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Dragons Press Box Notes July 11

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July 11, 2015

Dragons GameDay

Saturday, July 11, 2015  l Game # 87 (17)

Fifth Third Field l Dayton, Ohio l 7:07 p.m.

TV: WHIO 7.2 (23, 372) l Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE

Lansing Lugnuts (9-7, 51-35) at Dayton Dragons (7-9, 46-40)

RH Starlyn Suriel (5-4, 3.21) vs. RH Wyatt Strahan (5-6, 2.88)

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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 second game of a four-game set.  Dragons-Lugnuts Season Series: Lugnuts lead, 5-3 (at Dayton: Lugnuts lead, 3-2). 

Streaks: Dayton has won two straight games after losing the previous four. Lansing's three-game winning streak was snapped last night. 

Last Game: Dayton 2, Lansing 1. Highlights: Dragons pitchers Jake Paulson, Brennan Bernardino, and Conor Krauss combined to scatter eight hits as the Dragons earned their second straight win…Jose Ortiz and Jimmy Pickens delivered RBI singles in the fifth inning to bring the Dragons back from a 1-0 deficit for the lead and eventual win…Narciso Crook got the rally started with a double and later scored.

Today's Dragons Starting Pitcher: Wyatt Strahan is a 22-year-old native of Villa Park, California. Strahan was the Reds third round draft pick in 2014 out of the University of Southern California. He was rated as the #23 prospect in the Reds organization and #8 prospect in the Pioneer League by Baseball America after the 2014 season. Last Start: Monday at Bowling Green: Loss, 7 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO. Notes: Over Strahan's last three starts, he has posted a 1.57 ERA, going at least seven innings in each start and allowing a total of four runs, yet he has two losses and a no-decision. Two of the losses were 1-0 games…After averaging 4.1 walks/9 innings over his first 13 starts, Strahan has walked two batters in his last four starts (29 IP).

Individual Notes

  • Jonathan Reynoso is batting .361 over his last 10 games. 
  • Argenis Aldazoro has a seven-game hitting streak, batting .320 (8 for 25).
  • Jimmy Pickens has a six-game hitting streak, batting .348 (8 for 23).
  • Avain Rachal is batting .326 (15 for 46) in the second half. 
  • Narciso Crook is batting .316 (12 for 39) in the second half.
  • Jeremy Kivel over his last five relief outings: 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R. Kivel's ERA since his second outing on April 12 is 2.76.
  • Jake Paulson has allowed only two earned runs over his last eight appearances covering 19.2 innings.

Team Notes

  • Dragons pitchers have walked two batters or less in six straight games and three or less in 13 straight. Dragons pitchers have allowed the fewest number of walks in the Midwest League this season.
  • The Dragons current team ERA of 3.06 would break the club record of 3.39 from 2011. The Dragons second half ERA stands at 3.30.
  • The Dragons are 34-7 when allowing three runs or less; 12-33 when allowing four runs or more.

Upcoming Probable Pitchers (All game times are Dayton time) (All games on WONE 980 AM and www.daytondragons.com)

Sunday, July 12 (2:00 p.m.): Lansing RH Chase Mallard (3-2, 4.82) at Dayton RH Tejay Antone (4-7, 2.82)

Monday, July 13 (7:00 p.m.): Lansing RH Justin Shafer (4-0, 1.31) at Dayton LH Junior Morillo (1-4, 5.54)