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Dragons Pitchers Allow Just Two Hits in 5-1 Win at Peoria

Trautwein Blasts 3-Run Home Run
By Tom Nichols
May 10, 2023

Dragons 5, Peoria 1 Click here for the box score Dayton (R-H-E): 5-7-0; Peoria (R-H-E): 1-2-2 Win: Carson Rudd (3-2); Loss: Trent Baker (2-2); Save: None HR: Dayton: Michael Trautwein (3rd, 2 on base in ninth inning). HR: Peoria: None Peoria, Ill.—Dayton pitchers Chase Petty, Carson Rudd, and Donovan Benoit

Dragons 5, Peoria 1

Click here for the box score

Dayton (R-H-E): 5-7-0; Peoria (R-H-E): 1-2-2

Win: Carson Rudd (3-2); Loss: Trent Baker (2-2); Save: None

HR: Dayton: Michael Trautwein (3rd, 2 on base in ninth inning). HR: Peoria: None

Peoria, Ill.—Dayton pitchers Chase Petty, Carson Rudd, and Donovan Benoit combined to allow just two hits while Michael Trautwein hit a three-run home run as the Dragons defeated the Peoria Chiefs 5-1 on Wednesday afternoon. The two teams have split the first two games of the six-game series. The Dragons are 5-3 on their current 12-game road trip.

Petty, considered by several rating services as the top pitching prospect in the Cincinnati Reds farm system, made his first appearance of the season, starting the game for the Dragons. Petty went four innings, throwing 64 pitches, allowing one run on one hit with one walk and three strikeouts. After the first inning, Petty retired nine of the 10 batters he faced.

The Dragons scored in the top of the first inning when Blake Dunn reached on an infield single, went to second on a wild pitch, to third on a groundout, and scored on Austin Hendrick’s groundout to third base to make it 1-0. Peoria responded with their only run of the day in the bottom of the first.

The Dragons regained the lead in the fourth when Tyler Callihan opened the inning with a single to left and scored from first when Austin Callihan doubled off the right field fence and the Peoria right fielder threw wildly back to the infield to make it 2-1.

Rudd replaced Petty to start the fifth inning and was brilliant. He allowed a single to the first batter he faced and then retired the next 12 in a row including seven on strikeouts.

In the top of the ninth, with the Dragons still leading 2-1, Michael Trautwein delivered a two-out, three-run home run to left-center field to give Dayton a 5-1 lead. The homer was Trautwein’s third of the year. Benoit issued a lead-off walk in the bottom of the ninth but got a double play ball followed by a strikeout to end the game.

Rudd (3-2) earned the victory with four near-perfect innings of relief.

The Dragons finished the day with seven hits. Trautwein was 2 for 3 with a home run, single, and walk. Austin Hendrick had an infield single in his final plate appearance to extend his hitting streak to 10 straight games.

Up Next: The Dragons (13-16) will meet the Chiefs (16-13) in Peoria on Thursday night at 7:35 p.m. (EDT). Javi Rivera (0-2, 3.92) will start for Dayton.

The next Dragons home game is Tuesday, May 16 against the Fort Wayne TinCaps at Day Air Ballpark in the heart of the Water Street District. For ticket information, go to daytondragons.com or call (937) 228-2287.

On the Air: All Dragons home and road games are broadcast on radio on FOX Sports 980 AM WONE. Games can be heard on smart phones, iPads, and other mobile devices via the free Dragons Mobile App, or on a computer at wone.com. Games are also available on HD Radio on 104.7 WTUI HD 2.

More Information:The Dayton Dragons are the affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds and play 66 home games at beautiful Day Air Ballpark, in the heart of the Water Street District. Contact the Dragons by calling at (937) 228-2287, emailing at [email protected], or go to daytondragons.com. For more information, please visit the following links:

The Dragons sellout streak is active, currently at 1,453 consecutive sold-out dates over the past 23 years, and is a testament to the Dayton area community. To keep the sellout streak alive, Dragons fans are encouraged to attend games this summer at Day Air Ballpark.

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