Reds Minor League Baseball Blog

Efrain Contreras had just one single but he also had two sac. flies to drive in three runs in the Dragons 6-2 win over Bowling Green.  Kevin Coddington went two for four with two runs while Alex Oliveras drove in two and scored once without picking up a hit.

Josh Ravin improved to 1-1 with a solid start.  He gave up two runs on three hits and two walks with two strikeouts in five innings.  Donnie Joseph struck out three in 1 1/3 innings of relief and he picked up his fourth save of the season.

Andrew Means singled home Didi Gregorius in the bottom of the tenth for the game winner in Dayton’s 3-2 win over South Bend.  Means was a solid three for six and he also drove in a run.  Chris Richburg went two for four with a double and an RBI.

Josh Ravin gave up just two runs in six solid frames in his start.  Doug Salinas was very impressive with five strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings of shutout relief.  Donnie Joseph struck out the final batter for South Bend and he improved to 2-0 on the season.

The Dragons were shut down at the plate as they lost to Bowling Green 3-1.  Andrew Means had two of the Dragons three hits with a double and a single while Henry Rodriguez doubled and scored the lone Dragon’s run.

A really nice start by Josh Ravin went to waste.  He gave up five hits and two walks with three strikeouts in five shutout innings.  Justin Walker gave up three runs in three innings of relief and he fell to 0-1.

Mariekson Gregorius singled home Kevin Coddington in the bottom of the tenth inning as the Dragons walked away with a 6-5 win in their home opener.  Gregorius had a big day at the plate and he went four for six with a triple, a run and an RBI.  Coddington went two for five with a solo home run and two runs.

Josh Ravin had an odd start. He struck out seven in 3 2/3 innings but he gave up two runson five hits and four walks.  Justin Walker was the long man out of the pen and he gave up three runs in 6 1/3 innings.  Donnie Joseph picked up the win with a shutout tenth inning in which he struck out two.

The Dragons couldn’t get anything going at the plate as they were shutout in a 6-0 loss the West Michigan Whitecaps.  All three hits were singles and Kevin Coddington led the way (if you can call it that) by going one for two with a walk.

Josh Ravin fell to 3-8 despite a solid start.  He gave up three runs (two earned) on seven hits and two walks with four strikeouts in seven innings.

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.