From the Notes - August 24th

South Bend Silver Hawks (25-30 Second Half, 52-71 Overall)
vs. Dayton Dragons (26-29 Second Half, 54-71 Overall)

Coveleski Stadium, South Bend, Indiana – 6:30 PM Eastern Time

Season Series: 5-3 Dragons
@ Coveleski Stadium: 2-2 Tie
@ Fifth Third Field: 3-1 Dragons
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Silver Hawks Team Hitting: .246 – 11th
Silver Hawks Team Pitching: 4.06 ERA – 8th
Dragons Team Hitting: .261 – T-4th
Dragons Team Pitching: 4.47 ERA – 12th
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LAST GAME: The Silver Hawks left the tying run on base in each of their final four at-bats, falling to the Great Lakes Loons 3-2 on Sunday afternoon. The Loons raced out to a 3-0 lead on a two run single by Kyle Russell in the first and a solo home run from Jaime Pedroza in the fifth. South Bend had a RBI double by Reynaldo Navarro and a RBI groundout by Rossmel Perez in the sixth to draw within one. Brett Moorhouse (LP, 5-12) allowed the three runs in 5.0 innings to suffer a tough loss. JonMichael Redding (WP, 14-3) allowed the two runs, both unearned, in the sixth and earned his league leading 14th win of the season. Cole St. Clair (SV, 13) got the save.
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PLAYOFF CHASE (14 Games Remaining in the Second Half – Top Two of Remaining Teams Qualify):
· Great Lakes leads the playoff chase by 5.5 games. DTN leads SB by 1 game for the wild card, with Lansing 4.0 game back.
· Fort Wayne was the first half champion and West Michigan was the first half wild card in the East.
· Peoria leads the West race, with Burlington leading the wild card chase. Kane County and Cedar Rapids were first half qualifiers.
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TEAM NOTES:
· South Bend his just .183 in the series against the Great Lakes Loons (21 hits in 115 at-bats).
· With yesterday’s loss, the Silver Hawks are 19 games under .500 in the overall record for the first time this season.
· The remaining 14 games will all be against other playoff hopefuls (4 vs. DTN, 4 @ GL, 1 vs. LAN, 3 @ DTN, 2 vs. LAN).
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INDIVIDUAL NOTES:
· With two hits yesterday, Victor Estevez has brought his average up to .264 after it dipped as low as .179 on June 9th.
· Ryan Cook is 5-0 with a 1.36 ERA in his last six starts, after losing 9 of his previous 10 starts.
· Victor Capellan lowered his ERA to 0.93 with a scoreless 1.1 innings of relief yesterday afternoon.