Dragons Press Box Notes for August 14

Dragons GameDay
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 l Game # 51 (119)
Dow Diamond l Midland, Mich.l 7:05 p.m.
Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE
Dayton Dragons (20-30, 51-67) at Great Lakes Loons (23-27, 47-71)
RH Mac Sceroler (2-4, 4.54) vs. RH Alfredo Tavarez (1-4, 2.95)
For the complete Press Box Notes packet, click this link: http://www.milb.com/documents/7/2/6/290288726/081418_GameNotes.pdf

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Great Lakes Loons (affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers) in the last game of a four-game series. This is also the last game of a 13-game, 14-day road trip for the Dragons. 
Dragons Record to Date on the Trip: 2-10.
Last Game: Monday: Great Lakes 3, Dayton 2. The Loons overcame a 1-0 deficit with three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, then ended a Dragons comeback bid with a game-ending tag play at the plate. Great Lakes has won the first three games in the series. The Loons loaded the bases with two outs in the eighth before a wild pitch brought in the tying run. Devin Mann followed with a two-run triple to give the Loons a 3-1 lead. The Dragons loaded the bases in the ninth and got a two-out single from Mark Kolozsvary that brought in one run. Andy Sugilio, representing the tying run, tried to score from second on Kolozsvary's hit, but the Loons got a perfect throw to the plate by center fielder Chris Roller and Sugilio was tagged out to end the game.
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 three and one-half games behind Fort Wayne in the race for the #2 seed in the Second Half. There are 20 games to play.
2018 Team Notes

• The Dragons opened their current 13-game road trip with a win at Fort Wayne, but they have since lost 10 of 11 games including the last seven. They have scored four runs or less in all 10 losses. During the last 11 games, they are averaging 2.6 runs per game while batting .226 (82-363) with a team ERA of 4.72 (89.2 IP, 47 ER).

2018 Individual Notes

• Alejo Lopez over his last 27 games since July 15: 37 for 98, .378, to raise his average from .247 to .3202. Lopez's .378 average since July 15 ranks second among players on the 30 teams at the Single-A classification (Midwest League and South Atlantic League) and 17th among all players playing at the full-season level in Minor League Baseball (120 teams). Lopez had a 14-game hitting streak end on Sunday (0 for 2, walk). He went 24 for 58 (.414) during the hitting streak. This was the longest streak by a Dragons player in 2018 and tied for 16th longest in franchise history.
• Hendrik Clementina over his last 13 games: 13 for 44 (.295) with four home runs.
• J.D. Williams over his last 10 games: 13 for 35, .371, to raise his average from .203 to .257.
• Andy Sugilio over his last nine games: 11 for 35, .314. He has hit safely in six straight games.
• Miguel Aguilar over his last six relief appearances: 10.2 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 5 BB, 6 SO, 0.00 ERA.
• Ryan Nutof over his last five relief appearances: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 SO, 0.00 ERA.

Upcoming Probable Pitchers (Game times are Dayton time) (All games on WONE 980 AM and www.daytondragons.com)
Wednesday, August 15 (7:00 p.m.): Lake County RH Jean Carlos Mejía (4-5, 2.64) at Dayton RH Patrick McGuff (1-4, 4.39)
Thursday, August 16 (7:00 p.m.): Lake County RH Luis Oviedo (1-0, 3.00) at Dayton RH Jared Solomon (0-1, 6.75)
Friday, August 17 (7:00 p.m.): Lake County LH Juan Hillman (3-9, 5.69) at Dayton LH Packy Naughton (5-9, 4.28)