Dragons Gameday Friday, April 6, 2018 Game # 2 Bowling Green Ballpark Bowling Green, Ky
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Dragons GameDay Friday, April 6, 2018 Game # 2 Bowling Green Ballpark Bowling Green, Ky. 7:35 p.m. Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE Dayton Dragons (0-1) at Bowling Green Hot Rods (1-0) RH Mac Sceroler (0-4, 3.26 at Billings) vs. RH Austin Franklin (4-2, 2.21 at Hudson Valley) 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 second game of the 2018 Midwest League season. The two clubs will travel to Dayton for games on Saturday and Sunday to close out the set. Last night: Bowling Green 5, Dayton 4. Ronaldo Hernandez drove in the winning run with a two-out hit in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Hot Rods won the season-opening game for both teams. The Hot Rods trailed 4-2 with two outs in the bottom of the eighth before taking advantage of two Dayton errors that led to three unearned runs. They tied the game with two runs in the eighth before winning it with one in the ninth. All three runs came with two outs. Dayton’s 11-hit attack was led by Stuart Fairchild (2 hits, double, walk, 2 RBI) and Andy Sugilio (3 hits, double, run). Individual Notes Two members of last season’s Dragons playoff roster return for 2018. They are infielders John Sansone and Hector Vargas. Sansone finished tied for second on the Dragons in home runs in 2017 with 13. Vargas finished third on the Dragons in games started in 2017 with 120 (trailing only Taylor Trammell and Jose Siri). Sansone was fifth in games start with 105. Four players who played for the Dragons in 2016 and spent the 2017 season at Advanced-A Daytona return to Dayton in 2018. They include outfielder Narciso Crook (who also played for the Dragons in 2015), starting pitcher Wendolyn Bautista, and relief pitchers Sarkis Ohanian and Austin Orewiler. A total of eight 2018 Dragons have previously played for the Dayton club (also RHP Cory Thompson and C Morgan Lofstrom). Crook led the Dragons in home runs in 2015 and Ohanian led the team in saves in 2016. 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 the Los Angeles suburb of Sherman Oaks, California. Greene and 2016 Dragon Nick Senzel (the second pick in the 2016 draft) are tied as the highest drafted players to play for the Dragons. In fact, Greene and Senzel as tied with 1983 Reds first rounder Kurt Stillwell as the earliest draft picks in Reds history (the Reds have never had the first First Round Draft Picks overall pick). Greene attended the same high school as Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton as well as with the Dragons former MLB players Tim Foli and Jack McDowell, numerous NFL football players, and actor Jerry Mathers (Leave it to Beaver). Austin Kearns OF Stuart Fairchild was a 2017 NCAA First Team All-American at Wake Forest, when he batted .360 with Ty Howington 17 HR and 21 SB, leading the ACC in hits and total bases. Fairchild was also one of three outfielders in the David Espinosa nation selected to the ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove team. Following his first season of professional baseball, Chris Gruler Fairchild was named by Baseball America as the “Best Defensive Outfielder” in the Reds organization. Homer Bailey The Dragons roster includes three outfielders who hit for a batting average of at least .300 with at least Jay Bruce 200 at-bats at Billings in 2017, the team one level below the Dragons in the farm system. They include Drew Stubbs Andy Sugilio (.345), Miles Gordon (.319) and Stuart Fairchild (.304). Catchers Mark Kolozsvary Devin Mesoraco (.305) and Hendrik Clementina (.303) also topped the .300 mark with less than 200 at-bats. The Robert Stephenson Dragons roster also includes the Billings leader in home runs and RBI in 2017, 3B Leandro Santana. Nick Travieso Dragons catcher Mark Kolozsvary was a member of the 2017 NCAA national championship team at the Phillip Ervin University of Florida. Five other Dragons players also played in the 64-team 2017 tournament, including Nick Howard OF Stuart Fairchild (Wake Forest—lost to Florida in the Super Regional); RHP Connor Ryan (Illinois- Alex Blandino Chicago); RHP Tyler Buffett (Oklahoma State); RHP Ryan Nutof (Michigan); RHP Mac Sceroler Tyler Stephenson (Southeastern Louisiana). INF John Sansone (Florida State) and RHP Austin Orewiler (Rice) played in Nick Senzel the tournament in previous years. Hunter Greene The Dragons roster includes six players drafted 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; Mac Sceroler, #5, 2017. The Dragons 2018 roster includes one of the most prolific middle infield combinations in team history. Jeter Downs was the 32nd pick of the 2017 draft and a high school All-American. Jose Garcia was one of the top international signings in baseball last summer, the fifth high-profile Cuban star to join the Reds organization (following such players as Aroldis Chapman and Raisel Iglesias). The Dragons roster includes 10 players from NCAA Division I programs, one player from an NCAA Division III school, one player from a junior college program, seven players signed out of high school, six players originally signed as international free agents, and one player acquired in a trade. Dragons “On the Air”: You can follow the Dragons through various media outlets in 2018. Every home and road game will be broadcast on radio on WONE 980-AM. You can get the broadcast on computer at wone.com or on a mobile device through either the Dragons mobile app or the iHeart Radio app. Additionally, the Dragons will televise 25 home games on Dayton’s CW (Channel 26, available on Spectrum Cable channels 13 and 1013; available on DirecTV and Dish Network channel 26). All 70 home games are available on MiLB TV (subscription required through milb.com). Upcoming Probable Pitchers (Game times are Dayton time) (All games on WONE 980 AM and www.daytondragons.com) (Stats from 2017) Saturday, April 7 (7:07 p.m.) Bowling Green RH Tobias Myers (4-2, 3.54 w/2 clubs) at Dayton RH Tyler Mondile (4-4, 4.35 at Billings) TV: Dayton’s CW (26) Sunday, April 8 (2:07 p.m.) Bowling Green RH Alex Valverde (2-2, 2.49 w/2 clubs) at Dayton RH Wendolyn Bautista (2-8, 4.49 at Daytona) TV: Dayton’s CW (26) Monday, April 9 (7:00 p.m.) Lake County LH Francisco Perez (4-4, 3.28 at Mahoning Valley) at Dayton RH Hunter Greene (0-1, 12.46 at Billings) TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER MAC SCEROLER Height: 6-3 Bats: R Birthdate: April 9, 1995 Acquired: Reds 5th, 2017 Weight: 200 Throws: R College: Southeastern Louisiana Univ. Resides: Denham Springs, LA Member of Dragons 2018 Opening Day roster. Notes: Opened pro career at Billings in 2017, posting 3.26 ERA while striking out 44 in 38.2 innings…Played three seasons at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond…Posted outstanding career record of 22-8 with a 2.97 ERA in 51 games including 31 starts…Best season as sophomore in 2016, going 10-4, 2.25 as he led the conference in victories…Earned First Team All-Southland Conference honors in both 2016 and 2017…Earned First Team All-Academic conference honors both years as well…Played at Denham Springs High School…uncle Ben McDonald was the first overall selection of the 1989 draft out of LSU and won 78 MLB games with Orioles and Brewers…uncle Brett Laxton also played in the Major Leagues and was 1993 NCAA Freshman Player of the Year at LSU as he went 12-1 to lead team to College World Series championship, striking out 16 in title game. Career Pitching Statistics Year Team League Level ORG W L PCT ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2017 Billings Mustangs PIO rok CIN 0 4 .000 3.26 12 9 0 0 0 0 38.2 37 25 14 3 0 16 0 44 3 0 Minor League Totals 0 4 .000 3.26 12 9 0 0 0 0 38.2 37 25 14 3 0 16 0 44 3 0 2017, Billings (Pioneer League) DATE G# OPP H/R DEC ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO BK WP GO/AO GIDP AVG AB TBF NP-S 07/04/2017 1 HEL H L 45.00 1 1 1.0 2 5 5 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 .400 5 8 36-21 07/09/2017 1 GTF R 10.80 1 1 4.0 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1.00 0 .333 16 17 49-34 07/15/2017 1 ORM H 9.53 1 1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.75 0 .292 3 5 29-15 07/22/2017 1 GJ R 6.23 1 1 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2.00 0 .235 10 11 48-29 07/29/2017 1 GTF H 5.68 1 1 4.0 5 3 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.15 0 .250 18 19 68-45 08/05/2017 1 OGD H 4.08 1 1 5.0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 1.13 0 .232 17 18 80-55 08/11/2017 1 OGD R L 3.57 1 1 5.0 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 1.32 0 .242 22 23 80-53 08/16/2017 1 IDF R L 3.33 1 1 1.2 5 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.38 1 .265 11 13 N/A 08/21/2017 1 MIS H L 4.08 1 1 4.1 5 6 4 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 1.42 0 .264 19 20 68-47 08/26/2017 1 GTF H 3.58 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.17 1 .244 10 12 53-37 08/31/2017 1 MIS R 3.28 1 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1.09 0 .239 11 11 44-26 09/05/2017 1 GTF R 3.26 1 3.0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 1.09 0 .240 12 13 N/A 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 NP-S IR-IRS Total 0-4-0 3.26 12 9 38.2 37 25 14 3 0 16 0 44 0 3 1.09 2 .240 154 170 0-0 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.