Dragons Press Box Notes for August 10

Dragons GameDay
Friday, August 10, 2018 l Game # 47 (115)
Cooley Law School Stadium l Lansing, Mich.l 7:05 p.m.
Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE
Dayton Dragons (20-26, 51-63) at Lansing Lugnuts (26-20, 69-47)
RH Patrick McGuff (1-3, 3.52) vs. RH Maximo Castillo (8-5, 4.96)

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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 three-game series. This is game nine of a 13-game, 14-day road trip for the Dragons. Dragons Record to Date on the Trip: 2-6.
Last Game: Thursday: Lansing 4, Dayton 3. The Lugnuts built a 4-0 lead over the first seven innings before the Dragons battled back with three runs in the eighth to pull within a run. Lansing held on as the Dragons left the bases loaded in the eighth and left a runner at third in the ninth. Alejo Lopez had a hit on his first swing of the game to extend his hitting streak to 12 straight games, the team's season-high for 2018. The Dragons finished with eight hits by eight different players. Lorenzo Cedrola had a two-out triple in the ninth for the only extra base hit.
Playoff Chase: The Dragons must finish in the top two among eligible teams in the East Division in the Second Half (six teams competing; Bowling Green and Lansing ineligible). The Dragons are currently one and one-half games behind Fort Wayne in the race for the #2 seed in the Second Half. The six teams in the Second Half race are separated by just four games.
2018 Individual Notes

• Alejo Lopez over his last 23 games since July 15: 34 for 84, .405, to raise his average from .247 to .329. Lopez's .405 average since July 15 ranks first among players on the 30 teams at the Single-A classification (Midwest League and South Atlantic League) and eighth among all players playing at the full-season level in Minor League Baseball (120 teams). Lopez has a 12-game hitting streak, going 22 for 50 (.440). This is the longest streak by a Dragons player in 2018.
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• Jonathan India has one hit in each of the eight games he has played with the Dragons, going 8 for 27, .276 during the streak.
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• Hendrik Clementina over his last 11 games: 13 for 42 (.310) with four home runs.
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• J.D. Williams over his last eight games: 11 for 29, .379, to raise his average from .203 to .252.
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• Miguel Aguilar over his last three relief appearances: 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 SO.

Upcoming Probable Pitchers (Game times are Dayton time) (All games on WONE 980 AM and www.daytondragons.com)
Saturday, August 11 (7:05): Dayton RH Jared Solomon (0-0, 6.23) at Great Lakes TBA
Sunday, August 12 (2:05 p.m.): Dayton LH Packy Naughton (5-9, 4.45) at Great Lakes TBA
Monday, August 13 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Austin Orewiler (4-4, 3.75) at Great Lakes TBA
Tuesday, August 14 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Mac Sceroler (2-4, 4.54) at Great Lakes TBA