Dayton Dragons
Starting pitching fails Dragons in latest loss
Each time the Dayton Dragons put two of the game’s three phases together, it seems like the third one ends up beating them. Thursday night at Fifth Third Field, while they scored enough runs to win on some nights and played good enough defense, starting pitching proved to be the ...
Dragons break four-game losing streak
Johnny Cueto’s second rehab start came at just the right time for the Dayton Dragons. Last-place Dayton (13-24) needed a boost after a four-game losing streak and got it as the Reds ace Cueto threw five scoreless innings in a 6-2 victory over the West Michigan Whitecaps on Tuesday at ...
Cueto ‘feeling ready’ after second rehab start
Johnny Cueto grabbed a piece of bubblegum, pulled his Dayton Dragons hat over his Cincinnati Reds skull cap and went to work on Tuesday — just another night at Fifth Third Field for the Dragon turned Red turned Dragon. The second rehab start for the injured Reds ace went about ...
Cueto to make rehab start in Dayton on Tuesday
Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto will make his second injury rehabilitation start Tuesday night for the Dayton Dragons, the Reds’ website is reporting. The Dragons face the West Michigan Whitecaps at 7 p.m. at Fifth Third Field. Cueto made his first rehab start with the Dragons last week, pitching three innings ...
Things snowball on sloppy Dragons
When things go bad, they can quickly have a snowball effect. Sunday at Fifth Third Field, it was more avalanche than snowball for the Dayton Dragons. The Dragons botched two routine double play balls in the fourth inning, leading to six Fort Wayne runs in a 13-7 loss — their ...
Mistakes prove costly for Dragons
The Dayton Dragons have followed a three-game winning streak with two losses in a row, dropping the first game of their series against Fort Wayne 5-3 on Saturday. Drew Cisco took the loss while reliever Jesus Adames allowed two runs in 1 1/3 innings, but it was the fundamentals that ...
Winker setting pace for Dragons
Jesse Winker, the left fielder for the Dayton Dragons, was like the rest of the team’s hitters — struggling. Three weeks ago, manager Jose Nieves took Winker in for a meeting to discuss his hitting woes. The talk wasn’t so much technical as it was about encouragement. “He told me ...
Cueto to start rehab Thursday in Dayton
Reds ace Johnny Cueto will make his first rehab start since going on the disabled list at 7:05 p.m. Thursday with the Dayton Dragons at Fifth Third Field against Lansing. Reds.com first reported the news on Wednesday. Cueto threw 25 pitches in a bullpen session Monday. He’s recovering from a ...
Pair of homers give Dragons’ offense a boost
After hitting rock bottom with the Midwest League’s lowest team batting average of .217, things are starting to look up for the Dayton Dragons. Third baseman Tanner Rahier’s second-inning home run — his first with the Dragons — is proof of that. Thinking he just stroked a double off the ...
Sliding Dragons fall to Burlington
The Dayton Dragons welcomed the Burlington Bees to Fifth Third Field on Sunday to start a three-game series in hope of curing those early-season blues. Burlington had seven wins coming into Sunday and is an affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, one of the thinner farm systems in ...
Dragons drop another to Chiefs
The Peoria Chiefs ended their trip to Dayton on Saturday with a 7-5 win over the Dragons. Dayton would gladly pay for their bus money out of town and send second baseman Jacob Wilson away with first-class airfare.Wilson’s monumental shot onto Monument Ave., on Friday paved the way for Peoria’s ...
Dragons blanked by Chiefs
Dayton Dragons starter Robert Stephenson is searching for his first win of the season. Coming up empty hasn’t been for a lack of effort. Dayton fell 3-0 to Peoria on Friday with the hard-throwing Dayton right-hander, the No. 2 prospect in the Cincinnati Reds organization in Baseball America’s rankings, on ...
Dragons lose lead, game, series
If you were a Dayton Dragon wearing a Sunday green jersey, things couldn’t have been better. Dayton came from behind to beat Bowling Green on Saturday, and carried the momentum into the early innings of Sunday’s game and with it a four-run lead. Then the eighth inning happened, and it ...
Dayton’s Hudson back behind plate after injury
Dayton Dragons catcher Joe Hudson was looking for a little excitement — a search he’s been on for the past year. Hudson’s single in the eighth inning helped Dayton defeat Bowling Green 6-3 on Saturday. His shot over the fingertips of the Hot Rod infield scored Jesse Winker, who had ...
Gloomy weather and gloomy defense welcome Dragons home
In weather fit for neither man, beast nor Dayton Dragon, Bowling Green came to town Friday and showcased why its parent club, the Tampa Bay Rays, has one of the deepest farm systems in baseball. Sporting a lineup that can hit and a rotation that can pitch, the Hot Rods ...
Dragons lose ugly to Loons
The Dayton Dragons’ 13-4 loss on Sunday to Great Lakes was a lot of things, but a thing of beauty it wasn’t.The two teams combined for nine errors (three by the Dragons), four wild pitches, a passed ball and a balk. But for Great Lakes first baseman Tyler Ogle, it ...
Dragons swept in doubleheader
The youthful 2013 version of the Dayton Dragons have already experienced a lot of firsts this season. Thursday, the squad and Dragon fans experienced the first ever rain out of the season home opener at Fifth-Third Field, leading to Saturday night’s first … a doubleheader featuring two seven-inning games. It ...
Good news: Dragons claim home opener over Loons 8-5
Dragons superfan Mike Belcher stood patiently at the main turnstile waiting for the bellowing horn that allows entrance into Fifth Third Field. He’d received the news on his phone but was more concerned about the cold weather for Friday’s home opener. First-year Dragons manager Jose Nieves sat in his office, ...
Reports: Dayton Dragons holding company put up for sale
Mandalay Baseball Properties, a major owner of the Dayton Dragons and other minor league baseball teams, is for sale, according to published reports. Seaport Capital LLC, a New York-based private equity firm that has a majority stake in Mandalay Baseball Properties, is looking for a buyer for the holding company ...
Dragons rained out in home opener
All the fanfare of opening night was there. Face painters, balloon artists, a petting zoo and Frisbee catching stunt dogs at Fifth Third Field greeting fans to the Dragons 2013 home opener. The only thing that was missing was cooperation from Mother Nature. Instead of baseball, fans were serenaded with ...
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