Dragons Pressbox Notes for August 7

Dragons GameDay

Wednesday, August 7, 2013  l 7:00 p.m.

Fifth Third Field l  Dayton, Ohio

Game # 46 (115) l Radio: WONE-AM 980

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Lake County Captains (21-23, 44-67) at Dayton Dragons (24-21, 52-62)

RH Robbie Aviles (3-3, 4.20) vs. RH Sal Romano (6-8, 4.85)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Lake County Captains (affiliate of the Cleveland Indians) in the first game of a three-game series. 

Last Game: West Michigan defeated Dayton 6-3 on Tuesday as the two clubs split the four-game series. 

Individual Notes

• Beau Amaral is hitting .343 over his last 25 games to raise his average from .233 to .261. 
• Jesse Winker is batting .319 over his last 19 games to raise his average from .270 to .279.
• Phillip Ervin went 7 for 15, .467 in the series at West Michigan.
• Alejandro Chacin over his last eight relief appearances: 1-0, 2 Sv, 10.1 IP, 0 R, 0.00 ERA.  

Team Notes

• The Dragons went 2-4 on their six-game road trip that ended Tuesday. They split four games at West Michigan to conclude the trip.
• The Dragons are 19-13 (.594) over the last 32 games. They went 17-11 in July, the second best record in the league.
• The Dragons are 25-32 at home this season, but 14-8 in the second half at home. They are 8-2 over their last 10 home games. 

Playoff Push: With 25 games to play, the Dragons trail Great Lakes by two and one-half games in the race for the wildcard slot. They are four games out of first place behind Bowling Green. Great Lakes and Bowling Green square off over the next three games.