July 6, 2024 – Midwest League (MWL)
Dayton Dragons News Release
Saturday, July 6, 2024 l Game # 15 (81)
Classic Park l Eastlake, Ohio l 7:00 p.m.
Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE
Dayton Dragons (8-6, 42-38) at Lake County Captains (7-6, 48-31)
LH Bryce Hubbart (1-4, 6.60) vs. LH Matt Wilkinson (1-1, 3.42)
Today’s Game : The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Lake County Captains (affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians) in the rubber match of a three-game series.
Streaks : The Dragons have won eight of their last 11 games. They are 29-19 (.604) over their last 48 games (since May 12).
In the Standings : The Dragons are in second place, one-half game behind West Michigan in the second half in the East Division of the Midwest League.
Last Game: Friday : Lake County 20, Dayton 1. The Captains broke open a 5-1 game with 12 runs in the seventh inning and added three more in the eighth as the Dragons matched their club record for largest margin of defeat. The Dragons broke their club record for most walks allowed in an inning with nine in the seventh. Dayton ran out of available pitching with two outs in the seventh and Lake County leading 12-1 and inserted infielder Yan Contreras in the game to get the final four outs. He surrendered seven hits and three walks and was charged with five runs. The 12-run seventh inning was one short of the Dragons club record for an opponent in a single inning.
Team Notes
Entering last night’s game, the Dragons team ERA over their previous 10 games (since June 25) was 2.10, third best in the minors during the time period. Last night’s outburst by Lake County drove the Dayton team ERA over their last 11 games to 3.67, fifth in the Midwest League.
The Dragons posted a team ERA of 0.96 in the three-game set with Lake County in Dayton Monday-Wednesday, allowing just two earned runs in 28 innings. This is the lowest team ERA for the Dragons in any series since June 4-6, 2019 at West Michigan, when they posted a 0.67 ERA. The four runs allowed in the series were the fewest allowed by the Dragons in a set since they allowed four in a two-game series at Lake County, July 2-3, 2018. The last time they allowed four runs or fewer in a set of three games or longer was August 22-24, 2017 vs. Bowling Green, when they allowed two in three games.
The Dragons are 11-2 when their starting pitcher goes 6+ innings; 26-8 when the starter goes 5+.
The Dragons rank first in Minor League Baseball (120 teams) in average attendance…
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