The Dragons scored four runs in the third inning to take a 4-0 lead. Garrett Wolforth got the inning started with a home run to left field, his third homer of the year in just eight games. With two outs, Justice Thompson doubled and scored on an infield single by Elly De La Cruz. After a walk to Allan Cerda, Alex McGarry doubled to center to bring in both De La Cruz and Cerda to make it 4-0.
Fort Wayne scored two in the bottom of the third and one in the fourth to pull to within a run at 4-3. The Dragons scored in the top of the fifth on Cerda’s run-scoring double, but Fort Wayne answered with one run in the bottom of the same inning to make it 5-4.
The Dragons exploded for a five-run top of the seventh inning to extend their lead to 10-4. They sent 11 batters to the plate in the inning, keyed by a run-scoring single by De La Cruz and a two-run single by Jack Rogers.
Dayton scored again in the ninth inning when McGarry picked up his second double of the game and eventually scored from third on an infield single by Ashton Creal. Fort Wayne closed out the scoring with a run in the bottom of the ninth.
SUNDAY’S GAME
Dayton at Fort Wayne, 1:05 p.m., 980