Captains Ride Big 1st Inning to 5-4 Win over Dragons
Lake County 5, Dragons 4 Lake County (R-H-E): 5-9-1 Dayton (R-H-E): 4-8-0Win: Juan Hillman (4-12)Loss: Packy Naughton (5-10)Save: Jonathan Teaney (6) HR: Dayton: NoneHR: Lake County: NoneDayton, Ohio-The Lake County Captains scored five runs in the top of the first inning and held off a Dayton comeback bid to defeat the Dragons 5-4 on Friday
Lake County 5, Dragons 4
Lake County (R-H-E): 5-9-1
Dayton (R-H-E): 4-8-0
Win:
Loss:
Save:
HR: Dayton: None
HR: Lake County: None
Dayton, Ohio-The Lake County Captains scored five runs in the top of the first inning and held off a Dayton comeback bid to defeat the Dragons 5-4 on Friday night. The Captains avoided a sweep of the three-game series with the win.
After Lake County sent nine batters to the plate and scored five in the top of the first, the Dragons started back in the bottom half of the same inning.
The Dragons added two more runs in the third inning. Downs walked with two outs, went to third on India's double, and Clementina followed with a single to left to drive in both runners and make it 5-3.
The Dragons scored again in the sixth when
The Dragons loaded the bases with no one out in the seventh but could not score. After a single by Garcia and walks to Downs and India, Clementina struck out in a 10-pitch at-bat for the first out.
In the bottom of the ninth, Downs walked with one out, stole second, and went to third on India's long fly out to center. Clementina struck out on a pitch that skipped past the catcher, but Lake County's
Dragons starting pitcher
The Dragons finished with eight hits. Garcia had two to lead the attack. India's double was the only extra base hit.
In the Standings: The Dragons fell to 22-32 in the second half with the loss. They are four and one-half games behind West Michigan in the Midwest League's East Division Second Half wildcard race. There are 16 games to play including 10 home games for the Dragons.
Up Next: The Dragons open a new three-game series at Fifth Third Field against the Bowling Green Hot Rods on Saturday night at 7:07 p.m.
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Game Broadcast: Dragons games on Saturday and Sunday will be televised on Dayton's CW (Channel 26; Spectrum Cable channels 13 and 1013). All Dragons games are broadcast on radio on Fox Sports 980 WONE and on the internet at wone.com. Games are also available on the Dayton Dragons mobile app.