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Dragons Press Box Notes for Sept. 1

By
September 1, 2015

Dragons GameDay

Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015  l Game # 133 (63)

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

Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE

 

Lake County Captains (32-31, 68-63) at Dayton Dragons (29-33, 68-64)

Jordan Milbrath (6-10, 4.86).vs. RH Tejay Antone (6-9, 2.90)

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Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Lake County Captains (affiliate of the Cleveland Indians) in the last game of a three-game set. 

Streaks: Dayton has won six of its last nine games.

Last Game: Lake County 9, Dayton 5. Highlights: Lake County overcame a huge game by Dayton's Narciso Crook, who belted two home runs and drove in four runs…Shed Long had an inside-the-park home run for the Dragons in the third inning that gave Dayton a 3-0 lead…The Dragons committed five errors leading to five unearned runs. Lake County did not score in any inning in which the Dragons did not commit an error…The game marked only the second time this season that the Dragons held a lead of more than two runs at any point in the game, yet lost the game.

Individual Notes

  • Avain Rachal is batting .329 over his last 21 games, raising his average from .223 to .245.
  • Luis Gonzalez is batting .345 over his last 14 games, raising his average from .235 to .248.
  • Gavin LaValley is batting .340 over his last 13 games, raising his average from .256 to .266.
  • Shed Long is batting .314 over his last 17 games, raising his average from .210 to .265.
  • Narciso Crook is batting .318 over his last 12 games, raising his average from .218 to .230.
  • Garrett Boulware is batting .308 over his last 10 games, raising his average from. 240 to .250.
  • Tyler Mahle over his last 12 starts: 7-2, 1.48 ERA, 67 IP, 11 ER. Mahle leads the MWL in ERA by .23 points over Peoria's Matt Pearce. Mahle's ERA is .10 higher than the club record of 2.29 set by Zach Ward in 2006.

Team Notes

  • Season Milestones: The Dragons need two wins in their final seven games to finish with their first full-season winning record since 2011. They need to go 6-1 the rest of the way to finish with a winning record in both halves for the first time since 2001 (39-31 in the first half). 
  • The Dragons team ERA of 3.38 would break the club record of 3.39 in 2011. Four Dragons starters rank in the top 10 in the MWL in ERA.
  • The Dragons are batting .270 as a team over their last 16 games. The Dragons are hitting .250 in 2015.

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

Wednesday, September 2 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Jake Paulson (7-5, 2.71) at South Bend RH James Norwood (2-3, 4.67)

Thursday, September 3 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton LH Ty Boyles (0-1, 6.55) at South Bend RH Jake Stinnett (6-6, 4.32)

Friday, September 4 (7:35 p.m.): Dayton RH Tyler Mahle (13-7, 2.39) at South Bend RH Zach Hedges (7-8, 4.25)