Dragons: Burns hits two homers in Dayton’s 6-4 win at Quad Cities

Dayton's Connor Burns connects for a three-run homer during the fifth inning Saturday at Day Air Ballpark. Logan Howard/CONTRIBUTED

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Dayton's Connor Burns connects for a three-run homer during the fifth inning Saturday at Day Air Ballpark. Logan Howard/CONTRIBUTED

Connor Burns hit two home runs and reliever Jonah Hurney overcame three errors in the ninth inning to notch a game-ending strikeout with the bases loaded as the Dayton Dragons defeated the Quad Cities River Bandits 6-4 on Friday night.

The Dragons took a 6-3 lead to the bottom of the ninth inning before Hurney allowed a lead-off home run in the ninth to Chris Brito that cut the Dayton lead to 6-4 before the Dragons infield suffered through a series of defensive mistakes.

Three Bandits hitters reached on errors, all on misplayed ground balls, as Quad Cities loaded the bases with two outs. With the tying run at second and the winning run at first, Hurney struck out Callan Moss on a backdoor slider to end the game.

The Dragons trailed 1-0 when Connor Burns hit his first of two home runs in the game in the third inning to tie the score. In the sixth, Burns hit his second home run of the game, his fourth of the season and third in the series with Quad Cities, to give the Dragons a 5-1 lead.

Quad Cities started back with one run in the bottom of the sixth against Dragons starting pitcher Brian Edgington, who followed that inning with a scoreless seventh. Edgington (2-1) allowed two runs in his seven innings on six hits with two walks and two strikeouts, throwing 90 pitches.

Quad Cities added a run against Hurney in the eighth to make it 5-3, but the Dragons responded with a run in the top of the ninth when Confidan walked with two outs and scored from first on John Michael Faile’s double to make it 6-3.

The Dragons matched a season high with 11 hits.

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