Dragons Gameday Monday, June 11, 2018 Game # 62 Fifth Third Field Dayton, Ohio 7:00 P.M
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Dragons GameDay Monday, June 11, 2018 Game # 62 Fifth Third Field Dayton, Ohio 7:00 p.m. Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE Bowling Green Hot Rods (40-21) at Dayton Dragons (29-32) LH Resly Linares (0-1, 7.07) vs. RH Adrian Rodriguez (3-2, 6.00) Today’s Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Bowling Green Hot Rods (affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays) in the last game of a four-game series. Season Series to Date: Bowling Green 9, Dayton 2 (in Dayton: Hot Rods 4, Dragons 1). Current Series to Date: BG 3, Dayton 0. Last Game: Sunday: Bowling Green 8, Dayton 4. The Hot Rods built a 6-0 lead over the first two innings and held off a Dayton comeback bid to hand the Dragons their sixth straight loss. The Dragons battled back, getting to within three runs at 7-4 in the bottom of the fifth. They had the tying run on base with two outs in that inning but were shutout the rest of the night. Three Dayton players, Jeter Downs, Stuart Fairchild, and Mitch Piatnik, each had two hits. 2018 Team Notes The Dragons threatened to tie the franchise record for most home wins in a half (25) but will come up short. They entered this series with 22 home wins with four home games remaining Dragons Home & Road in the first half, but they have lost the first three games of the set. Meanwhile, the Dragons need four road wins to avoid tying the club record for fewest road Home Road wins in a half. The club record is 10 road wins, and the Dragons have seven. The Dragons Record 22-13 7-19 have six road games to play. The Dragons will play three fewer road games in the first half Dragons Batting Avg. .244 .243 than the scheduled number of 35 due to three postponements at Great Lakes in April. Dragons Runs/Game 4.3 5.0 Dragons ERA 4.46 6.76 The Dragons are 22-13 at home; 7-19 on the road. Their team ERA at home is 4.46 compared to 6.76 on the road. They are scoring more runs per game on the road (5.0) than Unearned Runs by Opp. 12 27 Opp. Batting Avg. .272 .319 at home (4.3). They have allowed 27 unearned runs on the road compared to 12 at home. Dragons Errors 27/35g 43/26g The Dragons have been the streakiest team in professional baseball in 2018. They started the year with a three-game losing streak, won the next nine games, lost the next eight, won nine of 10, lost the next eight, won seven of eight, lost the next three, won four of six, and Dragons 1st Half Finishes, Last 5 Years have lost the last six. W-L Standing Mgr. The Dragons team ERA in their 29 wins is 3.39 (260 IP, 98 ER). The ERA in the 32 losses 2014 36-32 3rd Nieves is 7.37 (268.2 IP, 220 ER). 2015 39-31 3rd Nieves In an indication of the Dragons high number of close games, they lead the league in saves 2016 21-49 8th Schofield with 19 but also have nine blown saves. They are 15-12 in one-run games, with 27 of their 2017 41-29 2nd Bolivar 61 games decided by one run. They are 21-1 when leading after eight innings, with the only 2018* 29-32 5th Bolivar loss coming June 5 at Lake County. *7 games to play in 1st Half The Dragons have come back to win four games in which they trailed by at least three runs including two in which they trailed by six runs. However they have also lost six games in which they led by at least three runs. Twenty (20) of the 29 Dragons wins have been come-from-behind wins. The Dragons are 4-18 against Bowling Green and Lansing this season; 25-14 against the rest of the league. 2018 Individual Notes Hendrik Clementina is hitting .331 on the year with a .626 slugging percentage. He is tied for fourth in the MWL in home runs with nine and 10th in RBI with 34 despite not having enough plate appearances to qualify for the batting lead (he is five short of the minimum). With his current averages, he would rank third in the league in batting average and second in slugging percentage if he qualified. Clementina was named the Cincinnati Reds Minor League Hitter of the Month for May after batting .329 with seven home runs and 20 RBI in the month. Jeter Downs has a seven-game hitting streak, going 9 for 29, .310…John Ghyzel ranks first in the MWL lead in saves with 11. General Player/Team Notes Five members of the Dragons have been selected to play in the Midwest League All-Star Game in Lansing on June 19. They are C Hendrik Clementina (will start as the DH), OF Stuart Fairchild, 1B Montrell Marshall, RHP John Ghyzel, RHP Cory Thompson. Six members of the Dragons are rated among the Reds top 30 prospects (Baseball America). They are RHP Hunter Greene (#2); INF Jeter Downs (#11); INF Jose Garcia (#12); OF Stuart Fairchild (#16); OF Miles Gordon (#26), and LHP Packy Naughton (#28). RHP Hunter Greene is one of 16 first round draft picks to play for the Dragons. He was the second overall pick in the 2017 draft out of Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California. OF Stuart Fairchild was a 2017 NCAA First Team All-American at Wake Forest, when he batted .360 with 17 HR and 21 SB, leading the ACC in hits and total bases. Fairchild was also one of three outfielders in the nation selected to the ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove team. Dragons catcher Mark Kolozsvary was a member of the 2017 NCAA national championship team at the University of Florida. Four other Dragons players also played in the 64-team 2017 tournament: Stuart Fairchild (Wake Forest); Connor Ryan (Illinois-Chicago); Tyler Buffett (Oklahoma State); Ryan Nutof (Michigan). John Sansone (Florida State) and Austin Orewiler (Rice) played in the tournament in previous years. The Dragons roster includes five players taken within the first five rounds of the 40-round amateur draft, including Hunter Greene, #1 (2nd overall, 2017); INF Jeter Downs, #S1, 2017; Stuart Fairchild, #2, 2017; Miles Gordon, #4, 2015; Cory Thompson, #5, 2013. Upcoming Probable Pitchers (Game times are Dayton time) (All games on WONE 980 AM and www.daytondragons.com) Tuesday, June 12 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton LH Packy Naughton (3-6, 5.09) at South Bend RH Rollie Lacy (2-1, 2.50) Wednesday, June 13 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Tyler Mondile (1-5, 7.02) at South Bend LH Ricky Tyler Thomas (2-4, 2.62) Thursday, June 14 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Hunter Greene (1-4, 5.70) at South Bend RH Erich Uelmen (4-5, 3.99) TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER ADRIAN RODRIGUEZ Height: 6-1 Bats: R Birthdate: August 8, 1996 Acquired: Int. Free Agent, 2014 Weight: 220 Throws: R College: None Resides: Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mex. Joined Dragons from extended spring training, April 30. Notes: Missed entire 2017 season after undergoing “Tommy John” reconstructive elbow surgery…Last game action prior to 2018 came on July 29, 2016…Limited left-handed batters to .146 average in 2016 with Billings…Part of Billings rotation in 2016 that also included former Dragons starters Tony Santillan, Scott Moss, and Andrew Jordan…Worked under current Dragons pitching coach Seth Etherton in 2016…Best and longest career start came July 9, 2015 with AZL Reds when he tossed six shutout innings, allowing just one hit and no walks…Career high in strikeouts is eight, in both 2015 and 2016. Career Pitching Statistics YEAR TEAM LG LEVEL W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO AVG WHIP 2015 AZL REDS AZL ROOKIE 5 4 3.42 13 6 0 0 0 0 50.0 58 24 19 1 4 8 0 48 .289 1.32 2016 BILLINGS PIO ROOKIE 2 0 4.01 8 6 0 0 0 0 33.2 29 17 15 1 3 9 0 34 .228 1.13 Minors Career 7 4 3.66 21 12 0 0 0 0 83.2 87 41 34 2 7 17 0 82 .265 1.24 2018, Dayton (Midwest League) DATE OPP W-L-SV IP H R ER BB SO HR PITCHES NOTE May 4 at BUR W 6.0 4 0 0 1 6 0 76-49 Matched career high in IP in first GS since 7/29/16 May 9 CR ND 6.0 4 2 2 1 5 1 80-52 Left with 4-2 lead after 6; Dragons won 5-4 in 10 May 15 at LAN ND 1.2 7 6 6 1 2 0 59-36 Left trailing 6-0 in 2nd; Dragons lost 10-9 in 10 May 20 GL W 5.0 5 2 2 0 6 0 78-55 Left leading 8-2 after 5; Dragons won 12-4 May 26 at BG L 5.2 7 3 3 0 5 1 81-54 Left trailing 3-2, bottom 6; Dragons lost 3-2 May 31 WM (G2) W 5.0 4 3 3 3 6 1 73-45 Left leading 6-3 after 5; Dragons won 8-3 (G2, 7) June 6 at LC L 3.2 7 7 6 1 5 2 85-53 Left trailing 7-0 in 4th; Dragons lost 8-5 W-L-S ERA G GS CG SHO SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO BK WP GO/AO GIDP AVG AB TBF Total 3-2-0 6.00 7 7 33.0 38 23 22 5 5 7 0 35 0 3 1.21 1 .281 135 149 Dragons Starting Pitching Rotation (in order of use) Packy Naughton (LHP): Reds 2017 9th round draft pick, Virginia Tech…2017 at Billings: 3-3, 3.15, 14 G 12 GS.