June 19, 2010

PRESS RELEASE - For Immediate release

Dragons Pull Ahead to Clinch Win Over Loons

DAYTON, OH. — The Dayton Dragons won 4-3 to the Great Lake Loons on Saturday, June 19 to a sellout crowd on a hot and humid day.

The game remained scoreless until the bottom of the sixth inning when, with bases loaded Fleury hit a base hit to bring Dayton’s Rodriguez home.

Dayton’s Lamar hit a solo homer in the bottom of the eighth to give the Dragons a 2-0 lead going into the ninth. With a 3-2 count on the Loons Ruggiano, Ruggiano hit a second homer to time the game at 2-2 in the top of the ninth. The Loons pulled ahead in the 13th inning after a score from first baseman Sands. Then, 3rd baseman Pfister scored to tie the game after a bobble in the right field. Gregorious then hit a single base hit in the right field corner to bring the runner home for the scoring win. After 13 innings of play, Dayton had just 11 hits after 13 innings while Great Lakes was held to 10.

Umpire Goodman was hit with a ground ball in the seventh inning and took a few moments to regroup before continuing officiating the game.

The Loons will now fall out of first place in their division. Dayton (30-38) wraps up the Great Lake Loon (42-26) series in Dayton tomorrow afternoon at 2pm at Fifth Third Field.