MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com-Dayton(R-H-E): 4-9-2

Cedar Rapids(R-H-E): 3-7-0

 

Winning Pitcher: Curtis Partch (6-7);

Losing Pitcher: Arquimedes Nieto (1-8);

Save: None.

 

Home Runs:

Dayton: None.

Cedar Rapids: None.

 

Dayton, Ohio—Curtis Partch fired six scoreless innings and the Dayton Dragons withstood a ninth inning comeback bid to defeat the Quad Cities River Bandits 4-3 on Wednesday night at Fifth Third Field. The Dragons snapped a four-game losing streak with the victory and have won all four meetings with the Bandits this season.

 

Leading 4-0 going to the ninth, the Dragons saw Quad Cities score three times and advance the tying run to third against Dayton reliever Scott Gaffney before Gaffney struck out Jon Edwards to end the game.

 

Partch (6-7) extended his scoreless string to 15 consecutive innings without giving up a run. He allowed four hits and two walks while matching a career high with eight strikeouts. Partch also threw six scoreless frames in his last start at Clinton on July 9th.
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The Dragons jumped out to the lead in the bottom of the first inning. Josh Fellhauer led off with a double to right field, went to third on Andrew Means' sacrifice, and scored on a triple to the left-center field gap by Carlos Mendez. Mendez scored on a ground out to first by Byron Wiley to make it 2-0.

 

Daytonadded another run in the third. Kyle Day tripled down the right field line and scored on a bloop single to right by Miguel Rojas to give Dayton a 3-0 lead.

 

In the seventh, Dayton scored what turned out to be an important run. Miguel Rojas singled through the middle with one out, advanced to second on a ground out, took third on a wild pitch, and scored on Kevyn Feiner's two-out line drive single to right to make it 4-0.

 

After Andrew Bowman tossed two scoreless innings, Scott Gaffney entered the game to work the ninth. Gaffney gave up two singles and a walk to begin the inning as the River Bandits loaded the bases with no one out. After a sacrifice fly brought in the first run, a throwing error by Dayton first baseman Mike Konstanty allowed a second run to score. Then Gaffney gave up another walk to load the bases with one out and push the tying run to second. But Gaffney retired the next hitter on a sacrifice fly as the third run of the inning scored, and Gaffney struck out Edwards to end the game and hold on for a 4-3 win.

 

The Dragons finished with nine hits. Rojas went 2 for 3 with a run scored and an RBI. Mendez also had two hits and a run batted in. Fellhauer extended his hitting streak to seven straight games.

 

The Dragons (7-12, 35-54) host the River Bandits (8-10, 38-50) at Fifth Third Field again on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. J.C. Sulbaran (2-2, 5.36) will start for Dayton against Hector Cardenas (6-4, 3.70).

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