Dragons Gameday Friday, June 21, 2019 Game # 2 (72) Fifth Third Field Dayton, Ohio 7:00 P.M
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Dragons GameDay Friday, June 21, 2019 Game # 2 (72) Fifth Third Field Dayton, Ohio 7:00 p.m. Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE Lansing Lugnuts (0-1, 32-38) at Dayton Dragons (1-0, 29-42) RH Troy Watson (1-1, 6.55) vs. RH James Marinan (2-6, 4.90) Today’s Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Lansing Lugnuts (affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays) in the second game of a four-game series and second game of the Second Half season. 2019 Season Series: Lansing 4, Dayton 3 (at Dayton: Dragons 2, Lugnuts 2). Last Game: Thursday: Dayton 7, Lansing 2. Three Dragons pitchers combined to allow just six hits as the Dragons won the Second Half Opener. The Dragons collected 11 hits including two each by Pabel Manzanero, Jay Schuyler, Juan Martinez, and Bren Spillane. Brian Rey drove in two runs and extended his hitting streak to nine straight games. Randy Ventura’s 11-game hitting streak came to an end with a 0 for 3 night. The Dragons opened the second half with a win for the first time since 2015. Team Notes In the month of June, the Dragons have a record of 12-4. In June, they are second in the MWL in team batting (.245); second in runs scored; and first in stolen bases (28). On the mound, they rank fourth in team ERA (2.81). Over the first 35 games of the 2019 season, the Dragons team ERA was 5.45 (last in the league). In the 36 games played since then (since May 11), the team ERA is 3.55, which ranks fifth in the MWL during the period. Dragons starting pitchers in 22 games since May 25 have posted an ERA of 2.61 (103.1 IP, 30 ER) to lower their full-season ERA from 5.07 to 4.43. Dragons relievers since May 1 have posted an ERA of 3.70 (187.1 IP, 77 ER) and lowered their full-season ERA from 5.70 to 4.52. The Dragons are within .06 of climbing out of 16th (last) place in the MWL team ERA rankings. They last ranked higher than 16th on April 25. The team ERA for the year is 4.48. The Dragons have lost 14 games in which they held a lead of at least two runs at some point during the game, and they have lost seven games after leading by at least three runs. They have lost two games in which they led by four runs, and one game after a five-run lead. The Dragons finished the first half with a 28-42 record. In the half, they finished 13th in Team Batting (.225); 14th in Runs; 16th in Team Pitching (4.51 ERA); and 14th in Team Fielding Percentage (95 errors in 70 games). Individual Notes Michael Siani over his last 22 games dating back to May 24 is batting .349 with two home runs, 21 runs scored, and 13 stolen bases to raise his batting average 65 points from .170 to .235. In the month of June, Siani leads the league in hits (22), stolen bases (12), and runs (15). He ranks second to teammate Randy Ventura in batting average (.349). Randy Ventura had an 11-game hitting streak snapped on Thursday. In his last 12 games, he is batting .390 (16 for 41) to raise his average from .138 to .286. He is batting .364 in June to lead the Midwest League. Brian Rey has hit safely in nine straight games, going 11 for 32 (.344) with two home runs. Reliever Matt Pidich over his last 10 games: 1.35 ERA, 20 IP, 8 R, 3 ER, 10 H, 9 BB, 19 SO. Reliever Connor Bennett in his last seven appearances has earned two wins and five saves. He is third in the MWL in saves with eight. He is tied for the league lead in appearances with 26. *The Dragons enjoyed a 10-game winning streak from June 2-12. This winning streak tied for the second longest in franchise history and was the longest since 2007. The club record is 13 straight wins in 2002. During the winning streak, the Dragons outscored their opponents 55-30. During the streak, they led the league in team batting (.276) and team ERA (2.10). They were tied for third in runs scored (55). They were second in the league in stolen bases (21). They were third in in doubles (16). They ranked first in both holds (7), and saves (7). *Pabel Manzanero, the Dragons lone all-star selection, hit three home runs in a game on April 23 to become the fourth player in Dragons history to do so. He joins Wily Mo Pena (2001), Juan Francisco (2007), and Byron Wiley (2009). *Six members of the Dragons are rated among the Reds top 30 prospects (Baseball America). They are OF Michael Siani (#8); OF Mariel Bautista (#16); RHP Lyon Richardson (#17); RHP James Marinan (#19); 3B Juan Martinez (#22); and 1B Bren Spillane (#30). Additionally, SS Miguel Hernandez is ranked #25 by Fangraphs.com. *1B Bren Spillane was the 2018 Collegiate Baseball Magazine Player of the Year, the Big Ten Conference Player of the Year, and a Triple Crown winner in the Big Ten with the University of Illinois. He batted .407 with 22 home runs in 50 games and produced a .944 slugging percentage that led the nation. Upcoming Probable Pitchers (Game times are Dayton time) (All games on WONE 980 AM and www.daytondragons.com) Saturday, June 22 (7:08 p.m.): Lansing TBA at Dayton RH Ricky Salinas (2-3, 4.27) TV: Dayton’s CW (23) Sunday, June 23 (2:08 p.m.): Lansing RH Troy Miller (2-3, 4.85) at Dayton TBA TV: Dayton’s CW (23) TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER JAMES MARINAN Height: 6-5 Bats: R Birthdate: October 10, 1998 Acquired: Trade with Dodgers, 2018 Weight: 239 Throws: R College: None Resides: Boynton Beach, FL Member of Dragons 2019 Opening Day roster. Notes: Acquired by Reds from Dodgers with pitcher Aneurys Zabala in exchange for pitcher Dylan Floro Zach Neal, and international signing bonus pool space, July 4, 2018…Dodgers fourth round draft pick in 2017 out of Park Vista High School in Lake Worth, Florida, where he went 8-1 with a 0.84 ERA as a senior in 2017 (high school is about 15 miles south of West Palm Beach and produced current MLB player Trea Turner of the Washington Nationals)…Ranked by Baseball America as the 59th best prospect in the 2017 draft…Planned to play college baseball at the University of Miami, where he would have been a teammate of Jeter Downs had both players not signed professionally…Ranked as the #19 prospect in the Reds system by Baseball America; #20 by MLB.com, and #26 by Fangraphs.com. Marinan Career Pitching Statistics Season League Team W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO WHIP AVG WP BK 2017 AZL AZL Dodgers 2 0 1.59 9 6 0 17.0 14 5 3 0 1 14 14 1.65 .250 1 0 2018 AZL AZL Dodgers 0 0 0.84 3 3 0 10.2 11 4 1 0 0 4 11 1.41 .289 0 0 PIO Billings 3 2 3.98 11 11 0 43.0 49 23 19 1 7 19 39 1.58 .287 11 1 Career 5 2 2.93 23 20 0 70.2 74 32 23 1 8 37 64 1.57 .279 12 1 Marinan in 2019 with Dayton (Midwest League) Date Opp W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK TBF NP-S 4/7/2019 @BG 0 1 6.75 1 1 0 4 8 3 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 19 71 - 46 4/12/2019 LC 0 0 5.00 1 1 0 5 4 2 2 0 1 3 1 1 0 22 74 - 41 4/17/2019 FW 0 0 3.95 1 1 0 4.2 2 1 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 22 78 - 44 4/23/2019 @LC 1 0 4.34 1 1 0 5 3 3 3 0 1 3 4 2 0 21 80 - 50 4/28/2019 GL 0 1 5.48 1 1 0 4.1 7 5 5 1 0 0 3 1 0 21 78 - 46 5/5/2019 @CR 0 1 5.40 1 1 0 7 9 4 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 28 68 - 50 5/10/2019 BUR 0 1 6.23 1 1 0 4.2 8 6 6 1 1 0 6 1 0 24 81 - 55 5/16/2019 @SB 0 1 6.18 1 1 0 4.2 7 4 3 1 0 2 4 1 0 23 82 - 45 5/21/2019 LC 1 0 5.44 1 1 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 26 77 - 44 5/26/2019 @BG 0 1 5.36 1 1 0 4 6 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 18 64 - 37 5/31/2019 SB 0 0 5.13 1 1 0 4 6 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 21 84 - 56 6/8/2019 FW 0 0 5.09 1 1 0 4 3 2 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 18 79 - 48 6/13/2019 WM 0 0 4.90 1 1 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 2 5 1 0 26 86 - 57 Total 2 6 4.90 13 13 0 64.1 71 39 35 6 6 25 42 9 1 289 1002 - 619 Pitching Rotation (in order of use) Lyon Richardson (RHP): Reds 2018 2nd round draft pick, Jensen Beach (Fla.) High School…2018 at Greeneville: 0-5, 7.14, 11 GS.