Dragons Gameday Tuesday, July 31, 2018 Game # 38 (106) Fifth Third Field Dayton, Ohio 7:00 P.M
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Dragons GameDay Tuesday, July 31, 2018 Game # 38 (106) Fifth Third Field Dayton, Ohio 7:00 p.m. Radio: Fox Sports 980 WONE Lansing Lugnuts (18-19, 61-46) at Dayton Dragons (18-19, 49-56) RH Graham Spraker (1-2, 2.63) vs. RH Wendolyn Bautista (4-5, 3.34) Today’s Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Lansing Lugnuts (affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays) in the last game of a four-game series. Season Series: Lansing 11, Dayton 3. At Dayton: Dayton 3, Lansing 3. Current Series: Lansing 2, Dayton 1. Last Game: Monday: Lansing 8, Dayton 3. The Lugnuts broke a scoreless tie with six runs in the sixth inning, keyed by a two-run single by Ryan Noda and a two-run triple by Chad Spanberger. Dayton finished with 11 hits, led by Hendrik Clementina, who was 3 for 3 with a double and a walk. Jonathan India, the Reds 2018 first round draft pick, made his full-season debut for the Dragons and went 1 for 4 with a walk. Jose Garcia and Raul Wallace each added two hits for the Dragons. Playoff Chase: The Dragons must finish in the top two among eligible teams in the East Division in the Second Half (six teams competing; Bowling Green and Lansing ineligible). The Dragons currently are the #1 seed in the Second Half race, one-half game ahead of Lake County and West Michigan. The top five teams in the Second Half race are separated by just one and one-half games. 2018 Team Notes The Dragons are batting .337 in the first three games of the current four-game series with Lansing. The Dragons have not hit .300 or higher in any series since May 18-20 vs. Great Lakes, when they hit .320. MWL East Division The Dragons 3.61 ERA in the month of July is considerably better than the MWL average for the full season Second Half Race (3.82), but in an indication that July has been a good month for pitchers throughout the league, the Dragons (Top 2 Qualify for Playoffs) July ERA ranks 11th among the 16 MWL teams. The Dragons have allowed three runs or less in 19 of their 37 second half games. Their second half ERA is Team W-L GB Dayton 18-19 --- 3.82 (5.31 in the first half). Lake County 17-19 -0.5 The Dragons have committed just 35 errors in their last 48 games (four errors on Saturday night). West Michigan 17-19 -0.5 The Dragons team ERA in their 49 wins is 2.71 (442 IP, 133 ER). In the 56 losses, it is 6.65 (476.1 IP, 352 ER). South Bend 17-20 -1.0 The Dragons finished the First Half with a record of 31-37, in sixth place in the East Division. Fort Wayne 16-20 -1.5 The Dragons threatened to tie the franchise record for most home wins in a half (25) in the First Half, but came Great Lakes 13-24 -5.0 up short. They entered their final series, a four-game series with Bowling Green, with 22 home wins in the first Bowling Green and Lansing are half, but they were swept in the series. First Half qualifiers. Meanwhile, the Dragons broke the club record for fewest road wins in a half. The club record was 10 road wins, and the Dragons finished with nine. The Dragons played three fewer road games in the first half than the scheduled number of 35 due to three postponements at Great Lakes in April. 2018 Individual Notes Hunter Greene over his last 11 starts: 51.1 IP, 36 H, 16 R, 15 ER, 13 BB, 63 SO, 2.63 ERA. Greene has made 18 starts. His ERA in his first seven starts was 10.06. Greene was selected as the Cincinnati Reds Minor League Co-Pitcher of the Month for June. Patrick McGuff in his four starts with the Dragons: 20.1 IP, 13 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 7 BB, 16 SO, 2.66 ERA (4 of the 6 earned runs were inherited runners). Lorenzo Cedrola over his last 19 games: 25 for 72, .347. Cedrola has stolen 12 bases since joining the Dragons on July 4. Alejo Lopez over his last 14 games: 17 for 46, .370. Transactions: Infielder Jeter Downs has been placed on the disabled list. Infielder Jonathan India has been promoted to Dayton from Billings. The addition of India gives the Dragons the Reds last two #1 draft picks (along with Hunter Greene, the 2017 first rounder). India was the 2018 Southeastern Conference Player of the Year at Florida, batting .350 with 21 home runs and 52 RBI in 68 games. He is the 17th Reds first round pick to play for the Dragons. New Faces in New Places: Reshard Munroe made his first career appearance at first base on Saturday night after 108 career games in the outfield. J.D. Williams got his first start at second base (or any infield position) on Wednesday night since July 22, 2016 with the AZL Reds. He also started Sunday at second base. He made 10 starts at second base during the 2015-16 seasons. He played four innings at second base in 2017 with Billings, but did not have a defensive chance. General Player/Team Notes Four current members of the Dragons are rated among the Reds top 30 prospects (MLB Pipeline). They are RHP Hunter Greene (#2); INF Jonathan India (#4); INF Jeter Downs (#7); and INF Jose Garcia (#14). RHP Hunter Greene and INF Jonathan India are two of 17 first round draft picks to play for the Dragons. Greene was the second overall pick in the 2017 draft out of Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California. India was the fifth overall pick in the 2018 draft out of the University of Florida. Upcoming Probable Pitchers (Game times are Dayton time) (All games on WONE 980 AM and www.daytondragons.com) Wednesday, August 1 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton LH Packy Naughton (5-9, 4.47) at Fort Wayne LH Tom Cosgrove (2-5, 4.39) Thursday, August 2 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Austin Orewiler (4-3, 3.54) at Fort Wayne LH MacKenzie Gore (1-5, 4.19) Friday, August 3 (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Mac Sceroler (2-2, 4.50) at Fort Wayne LH Osvaldo Hernandez (8-4, 1.85) TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER WENDOLYN BAUTISTA Height: 6-0 Bats: R Birthdate: March 27, 1993 Acquired: Int. Free Agent, 2012 Weight: 185 Throws: R College: None Resides: Santo Domingo, DR Member of Dragons 2018 Opening Day roster. Notes: Returns to Dragons in 2018 after spending most of 2017 at Advanced-A Daytona (also made four emergency appearances with Triple-A Louisville)…Entering sixth season in Reds organization as 25-year-old veteran starter…On August 26, 2016, fired first Dragons nine-inning shutout since 2008…Has issued only 60 walks in 197 innings over last two years entering 2018 season. 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 2013 DSL Rojos DSL rok CIN 1 10 .091 5.63 14 12 0 0 0 0 56.0 54 47 35 4 5 33 0 57 8 1 2014 DSL Reds DSL rok CIN 4 4 .500 3.22 14 14 1 0 0 0 72.2 74 39 26 1 2 16 0 53 8 0 2015 AZL Reds AZL rok CIN 3 1 .750 2.60 13 4 0 0 0 0 55.1 54 23 16 3 2 12 0 55 1 1 2015 Billings Mustangs PIO rok CIN 0 0 -- 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 3 2 0 1 1 0 4 2 1 2016 Daytona Tortugas FSL afa CIN 3 1 .750 2.01 10 10 0 0 0 0 44.2 34 15 10 2 3 16 0 19 2 1 2016 Dayton Dragons MID afx CIN 2 0 1.000 3.15 7 4 1 1 0 0 34.1 36 12 12 2 0 8 1 25 3 0 2017 Daytona Tortugas FSL afa CIN 2 8 .200 4.49 19 19 0 0 0 0 108.1 114 58 54 7 3 33 0 68 4 3 2017 Louisville Bats INT aaa CIN 0 2 .000 14.90 4 3 0 0 0 0 9.2 25 18 16 2 0 3 0 5 1 0 Minor League Totals 15 26 .366 3.98 82 67 2 1 0 0 387.0 396 215 171 21 16 122 1 286 29 7 2018, Dayton (Midwest League) DATE G# OPP H/R DEC 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 04/08/2018 1 BG H 3.38 1 1 5.1 5 2 2 0 1 3 0 4 0 1 0.57 1 .250 20 24 77-44 04/17/2018 1 SB H 2.89 1 1 4.0 4 1 1 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 0.64 0 .265 14 18 84-52 04/22/2018 1 FW R 3.77 1 1 5.0 7 6 3 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0.87 0 .281 23 25 83-57 04/27/2018 1 FW H L 5.59 1 1 5.0 6 6 6 2 0 3 0 5 0 1 1.00 0 .282 21 24 86-54 05/02/2018 1 BUR R W 6.20 1 1 5.1 12 6 5 0 0 2 0 5 0 1 0.96 1 .327 26 28 106-72 05/07/2018 1 CR H W 5.64 1 1 5.2 9 2 2 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0.93 0 .333 25 26 78-54 05/12/2018 1 PEO H 6.06 1 2.1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.91 0 .333 9 10 33-21 05/17/2018 1 LAN R L 6.00 1 1 6.1 9 4 4 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.00 0 .333 27 30 91-60 05/22/2018 1 LC H L 5.52 1 1 6.2 7 2 2 2 0 1 0 7 0 0 1.00 1 .325 26 27 82-54 05/26/2018 1 BG R 5.29 1 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.07 0 .318 7 7 18-15 05/29/2018 1 WM H W 4.97 1 3.0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1.06 0 .319 12 12 44-31 06/02/2018 1 LAN H 4.86 1 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 1.08 1 .314 10 11 55-38 06/06/2018 1 LC R 4.66 1 4.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 1.06 0 .302 15 15 43-31 06/10/2018 1 BG H 4.52 1 3.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 1.07 0 .291 12 12 45-32 06/14/2018 1 SB R 4.48 1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.05 0 .289 2 2 6-4 06/23/2018 1 SB H 4.50 1 1.2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.05 0 .293 7 8 21-16 06/25/2018 1 GL H 4.43 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1.03 0 .292 4 4 14-11 06/28/2018 1 SB R 4.24 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1.02 0 .283 9 9 30-22 06/30/2018 1 SB R L 4.21 1 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.00 0 .281 1 2 7-6 07/03/2018 1 LC R 4.15 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.00 0 .282 3 4 14-9 07/05/2018 1 LC H 3.98 1 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.99 0 .278 11 11 31-27 07/08/2018 1 GL R 3.96 1 1 5.0 7 2 2 1 0 3 0 7 0 2 0.93 0 .281 22 25 83-53 07/13/2018 1 QC H 3.81 1 1 5.1 6 1 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0.85 0 .281 21 23 79-55 07/19/2018 1 WIS R L 3.61 1 4.2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0.83 0 .276 14 17 59-44 07/23/2018 1 BEL R S 3.49 1 1 3.0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.89 1 .278 12 12 36-29 07/26/2018 1 FW H W 3.34 1 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.92 0 .272 14 14 35-27 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 4-5-1 3.34 26 10 1 94.1 100 41 35 9 1 26 1 96 0 7 0.92 5 .272 367 400 Dragons Starting Pitching Rotation (in order of use) Austin Orewiler (RHP): Reds 2015 14th round pick, Rice University…2017 at Daytona: 5-4, 3.58, 41 G, 0 GS.