Dragons Blast 6 Home Runs in 17-1 Win, Move into Tie for First Place

Have a weekend, Alfredo! 🎉🎉

Alfredo Duno hits his SECOND grand slam of the weekend to add on to a massive lead! pic.twitter.com/gDwzDYGCKc

— Dayton Dragons (@DragonsBaseball) June 14, 2026

DRAGONS 17, FORT WAYNE 1 (7 innings)

June 14, 2026

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Dayton (R-H-E): 17-14-0; Fort Wayne (R-H-E): 1-7-2

Win: Jose Montero (3-0); Loss: Isaiah Lowe (1-5); Save: None

HR: Dayton: Alfredo Alcantara, 2 (9^th, 1 on base in fifth inning; 10^th, 1 on base in seventh inning); Carlos Sanchez (7^th, 0 on base in first inning); Jacob Friend (3^rd, 0 on base in second inning); Alfredo Duno (15^th, 3 on base in sixth inning); Kien Vu (10^th, 0 on base in sixth inning). Note: The home runs by Duno and Vu were back-to-back.

HR: Fort Wayne: Kavarus Tears (7^th, 0 on base in fifth inning).

Dayton, Ohio—The Dayton Dragons tied a team record with six home runs including Alfredo Duno’s second grand slam in three days and a two-homer day by Alfredo Alcantara as they defeated the Fort Wayne TinCaps 17-1 on Sunday afternoon. The game was shortened by rain to seven innings.

With the win, the Dragons moved into a three-way virtual tie for first place in the Midwest League East Division heading into the final series of the First Half season. The Dragons improved their record to 36-27. Great Lakes and Lake County are both 35-26, with two fewer games played. The Dragons have three games yet to play, all at Peoria. Great Lakes and Lake County have four to play, in a head-to-head matchup in Midland, Michigan.

The Dragons can win the division by winning their final three games coupled by any scenario in the Great Lakes-Lake County series other than a four-game sweep by either team. The Dragons could also win the division by winning two-of-three at Peoria coupled with a split of the four-game series between Great Lakes and Lake County.

A crowd of 8,162 was in attendance at Day Air Ballpark in the heart of the Water Street District.

Game Recap: The Dragons offense enjoyed one of its best days of the season, scoring runs in six of their seven innings while hitting six home runs to tie the club record. The Dragons finished the six-game series with Fort Wayne with 18 home runs as a team.

Carlos Sanchez, the Dragons first batter of the day, hit a long home run to open the scoring. It was his seventh homer of the season. Jacob Friend blasted a towering home run to right field in the second inning, his third homer with Dayton, to make it 2-0.

View the Sanchez home run here: https://x.com/DragonsBaseball/status/2066209394002370649?s=20

View the Friend home run here: https://x.com/DragonsBaseball/status/2066212975237558652?s=20

The Dragons scored four runs in the third, getting four run-scoring singles in the inning from Yerlin Confidan, John Michael Faile, Alfredo Alcantara, and Peyton Stovall, to make it 6-0. Fort Wayne scored their only run of the day in the top of the fifth to cut the Dragons lead to 6-1.

View the four RBI singles in the third inning here: https://x.com/DragonsBaseball/status/2066229542952275975?s=20

Alfredo Alcantara hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning to extend the Dragons lead to 8-1.

View Alcantara's first home run of the day here: https://x.com/DragonsBaseball/status/2066230920609243137?s=20

And the Dragons exploded for six runs in the sixth inning, getting a grand slam home run from Alfredo Duno that was the first of back-to-back homers. The homer was Duno’s 15^th of the year. He had also hit a grand slam on Friday night. Kien Vu followed Duno’s homer was a home run of his own to center field, Vu’s 10^th of the year, to make it 14-1.

The Duno grand slam can be viewed at the start of this post. View the home run by Vu here: https://x.com/DragonsBaseball/status/2066238363875561892?s=20

The Dragons added three more runs in the seventh as Alcantara hit his second home run of the game and 10^th of the year, and Vu added a run-scoring single to close out the scoring.

View Alcantara's second homer of the game here: https://x.com/DragonsBaseball/status/2066239891638210979?s=20

The Dragons finished the day with 14 hits. Alcantara led the way with three hits including two home runs and five runs batted in. Vu had three hits including a home run. Confidan and Stovall each had two hits.

The Dragons scored 61 runs in the six-game series with Fort Wayne, winning five of the six. They hit 18 home runs and had 32 extra base hits in the six games.

Dragons starting pitcher Jose Montero (3-0) worked six innings for the win, allowing one run on five hits with two walks and three strikeouts. Jonah Hurney tossed a scoreless inning before rains halted the game in the bottom of the seventh inning.

The Dragons began the day in third place, one game behind Great Lakes and one-half game behind Lake County. Great Lakes lost at Wisconsin, and Lake County’s game was cancelled due to rain and will not be rescheduled, leaving the Dragons in a three-way tie for first place.

Up Next: The Dragons (36-27) do not play on Monday. They will open a new series in Peoria, Illinois against the Peoria Chiefs (32-31) on Tuesday at 7:35 pm (EDT). Kyle McCoy (2-1, 3.31) will start for Dayton. The first three games in the series at Peoria will conclude the First Half season. The Second Half schedule will begin with the fourth game in Peoria on Friday, June 19.

The Dragons next home game is Tuesday, June 23 vs. the West Michigan Whitecaps at Day Air Ballpark in the heart of the Water Street District. For ticket information, go to daytondragons.com/tickets or call (937) 228-2287.

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