Dragons rap out 15 hits in victory

By Staff report
12:44 AM Saturday, June 27, 2009

LANSING, Mich. — Andrew Means hit his first home run of the season and drove in three runs as the Dayton Dragons defeated the Lansing Lugnuts 7-3 on Friday night, June 26. The Dragons collected 15 hits as they evened their second-half record to 1-1. Lansing fell to 1-1 with the loss.

Miguel Rojas collected three hits, and Byron Wiley and Kevin Coddington each belted a pair of doubles. As a team, the Dragons established a season high with six doubles in the game.

Just as they did on Thursday, the Dragons had a big inning early. They collected four hits and scored three runs in the second inning to take a 3-0 lead.

Dayton starting pitcher Lance Janke (4-3) went the first five innings for the win, allowing seven hits and three runs (one earned) with no walks and six strikeouts. All nine Dayton hitters had at least one hit by the end of the third inning.

• Left-handed pitcher Aguido Gonzalez has been activated from the disabled list, bringing the Dragons’ roster to the Midwest League limit of 25 players.

Aguido is 0-3 with a 3.25 ERA. He had been on the DL since June 15 with a sprained groin.

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