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Dragons Win Fourth Straight, Stay Alive in Playoff Race

September 17, 2021

Dragons 8, Fort Wayne 4 Click here for the box score Dayton, Ohio—Carson Spiers fired five scoreless innings and Michael Siani collected two hits and two runs batted in as the Dayton Dragons defeated the Fort Wayne TinCaps 8-4 on Friday night. The Dragons have won the first four games

Dragons 8, Fort Wayne 4

Click here for the box score

Dayton, Ohio—Carson Spiers fired five scoreless innings and Michael Siani collected two hits and two runs batted in as the Dayton Dragons defeated the Fort Wayne TinCaps 8-4 on Friday night. The Dragons have won the first four games of the six-game series and kept their playoff hopes alive with the win. A crowd of 7,768 was in attendance at Day Air Ballpark.

Spiers (6-4) earned the victory, allowing just three hits with one walk and five strikeouts as he departed with a 4-0 lead. He lowered his earned run average to 3.64 in his final start of the regular season.

The Dragons scored four runs in the third inning to take a commanding lead. Jacob Hurtubise reached on an infield single to start the rally, and Siani’s base hit to right field moved Hurtubise to third. A wild pitch brought Hurtubise in to score as Siani went to second, and Matt McLain’s fly out to right field moved Siani to third. Ivan Johnson lined a single to right to drive in Siani and make it 2-0. Allan Cerda followed with a double to left to score Johnson, and two batters later, Eric Yang doubled to right to drive in Cerda and make it 4-0.

After Fort Wayne scored in the top of the sixth to make it 4-1, the Dragons responded with one run in the bottom of the same inning. Reyny Reyes reached on a fielder’s choice, went from first to third on a single by Hurtubise, and scored on Siani’s ground out to give the Dragons a 5-1 lead.

Fort Wayne batted back with two runs in the seventh inning and another in the top of the eighth to make it 5-4. But the Dragons scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth to again lead by three. Siani had an RBI double in the inning, and two runs scored on wild pitches.

Along with Siani, Hurtubise, Cerda, and Johnson each added two hits for Dayton. The Dragons finished the night with 10 hits.

With two games to play, Dayton trails Cedar Rapids by two games and Lake County by one game in the race for the #2 seed in the playoffs. Dayton would win the tiebreaker over Cedar Rapids but lose out to Lake County in the event they finish in a tie with the Captains. The Dragons would reach the playoffs by winning their final two games combined with two losses by both Lake County and Cedar Rapids. A pair of Dragons wins combined with two losses by Cedar Rapids and one loss by Lake County would create a three-way tie for the playoff spot. Minor League Baseball has yet to rule on how the tie-breaker would be administered in the event of a three-way tie, since Cedar Rapids has no head-to-head matchups in 2021 against either Dayton or Lake County.

Up Next: The Dragons (63-55) host Fort Wayne (54-64) in the fifth game of a six-game series and next-to-last game of the regular season at Day Air Ballpark in Dayton on Saturday at 7:05 p.m. James Proctor (0-1, 4.38) will start for the Dragons.

On the Air: Dragons games 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 980 WONE AM Fox Sports. Games can be heard on smart phones, iPads, and other mobile devices via the free Dragons Mobile App, or on a computer at wone.com. Games are also available on HD Radio on 104.7 WTUI HD 2.

For Dragons 2021 ticket information, call (937) 228-2287 or go to daytondragons.com.

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