9, 48-40)

RH Justin Shafer (4-0, 1.31) vs. LH Junior Morillo (1-4, 5.54)

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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 last game of a four-game set.  Streaks: Dayton has won four straight games after losing six of the previous seven.   

Last Game: Dayton 10, Lansing 9 (13 innings). Highlights: In a game of comebacks, the Dragons battled back to tie the game in five different innings before taking their only lead of the day on Argenis Aldazoro's game-winning single…The Dragons trailed 3-0 after one-half inning but scored three runs in the bottom of the first to set the tone for the day…The Dragons were down to their final out in the ninth and 11th innings before tying the game…Lansing scored two in the top of the 13th before the Dragons answered with three in the bottom of the inning to win, keyed by a two-run game-tying triple by Paul Kronenfeld that was followed by two straight intentional walks and a single by Aldazoro.

Individual Notes

  • Jonathan Reynoso is batting .356 over his last 12 games to raise his average from .265 to .285.
  • Argenis Aldazoro has an eight-game hitting streak, batting .344 (11 for 32).
  • Jimmy Pickens has a seven-game hitting streak, batting .370 (10 for 27).
  • Gavin LaValley has a seven-game hitting streak and is batting .340 over his last 36 games (since May 27) to raise his average from .212 to .273.
  • Avain Rachal is batting .333 (17 for 51) in the second half to raise his average from .206 to .231.
  • Jeremy Kivel over his last six relief outings: 8 IP, 2 H, 0 R. Kivel's ERA since his second outing of the year (April 12) is 2.59 (31.1 IP, 9 ER).

Team Notes

  • A win tonight would give the Dragons their first four-game series sweep at Fifth Third Field since August 21-24, 2010 vs. Lake County.
  • The Dragons are 6-0 in extra inning games at home this season (1-3 in extras on the road).
  • The Dragons yesterday raised their team batting average to .250 for the year, the highest it has been in 2015.

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

Wednesday, July 15 (7:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Tyler Mahle (9-5, 2.78) at West Michigan RH Ross Seaton (9-3, 3.86)

Thursday, July 16 (7:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Jake Paulson (2-2, 2.48) at West Michigan RH Artie Lewicki (1-3, 4.55)

Friday, July 17 (7:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Wyatt Strahan (6-6, 2.71) at West Michigan RH Spencer Turnbull (7-2, 3.08)