Captains suffer first loss at Dayton
(Dayton, OH) - After starting the 2018 season with four straight victories, the Lake County Captains (4-1) suffered their first loss of the season on Monday. On a night highlighted by the Midwest League debut of Cincinnati Reds #2 prospect Hunter Greene, the Captains fell to the Dayton Dragons (2-3),
(Dayton, OH) - After starting the 2018 season with four straight victories, the Lake County Captains (4-1) suffered their first loss of the season on Monday. On a night highlighted by the Midwest League debut of Cincinnati Reds #2 prospect
Greene, who was the second overall selection in last year's MLB Draft, took the mound for his Dayton debut and sported the blazing fastball that earned him notoriety as an amateur. The first three pitches out of Greene's hand read 100 MPH on the Fifth Third Field scoreboard. Despite the heat, however, the Captains were able to get to Greene early.
In the top of the first inning, Greene tallied three strikeouts, but not before the Captains grabbed an early lead.
The Dragons came back to tie the score in the second. Captains starter
Lake County nearly regained the lead in the third, but Greene came up clutch. After
The ballgame remained 2-2 until the sixth inning when a near-double play ball turned into a Dragons run. With Gordon on second and Kolozsvary on first,
The Captains had two chances to tie the score down the stretch, but came up empty. In the seventh, a two-out error put runners on second and third for Gonzalez, but reliever Austin Orweiler got him to ground out to shortstop. The next inning, Isaacs was on second base with two outs and Friis hit a line drive shot to the gap in right-centerfield. Friis' liner looked destined for the alley, but
Orweiler (1-1) earned the win for Dayton. The right-hander pitched four innings of relief and did not surrender a run. Orweiler gave up one hit, walked two and struck out one.
The Captains will take on Dayton again on Tuesday night at Fifth Third Field. The second game of this four-game series is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m.
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