Dragons Close out Home Schedule with 7-5 Win
Dragons 7, West Michigan 5 West Michigan (R-H-E): 5-11-6 Dayton (R-H-E): 7-10-0Win: Cory Thompson (6-6)Loss: Johan Belisario (2-2)Save: Aneurys Zabala (4) HR: Dayton: NoneHR: West Michigan: Anthony Pereira (1st, 0 on base in sixth inning).Dayton, Ohio-The Dayton Dragons closed out their home season at Fifth Third Field with a come-from-behind 7-5 victory over the West
Dragons 7, West Michigan 5
West Michigan (R-H-E): 5-11-6
Dayton (R-H-E): 7-10-0
Win:
Loss:
Save:
HR: Dayton: None
HR: West Michigan:
Dayton, Ohio-The Dayton Dragons closed out their home season at Fifth Third Field with a come-from-behind 7-5 victory over the West Michigan Whitecaps on Friday night. A crowd of 8,275 was in attendance, bringing the Dragons final attendance total for the year to 550,725, best among all teams in Minor League Baseball below the Triple-A level.
The Dragons took a 2-0 lead in the first inning, getting a run-scoring single from Jeter Downs and a sacrifice fly by
West Michigan scored one run in the third inning and three more in the fourth to take a 4-3 lead. But the Dragons answered with a run in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game as Williams drove in
The Dragons briefly took the lead in the fifth on Santana's run-scoring single that brought
The Dragons regained the lead in the sixth, scoring twice. The first run came in on
Dayton starting pitcher
Along with Downs,
Up Next: The Dragons (26-41, 57-78) travel to Bowling Green, Kentucky to battle the Bowling Green Hots (41-26, 88-48) in the first game of a season-ending three-game series on Saturday night at 7:35 (EDT).
Game Broadcast: 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.