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When: 7 p.m.
Radio: WING-AM 1410
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DAYTON — Just when the Dragons — and the entire Reds organization, for that matter — needed a big outing from a pitcher, 20-year-old Shea Snowden walked to the mound at Fifth Third Field.
He’s a skinny kid, 6-foot-1 with a generous weight listing of 165, not nearly enough meat on his bones to bring down, say, on-looking two-time Heisman Trophy-winner Archie Griffin, a part owner of the team.
But Snowden wasn’t asked to do that. He was asked to beat Great Lakes and keep the Dragons in the Midwest League playoff race, which he did 7-2 on Tuesday, Aug. 4, against the Loons, well after the day’s hard rain had stopped.
“It was a good start,” said Snowden, who gave up six hits and one run in 61/3 innings. “I kept the ball down and threw strikes. That’s what they asked me to do. It was definitely one of my better outings.”
Snowden received help from reliever Andrew Bowman, who finished the game but limped off after being hit on the thigh by a ball hit back at the mound. He’s expected to be fine today.
Left fielder Alex Oliveras had three hits, including his second two-run homer in two days.
This one landed on top of the right-field wall and sat there until a young fan pulled it all the way over.
“It was one of the most impressive victories of the year for us,” manager Todd Benzinger said.
Dragons tales
• Home plate umpire Charles Billington caught a foul tip on his hand in the seventh and couldn’t return. Base umpire Luke Hamilton took over, finishing the game as the lone ump.
• Outfielder Andrew Means had his left wrist operated on and will miss the rest of the season, as will pitcher Junior Martinez, who had an operation on his right knee.
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