Reds Minor League Baseball Blog

The Dragons were clicking on all cylinders as they had their bats and arms going today.  Josh Ravin picked up the winand he improved to 3-7.  He gave up two hits and two walks with eight strikeouts in six innings.  Mark James threw three shutout innings and he picked up his first save of the season.

Byron Wiley went two for four with a double, a home run and four RBIs.  Dave Sappelt went two for four with a double, two RBIs and two runs.

The Dragons lost a tough one.  They came back from a 3-0 deficit to send the game into extra innings and then they lost it in the eleventh.  Andrew Bowman continued his tough luck season and he fell to 0-6.  He gave up the two runs in the eleventh. 

Dave Sappelt was he hitting star in the loss.  He went two for five with two doubles, two runs and an RBI.  Carlos Mendez singled, drew a walk and drove in one.