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Phillips, Torres Lead Dragons to 6-2 Win at Lansing on Friday

By Tom Nichols
May 13, 2022

Dragons 6, Lansing 2 Click here for the box score Lansing, Mich.—Dayton starting pitcher Connor Phillips struck out nine batters over six shutout innings and Jose Torres hit a home run and drove in three runs to lead the Dragons to a 6-2 victory over the Lansing Lugnuts on Friday

Dragons 6, Lansing 2

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Lansing, Mich.—Dayton starting pitcher Connor Phillips struck out nine batters over six shutout innings and Jose Torres hit a home run and drove in three runs to lead the Dragons to a 6-2 victory over the Lansing Lugnuts on Friday night.

With the win, the Dragons extended their lead in the Midwest League East Division to four and one-half games over second place Great Lakes. The Dragons have split the first four games of the six-game series in Lansing.

*Game Recap: *Dayton’s Jose Torres blasted a 429-foot home run with a man on base to get the scoring started in the third inning. The homer was Torres’ fifth of the season and his second in the first four games of the road trip to give the Dragons a 2-0 lead.

In the fourth, Justice Thompson walked to start the inning and scored from first base on Alex McGarry’s double to right-center field to make it 3-0. The Dragons added two more in the fifth, set up by a pair of singles by Torres and Elly De La Cruz followed by an error and a run-scoring single by McGarry to make it 5-0. Dayton added one more run in the sixth when Jonathan Willems doubled with two outs and scored on Torres’ third hit of the game, a single to center, to give Dayton a 6-0 lead.

Meanwhile, Phillips (2-2) allowed just three hits over six innings (all singles) and allowed only one runner past first base. The game marked the second time in Phillips’ last three starts that he has fired six shutout innings. The nine strikeouts was one short of his season high.

Lansing scored single runs in the seventh and eighth innings before Carson Rudd entered the game to work the ninth and struck out three in the inning in a non-save situation.

Dayton finished with eight hits. Torres was 3 for 5 with two singles, a home run, and three runs batted in. McGarry was 2 for 5 with a double, single, and two more RBI to give him 26 on the season. McGarry now has 18 extra base hits in 24 games.

Notes: Dragons pitchers combined to strike out 16, one short of their season high…Dayton is now 17-0 this season when scoring the first run of the game, the best record under those conditions in all Minor League Baseball…The six-run night for the Dayton offense was their best since the second game of a doubleheader on May 4 when they scored eight against Lake County.

Up Next: The Dragons meet Lansing in the fifth game of the series on Saturday night at 7:05 p.m. at Jackson Field. Christian Roa, the Reds second round draft pick in 2020 out of Texas A&M, will make his first start of the year for Dayton.

The Dragons return to Day Air Ballpark in the heart of the Water Street District to host Quad Cities beginning Tuesday, May 17 at 7:05 p.m. For ticket information, go to daytondragons.com or call (937) 228-2287.

On the Air: All Dragons home and road games are broadcast on radio on FOX Sports 980 AM WONE. 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.

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