Dragons fall to Great Lakes in rain-shortened game

Allan Cerda watches his home run in the second inning at DayAir Ballpark on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. The homer hit off the scoreboard and traveled an estimated 450 feet. Photo by Jeff Gilbert

Allan Cerda watches his home run in the second inning at DayAir Ballpark on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. The homer hit off the scoreboard and traveled an estimated 450 feet. Photo by Jeff Gilbert
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June 12, 2022
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The Great Lakes Loons scored three runs in the top of the first inning and went on to a 5-2 victory over the Dayton Dragons on Saturday night. The game was shortened by rain to 6 1/2 innings.

The Dragons fell to 36-19 on the season. They remain in first place, 4 1/2 games ahead of Great Lakes in the Midwest League East Division with 11 games to play in the first half season. The Dragons magic number to eliminate Great Lakes from the first-half playoff race remained at seven (any combination of Dayton wins and Great Lakes losses totaling seven over the final 11 games).  The Dragons magic number to eliminate third-place Lake County is five.

The Dragons host Great Lakes on Sunday at 1:05 p.m. in the last game of the six-game series at Day Air Ballpark. 

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