The Dragons trailed 2-1 in the top of the third inning when Edwin Arroyo singled. After Arroyo stole second, Callahan followed with an opposite field home run to left to give the Dragons a 3-2 lead.
Allen II blasted a long home run to left in the fourth. The homer was estimated at 461 feet and gave the Dragons a 4-2 lead.
Dragons starting pitcher Jose Acuña settled down after allowing two walks and two runs in the first inning. Acuña allowed just two base runners, both on walks, over the next five innings as he kept the Loons from scoring. He left the game after the sixth with a 4-2 lead. Acuña (7-1) allowed just one hit and two runs in six innings with four walks and three strikeouts.
Mac Sceroler entered the game on a Minor League injury rehabilitation assignment in the seventh. Sceroler, who pitched for the Dragons in 2018 and appeared in five Major League games with the Baltimore Orioles in 2021, is on the injured list with Double-A Chattanooga. He worked a perfect seventh inning before allowing hits to the first two batters in the eighth. A pair of ground outs brought in one run, but Sceroler got out of the inning, stranding runners at first and third.
John Murphy walked two in the ninth, but got out of a jam to notch his second save.
Austin Hendrick and Ruben Ibarra had two hits apiece for Dayton.
SATURDAY’S GAME
Dragons at Loons, 7:05 p.m., 980
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