Hurtubise led the Dragons 11-hit attack in game two, going 3 for 4 to raise his batting average to .310. He was 4 for 6 in the doubleheader. Willems and Juan Martinez each had two hits in the second game.
Richardson allowed just two hits and three walks in seven innings. A lead-off infield single in the second inning was the last base runner of the night for Fort Wayne. Richardson became the third Dayton pitcher this season to reach 10 strikeouts in a game.
In the first game, Dayton’s Quincy McAfee hit a two-run home run in the second inning as the Dragons built a 3-1 lead. But Fort Wayne battled back and tied the game at 4-4 in the fifth. In the seventh, the first four Fort Wayne batters drew walks to force in the tie-breaking run, and the TinCaps added two more in the inning.
Dayton reliever Braxton Roxby (1-1) was charged with the loss. Roxby allowed a lead-off walk in the seventh and was replaced by Jacques Pucheu, who walked the next three to force in a run charged to Roxby. It was the first run against Roxby in 2021 after he had opened the year with 16 straight scoreless innings.
In game two, Fort Wayne starting pitcher Moises Lugo struck out 10 batters in four innings, the most strikeouts this season by a Dayton opponent.
The Dragons (24-17) remained two games ahead of second-place Lake County in the East Division standings.
SUNDAY’S GAME
Tin Caps at Dragons, 2:05 p.m., Dayton CW, 980