09/05/07 minor league updates

[Redman15]

Dragons lead 2-0 T2. Waring 2B, Kainer 2B.
Dragons lead 3-1 T9.
Sarasota postponed.


Dragons win 3-1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dougdirt]

Dayton is leading 3-0 now. If anyone wants to listen to the game, go to www.broadcastmonsters.com and just find the Dragons game and click on it.

[OnBaseMachine]

3-1 Dayton in the bottom of the 9th.

Todd Frazier is 2-for-4 with a double and single. Francisco has singled and walked. Waring doubled in four atbats.

Guerrero: 8 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 5 K

[OnBaseMachine]

Dayton wins 3-1 to take a 1-0 lead in the series.

[KittyDuran]

:beerme:Looking forward to tomorrow's nights game in Dayton! BTW, I've only been to 1 post season game with the Dragons - it was in the last season they went to the playoff...2002. They lost the 1st game which was played at home, then lost the 2nd game on the road to the Whitecaps.

[OnBaseMachine]

Hope ya have fun Sandy. Bring us home a win and a full scouting report on the game. :)

[KittyDuran]

Hope ya have fun Sandy. Bring us home a win and a full scouting report on the game. :)Sandy? Not to worry I'll have fun!

[OnBaseMachine]

Sandy? Not to worry I'll have fun!

I'm an idiot. I meant Kitty. I was reading an older thread and SandyD had made a post in it, and I guess that's why I called you Sandy. My fault.

[OesterPoster]

FYI, lawn seat tickets are still available for the Dragons' home playoff games.

[texasdave]

A recap of the game from milb.com:


http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070906&content_id=299845&vkey=news_l118&fext=.jsp&sid=l118



Guerrero, Dragons burn Silver Hawks
Pitches eight strong innings in 3-1 series-opening victory
By Michael Echan / Special to MLB.com

After struggling against the South Bend Silver Hawks during the regular season, Daniel Guerrero came up big for the Dayton Dragons in Game 1 of their Midwest League first-round playoff series.
Guerrero pitched eight dominant innings Wednesday as the Dragons posted a 3-1 victory over the Silver Hawks.

Guerrero (1-0) gave up a run on four hits and a walk with five strikeouts in his longest outing this season. He made it look easy at times, retiring 14 straight batters after a leadoff single in the first.

The 22-year-old right-hander struggled in four previous starts against South Bend, going 0-1 with a 7.15 ERA over 11 1/3 frames. Silver Hawks pitching coach Wellington Cepeda noticed a difference in Guerrero this time.

"His control was outstanding," Cepeda said. "He did a great job mixing up his pitches, keeping our hitters off-balance. He changed himself up from our scouting report and pitched backwards, since he had good command of his changeup. During the season, we drew the most walks and got him to throw the most pitches against us, but pretty much for every inning, it seemed like he was in and out in 10 pitches or less."

Marcos Mateo pitched around two hits in a scoreless ninth to close out the win.

Dayton took a 2-0 lead in the second when Juan Francisco led off with a single and Brandon Waring and Carson Kainer hit back-to-back RBI doubles. Todd Frazier added a run-scoring double in the third.

Silver Hawks starter Tony Barnette (0-1) surrendered three runs on six hits and a walk over eight frames. After giving up Frazier's double, He retired 15 of the final 17 batters he faced.

South Bend scored its run in the seventh when Brad Miller singled, went to third on Steve Mena's double and came home on Richard Mercado's sacrifice fly.

Though dropping the first game at home is a tough blow, Cepeda is confident his team can come back on Thursday at Dayton's Fifth Third Field.

"Yeah, it's big [losing the first game], but these guys are able to rebound quick," Cepeda said. "We're just going to have to go down to their park tomorrow and start all over again."


Michael Echan is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.