Quintana, Roa lead Dragons past Cubs

Dayton lead grows to 7.5 games in East Division
Nick Quintana prepares to swing in a game earlier this season. On Saturday, he doubled in a run and singled home another to help lead the Dragons to a 6-2 victory over South Bend at Day Air Ballpark.

Nick Quintana prepares to swing in a game earlier this season. On Saturday, he doubled in a run and singled home another to help lead the Dragons to a 6-2 victory over South Bend at Day Air Ballpark.
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By Jeff Gilbert – Contributing Writer
June 5, 2022
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Nick Quintana batted in two runs and Christian Roa pitched five strong innings to lead Dayton to a fourth victory in five games this week, 6-2, over South Bend at Day Air Ballpark on Saturday night.

After Elly De La Cruz hit his 10th homer in the first inning, Quintana doubled in a run in the second and singled in another in the third for a 3-1 lead. Justice Thompson added RBI single and another run scored on an error in the third for a 5-0 lead. Garrett Wolforth scored on a wild pitch in the eighth for a 6-1 lead.

De La Cruz had two hits to extend his hitting streak to 12 games.

Roa (1-1) allowed an unearned run, four hits, a walk and struck out six. Myles Gayman pitched three scoreless and hitless innings in relief. Donovan Benoit allowed a run in the ninth.

The first-place Dragons (34-15) have won three straight games and lead Great Lakes, an 8-7 loser to Fort Wayne on Saturday, by 7.5 games in the Midwest League East Division.

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