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By Sean McClelland, Staff Writer Updated 11:37 PM Friday, June 18, 2010

DAYTON — He was a wide receiver in high school and also played a year of football at Texas Tech, so Chris Richburg knows about head shots.

A fastball to the noggin is another matter. It had never happened to him until the fifth inning at Fort Wayne on Wednesday, June 16.

“It was bound to happen sooner or later,” Richburg said. “Kind of an unlucky deal.”

Diagnosed with a mild concussion, the first baseman sat out his second game Friday as the Dragons opened a first half-ending series at Fifth Third Field against first-place Great Lakes.

“They have to take their precautions and make sure everything is the way it should be before they let me play again,” Richburg said. “Whenever (trainer Tyler Steele) says I’m ready to go, I’ll be back out there.”

Dragons manager Todd Benzinger said Richburg will be held out of the Great Lakes series with the idea of having him return in Lansing next weekend following the four-day All-Star break.

WEEKEND VISITOR: Reds outfielder Chris Dickerson, on the disabled list since early May with a hand injury that required surgery, is working out at Fifth Third Field.

With the Reds in Seattle, “I’m just trying to use the resources up here as far as running bases and getting back into baseball mode,” said Dickerson, who spent the 2004 season with the Dragons and remembers Dayton being “the big leagues of the Midwest League.”

Dickerson said the plan is for him to start a rehab assignment in Louisville on Tuesday.

SATTERWHITE PLAYS: Outfielder Cameron Satterwhite (bruised fibula), the team’s hottest hitter, was back in the lineup as the DH after sitting out Thursday. He hurt himself colliding with Andrew Means in the outfield during batting practice Wednesday.

“One of the things guys have to learn down here is to play with little aches and pains,” Benzinger said. “The majority of games that you play, you’re not going to be 100 percent. That’s why it’s called a grind.”

GRIFFEY RETURNS: Hitting coach Ken Griffey Sr. said he did about 40 interviews this week in his role as national spokesman for the Depend Campaign against prostate cancer. Griffey, a four-year survivor of the disease, spent Wednesday and most of Thursday in New York making his pitch for early detection.

Contact this reporter at  (937) 225-2408 or  

smcclelland@DaytonDailyNews.com.

Dragons 3, Loons 1

HIGHLIGHTS: Against a team that recently clinched a playoff spot and occupied first place for the first time in its four-year history, the Dragons found a way to win despite being held to five hits and striking out 11 times.

TURNING POINT: Josh Garton’s two-run homer on the first pitch he saw in the fourth inning followed a Henry Rodriguez triple and broke a 1-1 tie.

PITCHING STORY: Jacob Johnson, Tim Crabbe and Chase Ware combined to limit the Loons to four hits and retire the menacing Jerry Sands (Midwest League-leading 18 home runs and 46 RBIs) four straight times.

PROSPECT WATCH: Right-hander Pedro Villarreal (3-4, 3.59), the Dragons’ most effective starter, takes the mound tonight against Great Lakes.

— Sean McClelland, staff writer

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