Dragons blanked by Whitecaps

The Dayton Dragons played their home opener on Tuesday, Apr. 11, 2023 at Day Air Ballpark in downtown Dayton to a sellout crowd of 8,135, extending the team’s streak to 1,442 games, an all-time record for professional sports franchises. The Dragons lost to the Great Lakes Loons 9-7. Did we spot you there? TOM GILLIAM/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Credit: Tom Gilliam

Credit: Tom Gilliam

The Dayton Dragons played their home opener on Tuesday, Apr. 11, 2023 at Day Air Ballpark in downtown Dayton to a sellout crowd of 8,135, extending the team’s streak to 1,442 games, an all-time record for professional sports franchises. The Dragons lost to the Great Lakes Loons 9-7. Did we spot you there? TOM GILLIAM/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Sports
By Jeff Gilbert – Contributing Writer
April 21, 2023
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Three West Michigan pitchers combined on a two-hit shutout as the Whitecaps defeated the Dayton Dragons 2-0 on Thursday night in a game shortened to eight innings because of rain.

West Michigan (8-4) scored single runs in the third and fifth innings while limiting the Dragons (4-8) to just two singles.

Dragons starting pitcher Javi Rivera (0-2) went five innings, allowing five hits and two runs with no walks and five strikeouts.

The teams meet again at 6:35 p.m. Friday in Grand Rapids, Mich., in the fourth game of the six-game series.

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