May 4, 2022 – Midwest League (MWL) – Dayton Dragons News Release
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 l Games # 22-23
Day Air Ballpark l Dayton, Ohio l 6:05 p.m. (DH)
Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE
Lake County Captains (10-11) at Dayton Dragons (16-5)
RH Tanner Bibee (0-1, 0.00)/RH Aaron Davenport (0-1, 1.69) vs. RH Joe Boyle (1-0, 0.00)/RH Bryce Bonnin (0-0, 0.00)
Today’s Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Lake County Captains (affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians) in a doubleheader. These are the first two games of a six-game series. Season Series vs. Lake County: Dragons 4, Captains 2 (all six previous meetings at Lake County).
Hottest of the Hot: The Dragons winning percentage of .762 is the best in professional baseball (Major League or Minor League).
The Start: The Dragons record of 16-5 is the second best through 21 games in franchise history (the 2007 Dragons were 17-4).
Games above .500: The Dragons are 11 games above the .500 mark, a level they peaked at in 2021. The last time they were 12 games over .500 was July 3, 2017, when they were 47-35. The last time they were 13 games over .500 was June 17, 2017 when they were 41-28.
Doubleheaders: This is the Dragons fourth doubleheader of the year. They have one win and two splits, for an overall record of 4-2 in DH games.
Last Game: Tuesday: Postponed vs. Lake County. Sunday: Dayton 8, Fort Wayne 0. Andrew Abbott fired six shutout innings, striking out 10, and Nick Quintana had a home run and four RBI as the Dragons earned their fourth shutout in the six-game set.
Dragons in the Standings: Dayton is in first place in the Midwest League East Division, five and one-half games ahead of Fort Wayne.
Team Notes
The Dragons are 13-2 over their last 15 games. They have not lost consecutive games this season.
Dayton leads the league with 24 home runs. They hit four at Fort Wayne after hitting 13 vs. West Michigan.
The Dragons are 7-0 in one-run games and 10-0 in games decided by two runs or less.
Dayton has six…
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